The provision of hanbang herbal medicine in the Korean community in Australia: entrepreneurial or caring for fellow Koreans?

This study explores the underlying factors that sustain the practice of herbal medicine in a non-English speaking background (Korean) community in Australia. Qualitative study was undertaken of 8 herbal doctors' practice of herbal medicine, their understanding of Korean immigrants' life and work involvement, and the use of herbal medicine, using semi-structured interview schedules. The demand for herbal medicine is linked to Korean immigrants' involvement in manual work or long working hours irrespective of their qualifications. Hanbang tonic medicine is a way to maintain their health - that is, a capacity to work. Although hanbang doctors claim that hanbang medicine differs from biomedicine, they share more similarities than differences under the current economic environment. The increasing interest in complementary therapies has ramifications on people's health and health care industry. Government and professional regulations on complementary therapies could be developed in close consultation with relevant stakeholders. Health care practice in the migrant community is an area to be approached with caution.

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A Measure of Family Functioning for Health Care Practice and Research in Israel

Journal of Comparative Family Studies ◽

10.3138/jcfs.15.2.211 ◽

1984 ◽

Vol 15 (2) ◽

pp. 211-230 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

S. Linder-Pelz ◽

S. Levy ◽

A. Tamir ◽

T. Spenser ◽

L. M. Epstein

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Family Functioning ◽

Care Practice ◽

Health Care Practice

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Ethical Visions for the Development of Patient Care in the Health Care Practice

Journal of Intercultural Management and Ethics ◽

10.35478/jime.2019.1.04 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 27-34

Author(s):

Richard Moreno ◽

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Cristinel Ștefănescu ◽

Beatrice Gabriela Ioan ◽

Mariana Cuceu ◽

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Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Patient Care ◽

Care Practice ◽

Health Care Practice

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Internal barriers to efficiency: why disinvestments are so difficult. Identifying and addressing internal barriers to disinvestment of health technologies

Health Economics Policy and Law ◽

10.1017/s1744133121000037 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-16

Author(s):

Bjørn Hofmann

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Health Economics ◽

Cognitive Biases ◽

Care Practice ◽

Core Concept ◽

Health Care Practice ◽

Health Technologies ◽

Sound Foundation ◽

Internal Barriers ◽

Efficient Care

Abstract Although efficiency is a core concept in health economics, its impact on health care practice still is modest. Despite an increased pressure on resource allocation, a widespread use of low-value care is identified. Nonetheless, disinvestments are rare. Why is this so? This is the key question of this paper: why are disinvestments not more prevalent and improving the efficiency of the health care system, given their sound foundation in health economics, their morally important rationale, the significant evidence for a long list of low-value care and available alternatives? Although several external barriers to disinvestments have been identified, this paper looks inside us for mental mechanisms that hamper rational assessment, implementation, use and disinvestment of health technologies. Critically identifying and assessing internal inclinations, such as cognitive biases, affective biases and imperatives, is the first step toward a more rational handling of health technologies. In order to provide accountable and efficient care we must engage in the quest against the figments of our minds; to disinvest in low-value care in order to provide high-value health care.

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Ongoing processes of managing consent: the empirical ethics of using video-recording in clinical practice and research

Clinical Ethics ◽

10.1258/ce.2011.011040 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 6 (4) ◽

pp. 179-185 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Michelle O'Reilly ◽

Nicola Parker ◽

Ian Hutchby

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Video Recording ◽

Empirical Ethics ◽

Video Data ◽

Care Practice ◽

Reflecting Team ◽

Recording Equipment ◽

Health Care Practice ◽

Ethical Concerns ◽

Sensitive Topics

Using video to facilitate data collection has become increasingly common in health research. Using video in research, however, does raise additional ethical concerns. In this paper we utilize family therapy data to provide empirical evidence of how recording equipment is treated. We show that families made a distinction between what was observed through the video by the reflecting team and what was being recorded onto videotape. We show that all parties actively negotiated what should and should not go ‘on the record’, with particular attention to sensitive topics and the responsibility of the therapist. Our findings have important implications for both clinical professionals and researchers using video data. We maintain that informed consent should be an ongoing process and with this in mind we present some arguments pertaining to the current debates in this field of health-care practice.

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