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Bioethics is a relatively new addition to bedside medical care in Arab world which is characterized by a special culture that often makes blind adaptation of western ethics codes and principles; a challenge that has to be faced. To date, the American University of Beirut Medical Center is the only hospital that offers bedside ethics consultations in the Arab Region aiming towards better patient‐centered care. This article tackles the role of the bedside clinical ethics consultant as an active member of the medical team and the impact of such consultations on decision‐making and patient‐centered care. Using the case of a child with multiple medical problems and a futile medical condition, we describe how the collaboration of the medical team and the clinical ethics consultant took a comprehensive approach to accompany and lead the parents and the medical team in their decision‐making process and how the consultations allowed several salient issues to be addressed. This approach proved to be effective in the Arab cultural setting and indeed did lead to better patientcentered care. 相似文献
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Objective: To examine the relationship between BMI and patient satisfaction with health care providers using a nationally representative survey. Research Methods and Procedures: This analysis examined the 9914 adult patients who completed the 2000 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey and had visited a health care provider within 12 months of the survey. Linear regression models were employed with patient satisfaction as the dependent variable. The patient satisfaction scale was based on ratings from five questions assessing the quality of provider interactions. The independent variable was BMI, with adjustments for the domains of demographics, social‐economic status, health attitudes and behavior, health status, and health care use. BMI (weight in kilograms/square of height in meters) was classified as normal weight (18.5 to 24.9), overweight (25.0 to 29.9), or obese (≥30.0). Hierarchical models were used to evaluate how each domain modified the BMI‐satisfaction association. Results: Obese patients reported significantly greater satisfaction with their health care providers than their normal‐weight counterparts did (p < 0.05). There were no significant differences in satisfaction between normal‐weight and overweight patients or between overweight and obese patients. The health status domain produced the largest modification in the BMI‐satisfaction relationship. Examination of interaction effects revealed that the association between BMI and satisfaction was confined to older persons. Discussion: In this nationally representative sample of individuals, obese persons were more satisfied than their normal‐weight counterparts. This finding counters those of previous studies. Incomplete adjustments for health care use and insurance status may have led to those conclusions. 相似文献
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Assisting suicide is legal in Switzerland if it is offered without selfish motive to a person with decision‐making capacity. Although the ‘Swiss model’ for suicide assistance has been extensively described in the literature, the formally and informally protected liberties and claims of assistors and recipients of suicide assistance in Switzerland are incompletely captured in the literature. In this article, we describe the package of rights involved in the ‘Swiss model’ using the framework of Hohfeldian rights as modified by Wenar. After outlining this framework, we dissect the rights involved in suicide assistance in Switzerland, and compare it with the situation in England and Germany. Based on this approach, we conclude that in Switzerland, claim rights exist for those requesting suicide assistance, and for those who are considering providing such assistance, even though no entitlements exist toward suicide assistance. We then describe the implementation of the ‘Swiss model’ and difficulties arising within it. Clarifying these issues is important to understand the Swiss situation, to evaluate what features of it may or may not be worth correcting or emulating, and to understand how it can impact requests for suicide assistance in other countries due to ‘suicide tourism’. It is also important to understand exactly what sets Switzerland apart from other countries with different legislations regarding suicide assistance. 相似文献
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Termination of pregnancy (TOP) is offered in many countries, for foetuses prenatally diagnosed with congenital malformations that are deemed incompatible with life or that are associated with a high morbidity. In Lebanon, a middle income country where religion plays a focal role, the law prohibits any form of TOP unless it is the only means to save the mother's life. It is the contention of the authors of this article that even if the foetus is a person, if it were medically revealed that there is a substantial risk that the newborn will suffer severe physical abnormalities that will cause it to be seriously handicapped; it is morally acceptable to terminate the pregnancy. Hence, TOP carried out for these indications is justified in the interest of the foetus and the child. Whatever the status of the foetus is, once born, it will become a full-fledged sentient being with all that this entails. When given the option of starting an existence, this person-to-be has the right to a minimum that allows him/her to enjoy a relatively good quality of life. Today, Lebanese obstetricians are confronted with the burden placed on them under the law to refuse TOP, or, when performing them, to forge records or deny having done them. This is why we strongly believe that the Lebanese policy on abortion should be amended. 相似文献
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目的:了解本地区医院信息化中医疗数据平台的现实应用情况,为推动信息化建设提供参考。方法:以30家我市卫生系统二级以上公立医院(三级医院6家,二级医院24家)为调查对象,调查表内容包括四个部分,包括医院基本情况、信息化部门设置规划情况、资金投入情况和医院数据平台应用情况。结果:有18家医院有信息化发展规划,4家医院信息化发展无规划。医院信息建设资金主要投入方向在硬件,其中二级医院的硬件投入大大超过软件投入,差异有显著性(P<0.05)。同时医疗数据使用平台的效率也不一样,住院病人出入管理系统,门急诊划价收费系统,门急诊药房管理系统使用率排在前三位,使用率最低的为门急诊导医系统。结论:本市医院医疗数据平台的建设大多数还停留在第一个阶段,也是一项复杂的系统工程,要加强信息化工作的组织领导和制定相应的信息化标准规范,建立信息主管制,加大信息化建设的资金投入,真正做到为患者服务。 相似文献
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Carissa Véliz 《Bioethics》2020,34(7):712-718
This paper argues that assessing personal responsibility in healthcare settings for the allocation of medical resources would be too privacy-invasive to be morally justifiable. In addition to being an inappropriate and moralizing intrusion into the private lives of patients, it would put patients’ sensitive data at risk, making data subjects vulnerable to a variety of privacy-related harms. Even though we allow privacy-invasive investigations to take place in legal trials, the justice and healthcare systems are not analogous. The duty of doctors and healthcare professionals is to help patients as best they can—not to judge them. Patients should not be forced into giving up any more personal information than what is strictly necessary to receive an adequate treatment, and their medical data should only be used for appropriate purposes. Medical ethics codes should reflect these data rights. When a doctor asks personal questions that are irrelevant to diagnose or treat a patient, the appropriate response from the patient is: ‘none of your business’. 相似文献
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Blastocystis is a common enteric protist that inhabits the gastrointestinal tract of approximately 1 billion people worldwide. In this study, a total of 1,070 patients from two hospitals in Zhengzhou, Central China were enrolled to know molecular characteristics of Blastocystis sp. The microorganism was identified and subtyped with a PCR amplification and sequencing of the small subunit ribosomal deoxyribonucleic acid (SSU-rDNA). The overall minimum prevalence of Blastocystis sp. in participants was 3.1% (33/1070). Although there were no significant differences on Blastocystis sp. infections among study sites, age groups, and gender, the higher infection was observed in the patients with gastrointestinal diseases (8.8%, 15/170). Sequence analysis of the 33 isolates revealed three known subtypes, such as ST1 (n = 7), ST3 (n = 23), and ST7 (n = 3). Among them, ST3 was the dominant subtype being detected in 23 isolates (69.7%), followed by ST1 (21.2%, 7/33) and ST7 (9.1%, 3/33). The phylogenetic analysis demonstrated that three subtypes (ST1, ST3 and ST7) were clustered with their reference sequences with good bootstrap support. The subtype determination of Blastocystis sp. isolates by the phylogenetic analysis was well supported by online platform. The present study provides the first molecular report of Blastocystis sp. infections in hospital patients in Central China. 相似文献
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BackgroundEvaluating uptake of oncological treatments, and subsequent outcomes, depends on data sources containing accurate and complete information about cancer drug therapy (CDT). This study aimed to evaluate the consistency of CDT information in the Hospital Episode Statistics Admitted Patient Care (HES-APC) and Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT) datasets for early invasive breast cancer (EIBC).MethodsThe study included women (50 + years) diagnosed with EIBC in England from 2014 to 2019 who had surgery within six months of diagnosis. Concordance of CDT recorded in HES-APC (identified using OPCS codes) and SACT was evaluated at both patient-level and cycle-level. Factors associated with CDT use captured only in HES-APC were assessed using statistical models.ResultsThe cohort contained 129,326 women with EIBC. Overall concordance between SACT and HES-APC on CDT use was 94 %. Concordance increased over the study period (91–96 %), and there was wide variation across NHS trusts (lowest decile of trusts had concordance≤77 %; highest decile≥99 %). Among women receiving CDT, 9 % (n = 2781/31693) of use was not captured in SACT; incompleteness was worst (18 %=47/259) among women aged 80 + and those diagnosed in 2014 (21%=1121/5401). OPCS codes in HES-APC were good at identifying patient-level and cycle-level use of trastuzumab or FEC chemotherapy (fluorouracil, epirubicin, cyclophosphamide), with 89 % and 93 % concordance with SACT respectively (patient-level agreement). Among cycles of solely oral CDT recorded in SACT, only 24 % were captured in HES-APC, compared to 71 % for intravenous/subcutaneous CDT.ConclusionsCombining information in HES-APC and SACT provides a more complete picture of CDT treatment in women aged 50 + receiving surgery for EIBC than using either data source alone. HES-APC may have particular value in identifying CDT use among older women, those diagnosed less recently, and in NHS trusts with low SACT data returns. 相似文献
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随着医院信息化进程不断推进,网络技术的不断普及与进步,医院的信息系统逐渐完善,许多传统的工作模式与工作流程被打破,作为医院管理核心部分的医院统计工作也发生了根本的变化,如何在信息化条件下积极有效的开展医院统计工作,充分发挥医院统计工作信息咨询、监督和管理的职能,成为医院统计工作者首先考虑的问题。本文通过剖析传统模式下统计工作的弊端,分析信息化条件下对统计工作带来的影响,思考新形势下完善统计工作的新方法。提出作为医院统计工作者应适应时代需求,应不断提高自身素质,开拓创新,将统计工作与现代化医院管理紧密结合,为医院现代化管理和稳步发展提供可靠保证。充分利用信息技术提高数据质量,全方位多层次进行综合信息数据挖掘,提高统计工作自动化程度,实现医院统计高效管理,为现代医院管理发挥应有的作用。 相似文献
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A. Dutier 《Médecine Nucléaire》2013,37(8):310-312
Nuclear medicine physicians are very involved in French's oncology announcement procedure. However, their role needs to be analysed and evaluated. Before diagnosis’ announcement, information provided by nuclear medicine physicians are never neutral for patients. Information must not increase patient's anxiety or false patient's sense of reassurance. In this context, it seems necessary to engage in ethical reflexions about nuclear medicine physicians communication challenges. 相似文献
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近年来医患冲突不断发生,一系列由伦理道德而引发的医疗纠纷事件反映了我国医院管理存在的问题。患者及家属的观念偏移、医患双方信息不对等、医务人员态度不佳以及医疗资源分配不均等问题均是医患冲突的影响因素。我们通过分析患者的道德权利在医患关系中重要地位,认为医务人员应当树立\"以人为本\"的服务理念,重视患者及家属的社会心理需求,促进医学道德的发展,构建和谐的医患关系。 相似文献
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目的:探讨年龄对于复杂性急性Stanford B型主动脉夹层(Complicated acute type B aortic dissection,cABAD)患者预后的影响。方法:回顾性分析2010年1月至2017年6月急诊收治入院的156例cABAD患者的住院病例资料,将其根据不同的年龄、治疗方式(药物保守治疗、血管内介入治疗、传统手术治疗)及治疗结果进行分组,并在不同的年龄组进行分析。结果:本研究的患者平均年龄为52.46±11.72岁,45%的患者(n=70)大于65岁,55%的患者(n=86)小于65岁。小于65岁的患者有22.2%的患者(n=19)接受药物保守治疗、19.8%的患者(n=17)接受传统手术治疗、58%的患者(n=50)接受血管内介入治疗,大于65岁的患者有48.6%的患者(n=34)接受药物保守治疗、11.4%的患者(n=8)接受传统手术治疗、40%的患者(n=28)接受血管内介入治疗。小于65岁与大于65岁患者院内死亡率分别为12.8%与35.7%(P0.001),接受血管内治疗分别为2%与28.6%(P=0.001),常规手术治疗分别为21%与37.5%(P=0.468),药物保守治疗分别为31.5%与41.7%(P=0.489)。年龄65岁或以上是多因素分析中住院死亡率的预测因子(OR=2.72;95%CI 1.343-4.674; P=0.012)。结论:年龄≥65岁对于cABAD患者的预后具有显著的影响,血管内介入治疗可有效降低院内死亡率,但死亡率随着年龄的增长而升高。 相似文献
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Raquel Ramírez-Martín Rocío Menéndez Colino Victoria Déniz González Jose Antonio Gazo Martínez Jose Luis Marijuán Martín Juan Ignacio González-Montalvo 《Revista espa?ola de geriatría y gerontología》2021,56(2):87-90
ObjectiveTo determine the efficiency of «Cross-speciality Geriatrics» program in patients older than 80 years admitted to the Colorectal Pathology Unit of a General Surgery Department.Material and methodsA «before-after» study was conducted. The initial period (usual treatment for General Surgery) included patients admitted from 1st January to 31st August 2018, and the subsequent period (with support from geriatrics) from 1st January to 31st December 2019. Two types of patients were studied: Type 1, who were admitted to the Emergency Department, and Type 2, programmed admissions for colorectal cancer intervention. The Geriatrics intervention consisted of daily monitoring in the ward, collaboration in clinical management, and discharge planning. Furthermore, in Type 2 patients, a previous visit was made in the clinic, which included the detection and approach of frailty and pre-habilitation for surgery.ResultsA total of 175 patients were included, of whom 53 were treated by General Surgery and 122 with the co-management of geriatrics. The mean age was 84.9 years (SD 4.8). In the period with the Cross-speciality Geriatrics program, the mean stay was reduced by 10.6 days (39%), and 8.5 days (44%) in types 1 and 2, respectively (P < .01). This led to a decrease in bed occupancy (3.3 beds/day) and a cost reduction (1,215,970 € / year).ConclusionsThe support of Cross-speciality Geriatrics in patients older than 80 years admitted to General Surgery is an efficient care model. These data support its implementation in hospitals where this care line has not yet been developed 相似文献