scholarly journals Transhumanism as a Challenge to the Medical Doctor-Patient Relation

2018 ◽  
pp. 47-69
Author(s):  
Joanna Miksa
Keyword(s):  
Medical Ethics ◽  
Therapeutic Relationship ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Medical Doctor ◽  
Medical Doctors ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Way

In this paper I undertake to analyze the way in which the arrival of HETs may influence the therapeutic relationship between the medical doctor and the patient. I begin with presenting he notion of transhumanism, insisting especially on the fact that some of the technologies that can be classified as HETs are already in use. As a result, the traditionally difficult task of defining health and a disease is becoming even more complicated. This circumstance poses the risk that medical doctors in their relationship with the patient, because of the possibilities offered by new technologies, will oscillate in their professional practice between helping the patient to recover and satisfying needs that are not justified by the considerations of health. I will try to show how the therapeutic relationship between the medical doctor and the patient may be transformed because of new technologies by using the example of IVF procedure applied to postmenopausal patients. In order to understand why the relationship between the medical doctors and their patients is so vulnerable in the context of transhumanism, I propose to re-analyze the most basic notions which help us understand the nature of the therapeutic relationship: the status of medicine as contrasted with technology, basic principles of medical ethics, the notion of a disease and an illness.

Playing with Design

2012 ◽  
pp. 217-231
Author(s):  
Pedro Mota Teixeira ◽  
Maria João Félix ◽  
Paula Tavares
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Digital Games ◽  
Multidisciplinary Teams ◽  
Dimensional Representation ◽  
Contemporary Theory ◽  
Detail Design ◽  
Digital Animation ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Relationship

In recent years, digital games had the capacity to join a vast set of knowledge fields that provided them the status of one of the areas that has most contributed to the development of contemporary theory of new technologies and also to the development of new imagetic solutions, especially in tri-dimensional representation (3D). Digital games were the motto in the research of artificial intelligence, physical and virtual interfaces, the relationship between man and machine, virtual representation, and development in the field of digital animation. In this context, the aim of the authors’ proposal is to show the need and universality of design in the development of digital games, at the level of amusement games and, mainly, in serious games. Since the authors consider design as a project and understand design as an essential tool in the development of the project, they will dwell on the amplitude of design and designer in multidisciplinary teams of game creation. The following “4 Ds” will be studied and explained in detail: design of games, design of characters and virtual scenography, “design” of emotions, and design of the interface.

scholarly journals AWARENESS OF MEDICAL DOCTORS ABOUT MEDICAL ETHICS IN KING KHALID HOSPITAL IN ALMAJMAAH CITY 2016 - 2017

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 515-530
Author(s):  
Farah Alloboon ◽  
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Meshael Aleidan ◽  
Raghad Alomaim ◽  
Wasen Al-Yaish ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Ethics ◽  
Medical Profession ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Medical Doctors ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
Analytical Thinking ◽  
Asking Questions ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship

Background:Medical ethics known as a branch of ethics that deals with moral issues which guide a member of the medical profession in their dealing with each other, their profession and patients.Theprinciples of ethics are including autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, and justice.So, the importance of ethics in medical field that it will strengthen the relationship between the physician and the patient. In addition to that it trains the doctor to deal with his patients as whole human being not a sick body achieving by that the holistic approach. It also improves the skills and the analytical thinking of the clinician like asking questions and problem solving skills. Objective:To study the Awareness of Medical Doctors towards medical ethics in King Khalid Hospital In Almajmaah 2016-2017 Methodology:This study is a descriptive cross sectional hospital based, conducted in King khalid hospital in Almajmaah city,a sample of 90 doctors were chosen randomly, Informed consents were taken from the doctors, and a permission was taken from the ethical committee in the university and from KKH administration. Results:Overall majority of participants had moderate awareness of medical ethics (76.83%),while (15.85%)were with low awareness, and (7.32%)had high awareness. Significant association between specialty and awareness of medical ethics was observed, while no significant association between experience and awareness of medical ethics.

Perspectivas ecocríticas y tensiones narrativas en El padre de Blancanieves de Belén Gopegui

2021 ◽  
Vol 66 (4) ◽  
pp. 161-171
Author(s):  
Iulia Bobăilă ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Status Quo ◽  
The Novel ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Way

Ecocritical Perspectives and Narrative Tensions in Belén Gopegui’s Snow White’s Father. The relationship between literature and ecology has come to the fore in the last few decades and has encompassed several dimensions approached within the evolving framework of ecocriticism. In this context, our purpose is twofold: to explore the possibilities of an ecocritical reading of Belén Gopegui’s novel Snow White’s Father and to highlight the way in which the characters’ uncomfortable questions, the fully-articulated answers and those still latent make up an intricate network of narrative tensions. At the core of the novel lies an all-pervading need of self-questioning and collective reassessment of values, interactions and ethical limits. Its characters are marked by doubt and hesitations regarding the reasons that make them strive for a change or defend the status quo they are fond of. Gopegui is able to perform a delicately-balanced walk on a tightrope between stern anti-capitalist principles and complex human motivations. Keywords: system, ideology, capitalism, ecocriticism, collective subject

Unearthing the political unconscious in the reporting of homelessness in Manchester

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-99
Author(s):  
Rachel Broady
Keyword(s):  
Status Quo ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Unconscious ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Way

Journalists in Manchester have reported on homelessness with the intention of highlighting a problem, persuading a charitable response and encouraging legislative intervention. They serve as the way for readers, who may not spend time among the homeless, to observe and understand. This article argues that the representation is restricted by the ideological arena in which journalists work. It posits that by utilizing Fredric Jameson’s interpretive horizons methodology, the political unconscious of copy can be unearthed to reveal the acceptance of the inevitability of homelessness, which has been internalized and reconfigured in stories about the topic. It argues that it is possible to reveal the strategies of containment unconsciously employed, which conceal the relationship between labour and value, and ultimately defend the status quo, despite the intentions of journalists and publications. It further posits that the systemic, societal causes of homelessness are ultimately unchallenged, with the experience unconsciously mediated by the journalists and shared with an audience treated as fellow observers.

PHILOSOPHERS AND CITIZENS ON THE AREOPAGUS: LUCIAN'S PROSE TRILOGY

Ramus ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 198-222
Author(s):  
David Blair Pass
Keyword(s):  
Civic Virtue ◽  
Philosophical Tradition ◽  
Lively Discussion ◽  
Philosophical Writing ◽  
Imperial Period ◽  
The Status ◽  
Civic Community ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Way

The lively discussion of the relationship between rhetoric and philosophy, the presentation of a theory of writing dialogues that combine elements from different genres and a dramatic frame that presents this theory in an Athenian setting as philosophical schools such as the Stoa and the Academy explain to the citizens their contributions to civic virtue make the Twice Accused not only one of the most important dialogues for understanding Lucian's project but also one of the most important literary treatments of the reception of philosophy in Athens and the status of philosophy in the Imperial period. Because many of the philosophical elements Lucian uses to create his drama—common arguments, well-known attitudes and standard portraits—are conventional, the creativity and originality of the work consists in the combination of these elements and juxtaposition of different scenes and frames; understanding each scene and its significance depends on establishing its relationship to other scenes. This paper will examine the role the Twice Accused plays as part of a trilogy of dialogues together with the Sale of Lives and the Fisherman; the trilogy presents a reflection on the introduction of philosophy and a progressive analysis of the attitudes between citizens and philosophers in the Athenian civic context. Considering the three as a trilogy not only reveals a central tragic intertext but also illuminates the way that the methodological statement at the end of the Twice Accused completes the schema connecting attitudes towards the philosophical tradition to Athenian topography by moderating the extremes of the previous two dialogues and explaining the role of philosophical writing as a mediating force between the demands of philosophy and the needs of the larger civic community.

scholarly journals Nephrologists between power and vulnerability in times of technology

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 403-409 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Miguel Viscarra Obregón ◽  
Marcio Fabri dos Anjos
Keyword(s):  
Professional Practice ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Medical Specialty ◽  
Cultural Transformation ◽  
Technical Training ◽  
Medical Doctors ◽  
Social Environments ◽  
New Professionals ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship

ABSTRACT The doctor-patient relationship is often discussed from the perspective of patient vulnerability. Little attention is given to the vulnerability of nephrologists in their professional practice, a reality often affected by profound cultural transformation arising from technological development. Nephrology is based on research and procedure instrumentalization, both permeated with technology. In addition, the relationship between nephrologists and institutions is governed by market rules. Recent data showed a shortage of new nephrologists and the need to improve the technical training of new professionals, foster the establishment of interventional nephrology, and attract more graduating physicians to this medical specialty. Bioethics offers a different perspective on the issue, since it takes the subjective concerns of medical doctors and the social environments they participate in into consideration in order to enhance their ethical autonomy. These ideas may be discussed as part of undergraduate or specialization programs, thus reinforcing the acknowledgement of vulnerability as a condition and of the relevance of adopting a reflective attitude toward the events of everyday life that interact with the morality of nephrologists, so that risks are adequately faced having bioethical parameters as a reference.

Multiplicity of Ontologies: Lakes and Humans in Siberia

2020 ◽  
Vol 50 (6) ◽  
pp. 523-542
Author(s):  
Csaba Mészáros
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Human Agency ◽  
Local Practices ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Multiple Ontologies ◽  
The Way

Global climate change and modernization efforts in the Soviet era have affected the relationship between humans and lakes in Northeast Siberia and have compelled local Sakhas to perceive and renegotiate the status of lakes. These changes have distanced Sakhas from their lakes, and, thus, fishermen and trappers have entered a new epoch, when they not longer fully understand the way lakes respond to human agency. By describing contemporary incoherent local practices at lakes (trapping and fishing), I intend to reflect on new, emergent and multiple ontologies among Sakhas.

Express Warranties And Misrepresentations

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Duncan Fairgrieve ◽  
Richard Goldberg
Keyword(s):  
Considerable Importance ◽  
Precise Nature ◽  
Traditional Remedy ◽  
The Status ◽  
Contractual Term ◽  
American Law ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Legal Consequences ◽  
The Way

Before or at the time of entering a contract a buyer’s attention will frequently be drawn to statements which relate to the quality and potential of the goods. Such statements may take any one of a number of forms and the way they are classified will have an important effect on the remedies available should they ultimately be found to be false or unsubstantiated. Thus a statement may be no more than a mere ‘puff ’ or a matter of opinion and, as such, it will usually give rise to no liability whatsoever. Alternatively it may constitute a misrepresentation of fact inducing the representee to enter into the contract. The traditional remedy would then be rescission of the contract and an indemnity in equity, damages in the tort of deceit if the statement was made fraudulently, and, later, damages under the Hedley Byrne doctrine if it was made negligently. Within English law the Misrepresentation Act 1967 is now of considerable importance in such cases. Such a statement may also give rise to an estoppel, thus precluding its maker from asserting its falsity as against a person who was intended to rely on it and did rely on it to his detriment. Finally, the statement may be classified as a contractual term. Where this is so the maker will be taken to have warranted or guaranteed the truth of the statement and a remedy will be available without the need to prove deceit or negligence. The precise nature of this remedy (whether repudiation or damages) will depend on the status or importance of the term to the contract. This classification and its legal consequences will now be examined in more detail insofar as it affects the relationship of seller and purchaser. Thereafter it is proposed to discuss the possible application of some of the principles to manufacturers. In this latter context particular reference will be made to the express warranty theory of American law and to the collateral contract doctrine of English and Commonwealth law.

Perception by Moroccan Physicians of Factors Affecting their Migration Decisions

2013 ◽  
pp. 337-375
Author(s):  
Youssef Chetioui
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Region ◽  
Medical Doctor ◽  
Medical Doctors ◽  
Doctor Who ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The North ◽  
Migration Decisions ◽  
The Status ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
The Brain

The variety of factors affecting migration decisions of medical doctors are confronted with the opinions of medical doctors operating in Morocco. The major objective of this exercise is to see how individual and environmental factors are perceived by each medical doctor who has selected to stay or to return to the country of origin after his or her medical studies. The method used in this research is based on the analysis of the information and data from a survey of physicians. This survey is based on the inputs from 117 medical doctors operating in different cities of Morocco. The results reveal that those with lower age and higher difficulties in medical practice constitute most of the medical doctors to relocate overseas. The migration conditions are also found to have a significant negative effect on respondents’ intention to migrate. The study reveals as well that labor wages, gender, the status of the hospital (private or public), and the situations prevailing in hospitals do not significantly affect the attitude of respondents about migration. These results confirm that the surveyed doctors have selected to not migrate but to operate in Morocco while those that migrate could have opposite assessments for the same factors. All the surveyed doctors have confirmed the importance of intensifying cooperation between hospitals and medical schools on both sides of the Mediterranean region. This cooperative framework creates new incentives for the promotion of exchanges of medical doctors, knowledge, and experiences between the South and the North. The intensification of this collaboration allows medical doctors to be more mobile, creating a new win-win process that is far from the brain-drain type of vision.

scholarly journals Therapeutic relationship on the web: to face or not to face?

2014 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Sfoggia ◽  
Clarice Kowacs ◽  
Marina Bento Gastaud ◽  
Pricilla Braga Laskoski ◽  
Ana Margareth Bassols ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Therapeutic Relationship ◽  
Information Dissemination ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Critical Discussion ◽  
Therapeutic Technique ◽  
Therapeutic Setting ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Web

In this age of unprecedented expansion of media and information dissemination and sharing, the use of electronic means should be reconsidered. The use of new technologies should be studied to understand how it may affect the relationship between patient and therapist during psychotherapy or psychoanalytic treatments. This study offers a critical discussion of the effect of technologies on clinical practice, and vignettes are used to describe their impact on frame, anonymity, abstinence and therapeutic neutrality. Transfer and countertransference issues resulting from these changes are also discussed. The potential benefits of new technologies in psychotherapy are appreciated, but the authors draw attention to the need to reflect about the presence of the therapist in those technologies and the preservation of the therapeutic setting, so that a satisfactory progression of the work of the dyad is ensured. This study also discusses the use of technologies in the expansion of learning and application of the therapeutic technique to overcome geographic and time barriers, among others.

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