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Patient autonomy and criminal law
Published in Paweł Daniluk, Patient Autonomy and Criminal Law, 2023
Another form of this crime is a medical doctor or dentist who undertakes surgery or other medical procedure on the body of another, without his/her explicit and valid written consent. Unlike the previous form of crime, this form is an arbitrary medical intervention in the physical integrity of the patient when the physical integrity of that person is violated when the criminal offence of bodily injury occurs. Therefore, this is a more difficult form of the work than previously described. The perpetrator of this form of crime can be a doctor of medicine or a doctor of dentistry, so it is a delicta propria. The action of this form of act is defined as undertaking a surgical or other medical procedure on the body of another. These are procedures that interfere with the patient's physical integrity. For the existence of this form of work, it is not important whether the procedure itself was performed lege artis, nor the fact that the procedure resulted in an improvement in the patient's health. To exclude the existence of an act, a special legal basis is needed that would exclude punishment and that is the explicit written consent of the patient. A fine or imprisonment of up to one year is prescribed for this form of arbitrary treatment.60
Trade-Off Analysis of Health and Wellness Tourism Destination Attributes: An Outbound U.S. Consumers' Perspective
Published in Frederick J. DeMicco, Ali A. Poorani, Medical Travel Brand Management, 2023
Radesh Palakurthi, Frederick J. DeMicco
The time that a patient has to wait in order to receive the same treatment or care compared to the foreign health and wellness destination was considered as one of the 10 key attributes. The three levels for the attribute were identified as, 1–90 days (1–90 days average time patient has to wait for similar medical procedure/care in the U.S.), 91–180 days (91–180 days average time patient has to wait for similar medical procedure/care in the U.S.), and 180+ days (180+ days average time patient has to wait for similar medical proce-dure/care in the U.S.). Figure 9.4(C) shows the utilities for the three levels.
The Lived Experiences of Illness and Disability
Published in Joel Michael Reynolds, Christine Wieseler, The Disability Bioethics Reader, 2022
This distinction is fundamental to any attempt to understand the experience of illness: the ill person is only and ever the one who experiences the illness from within. Only the ill person can definitively say if they feel pain or what a medical procedure or a particular symptom feels like. Of course, we can surmise much from another people’s behavior; sometimes we can know better than them. For example, we can tell from a toddler’s grumpy behavior that she is tired, whereas she may not be able to formulate this to herself. However, in most cases at least when it comes to conscious adults, each person is the ultimate authority on their own sensations, feelings, and experiences. Because of this first-person authority the experience of illness contains a measure of incommunicability that should be acknowledged (Carel 2018). Or, as Sartre put it more strongly, “the existed body is ineffable” (Sartre 2003, 377).
Effects of visual aid on state anxiety, fear and stress level in patients undergoing endoscopy: a randomized controlled trial
Published in Annals of Medicine, 2023
Ali Asad Khan, Anam Ali, Ali Salman Khan, Yasir Shafi, Mohsin Masud, Fatima Irfan, Sajid Abaidullah
In the present study, results also revealed that age, history of psychological illness, endoscope causes pain and damage to internal organs did not emerge as significant predictors. This can be supported by a study done by Volkan et al. who reported no significant difference between group whom procedure was explained in detailed and those who were briefly explained in terms of age [25]. In another study, it was found that there was no significant relation of age and history of psychiatric illness with anxiety level [26]. The relationship of pain or possible damage during a medical procedure has been extensively studied and the data suggested that this can lead to an increase in anxiety sensitivity in the pre- or post-procedural settings [27]. However, this was not a statistically significant predictor for visual aid group.
What if you have a humanoid AI robot doctor?: An investigation of public trust in South Korea
Published in Journal of Communication in Healthcare, 2022
Apparently, the existing concerns related to humanistic approaches in patient-doctor relationships [4] imply that social elements, such as interpersonal warmth, positive emotions (i.e. smiles), and interpersonal responsivity in communication [30], are important features for the future development of HAIR doctors. The conceptual difference between disease and illness would provide robot scientists with a clearer sense of the importance of the humanistic approach for their future development: Disease as a technical term presents a scientific approach to unhealthy conditions and needs biochemical and/or scientific medical practice to restore healthiness, while illness encompasses not only scientific aspects, but also sociocultural and psychological (or mental) unhealthiness that expands ways to treat them with not only scientific medicines, but also cultural and/or relational communication [6,24]. The medical procedure itself is a very technical or scientific dimension in health care. However, because it is delivered to humans, engineers and program designers in developing health care humanoid AI robots should heed this humanistic approach as explained through the concept of illness here.
Psychological outcomes after pediatric hospitalization: the role of trauma type
Published in Children's Health Care, 2021
Maya G Meentken, Jan van der Ende, Riwka del Canho, Ingrid M. van Beynum, Elisabeth W. C. Aendekerk, Jeroen S. Legerstee, Ramón J. L. Lindauer, Manon H. J. Hillegers, Willem A. Helbing, Henriette A. Moll, Elisabeth M. W. J. Utens
Medical risk factors included length of hospitalization, time since last hospitalization/invasive medical procedure, and type of hospital department. All medical variables were retrieved from the medical records of the child and/or asked to the parents by the research psychologist. Length of hospitalization was computed by adding up the number of days of all hospitalizations. To compute time since the last hospitalization/medical procedure the years that elapsed between the last hospitalization/invasive medical procedure (end date) and study-participation (date first questionnaire was filled out) were calculated. Invasive medical procedures were defined as any kind of operation (e.g. surgery, catheterization), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT), or lung perfusion scans. Type of hospital department was dichotomized into pediatric cardiology and emergency department.