scholarly journals Dealing with COVID-19 in Medical Practice: Yet an Uncertain Situation

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Prabin Shrestha
Keyword(s):  
Medical Practice ◽  
Medical Professionals ◽  
The World

COVID-19 pandemic is still uncertain and is going to last longer. The world has learnt a lot to fight against it. However, the world has to learn to live and deal with it in the days ahead. Medical practice has to be innovated and modified to protect medical professionals as well as patients.

The Trusted Doctor

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosamond Rhodes
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Medical Ethics ◽  
Medical Practice ◽  
Biomedical Ethics ◽  
Common Morality ◽  
Medical Professionals ◽  
Medical Professionalism ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
Professional Obligations ◽  
The World

Common morality has been the touchstone for addressing issues of medical ethics since the publication of Beauchamp and Childress’s Principles of Biomedical Ethics in 1979. This book challenges that reigning view by presenting an original account of the ethics of medicine. It begins by demonstrating why the standard common morality accounts of medical ethics are unsuitable for the profession and inadequate for responding to the uncommon issues that arise in medical practice. It then explains medicine’s distinctive ethics in terms of the trust that society allows to the profession. Starting with the obligation to “seek trust and be trustworthy,” the book goes on to explicate sixteen specific duties that doctors take on when they join the profession. By enumerating the duties of medical professionals and explaining their importance with numerous clinical examples, this book presents a cohesive and coherent description of the duties of medical professionals that is largely consistent with codes of medical ethics posted on websites of medical societies around the world. It also explains why it is critical for physicians to develop the attitudes or doctorly virtues that comprise the character of trustworthy doctors and buttress physicians’ efforts to fulfill their professional obligations. Together, the presentation of physicians’ duties and the elements that comprise a doctorly character add up to a description of what medical professionalism entails. This analysis provides a clear understanding of medical professionalism and guides doctors in navigating the ethically challenging situations that arise in clinical practice.

scholarly journals Best interests: The ‘best’ way for courts to decide if young children should act as bone marrow donors?

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 3-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shih-Ning Then
Keyword(s):  
Bone Marrow ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Medical Practice ◽  
Best Interests ◽  
Potential Donor ◽  
Unique Position ◽  
Potential Child ◽  
The World ◽  
Psychological Harm ◽  
Continued Use

Young children who are called upon to donate regenerative tissue – most commonly bone marrow – to save the life of a sick relative are in a unique position. The harvest of tissue from them is non-therapeutic and carries the risk of physical and psychological harm. However, paediatric donation is relatively common medical practice around the world. Where some doubt exists over the legality of allowing a child to donate, courts can be asked to authorize the procedure and in doing so will apply the ‘best interests’ test in making their decision. How are a young child’s rights recognized in such a situation? This article considers whether the best interests test is the ‘best’ test to be applied by courts when cases of potential child donors come before it. The approach of courts in three jurisdictions is analysed, and problems in the application of the test in this context are discussed. While the continued use of the test by courts is supported, the way the test has been used by courts is critiqued and recommendations made to better respect the rights of the potential donor child.

scholarly journals Rituals in Traditional Chinese Medicine: Taking a Case of Infertility as an Example

2022 ◽  
pp. 9-12
Author(s):  
Jian Liang ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Medical Practice ◽  
Chinese Herb ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Close Connection ◽  
Research Topics ◽  
Whole Process ◽  
Traditional Chinese Herb ◽  
The World

Ritual is one of the most classic research topics in the field of Anthropology, and rituals have close connection with medial practice. However, the research on this topic from the experience of Traditional Chinese Medicine is limited. This paper presents the whole story that a patient suffering from infertility got cured got cured by a doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM) and finally became a mother. With the detailed description of each medical practice, including pulse-taking, traditional Chinese herb therapy, and postpartum confinement, this paper analyzes the ritualized elements in the whole process, interprets how ritual play a role in the practice of TCM, and points out ritual’s essential significance in contributing to human’s well being and adjusting the relationships between individual and the world.

scholarly journals From Central Africa to Egypt: A Surgeon’s Journey

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 50-54
Author(s):  
David Carl Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Medical Practice ◽  
Central Africa ◽  
International Experience ◽  
Medical Professionals ◽  
Successful Transition

When medical professionals step out of one culture into another to serve in mission, the transition is far more complex and difficult than even those with wide international experience may realize, especially if it involves a change between widely divergent cultures, the need to learn a new language or work through a translator, and understanding a completely new worldview. Understanding how these issues affect medical practice requires a mixture of humility, curiousity, and perseverance, and can bring about successful transition and widen doors to successful ministry.

Spastics have minds that work, but bodies that can't

1997 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-20
Author(s):  
Krishna Maitra ◽  
Dipi Pathak
Keyword(s):  
Cerebral Palsy ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Medical Professionals ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
The World ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
The Brain

Cerebral Palsy is a disability resulting from damage to the brain before or during the birth and is manifested by muscular in-coordination and speech disturbances. They have been victims of public misunderstanding from the time that William John Little, MD, the English physician, recognised and publicised them in the year 1843. As a research project, the present investigators wanted to exp lore the world of spastic children by selecting artistry as the medium of expression of their thoughts, feelings, problems and needs. The study, through natural and participant observation as well as through interviews with counsellors, psychologists and medical professionals drew profiles of spastic children. The analysis of their drawings/paintings reflected their healthy bent of mind, positive attitudes towards life and necessity to be surrounded by happiness and healthy conditions. The study on the basis of their findings has given some concrete suggestions for the teachers and the parents with a proper accent on the following: ‘The disabled are people too. All people are different. What is so special about their difference?’

Clinical Medicine: Its Challenges and its Responsibilities

1984 ◽  
Vol 145 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
John Walton
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Medical Practice ◽  
Delivery Of Health Care ◽  
Clinical Medicine ◽  
The World ◽  
Public Scrutiny ◽  
Topical Interest ◽  
Changing Society

I regard it as a singular honour and privilege to have been invited to deliver this lecture named in honour of Dr Henry Maudsley. His name is revered in medicine, not least because of his generosity in founding the Maudsley Hospital, famous throughout the world, but also because, as a former President of the Royal Medico-Psychological Association, he was active in that body out of which your distinguished college eventually evolved. The topic I have chosen is one which seems to me to be of great topical interest in an era both of increasing public scrutiny of medical practice and of the delivery of health care in a changing society. This scrutiny has brought advantages, but also substantial disadvantages to clinical medicine.

Common Conceptions and the Metaphysics of Material Substance

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-139
Author(s):  
Han Thomas Adriaenssen ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Medical Practice ◽  
Philosophical Theory ◽  
Natural Philosopher ◽  
Material World ◽  
Proper Understanding ◽  
Material Substance ◽  
The World ◽  
To Come ◽  
Nature Of Matter

This paper explores how, according to three early modern philosophers, philosophical theory should relate to our pre-theoretical picture of reality. Though coming from very different backgrounds, the Spanish scholastic, Domingo de Soto, and the English natural philosopher, Kenelm Digby, agreed that an ability to accommodate our pre-theoretical picture of the world and our ordinary way of speaking about reality is a virtue for a philosophical theory. Yet at the same time, they disagreed on what kind of ontology of the material world is implied by these. The Dutch Cartesian, Johannes de Raey, took a very different approach, and argued that the picture of reality we naturally develop from our early days onwards and the language associated with it have their use in domains such as law and medical practice, but are a poor guide to the ontology of the material world. Thus, if we are to arrive at a proper understanding of the nature of matter, we need to move beyond the picture of reality we naturally develop from our early days onwards in order to come to see that the nature of matter consists in bare extension.

scholarly journals Dermatopathology and Social Media

2017 ◽  
Vol 142 (2) ◽  
pp. 184-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erin Carlquist ◽  
Nathan E. Lee ◽  
Sara C. Shalin ◽  
Michael Goodman ◽  
Jerad M. Gardner
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Medical Profession ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Medical Professionals ◽  
Patient Confidentiality ◽  
Collaborative Tool ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
Use Of Social Media

Context.— Use of social media in the medical profession is an increasingly prevalent and sometimes controversial practice. Many doctors believe social media is the future and embrace it as an educational and collaborative tool. Others maintain reservations concerning issues such as patient confidentiality, and legal and ethical risks. Objective.— To explore the utility of social media as an educational and collaborative tool in dermatopathology. Design.— We constructed 2 identical surveys containing questions pertaining to the responders' demographics and opinions regarding the use of social media for dermatopathology. The surveys were available on Twitter and Facebook for a period of 10 days. Results.— The survey was completed by 131 medical professionals from 29 different countries: the majority (81%, 106 of 131) were 25 to 45 years of age. Most replied that they access Facebook or Twitter several times a day (68%, 89 of 131) for both professional and social purposes (77%, 101 of 131). The majority agreed that social media provides useful and relevant information, but stated limitations they would like addressed. Conclusions.— Social media is a powerful tool with the ability to instantaneously share dermatopathology with medical professionals across the world. This study reveals the opinions and characteristics of the population of medical professionals currently using social media for education and collaboration in dermatopathology.

scholarly journals Is Autonomy a Universal Value of Human Existence? Scope of Autonomy in Medical Practice: A Comparative Study between Western Medical Ethics and Islamic Medical Ethics

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rathor MY ◽  
Azarisman Shah MS ◽  
Hasmoni MH
Keyword(s):  
Medical Ethics ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Human Existence ◽  
World Health ◽  
Medical Professionals ◽  
World Health Report ◽  
Health Report ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Contemporary Medicine

The practice of contemporary medicine has been tremendously influenced by western ideas and it is assumed by many that autonomy is a universal value of human existence. In the World Health Report 2000, the World Health Organization (WHO) considered autonomy a “universal” value of human life against which every health system in the world should be judged. Further in Western bioethics, patient autonomy and self -determination prevails in all sectors of social and personal life, a concept unacceptable to some cultures. In principle, there are challenges to the universal validity of autonomy, individualism and secularism, as most non-Western cultures are proud of their communal relations and spiritualistic ethos and, thereby imposing Western beliefs and practices as aforementioned can have deleterious consequences. Religion lies at the heart of most cultures which influences the practice patterns of medical professionals in both visible and unconscious ways. However, religion is mostly viewed by scientists as mystical and without scientific proof. Herein lies the dilemma, whether medical professionals should respect the cultural and religious beliefs of their patients? In this paper we aim to discuss some of the limitations of patient's autonomy by comparing the process of reasoning in western medical ethics and Islamic medical ethics, in order to examine the possibility and desirability of arriving at a single, unitary and universally acceptable notion of medical ethics. We propose a more flexible viewpoint that accommodates different cultural and religious values in interpreting autonomy and applying it in an increasingly multilingual and multicultural, contemporaneous society in order to provide the highest level of care possible.

scholarly journals It Will Take a Global Movement to Curb Corruption in Health Systems Comment on "We Need to Talk About Corruption in Health Systems"

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 662-664
Author(s):  
Margot I. Witvliet
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Systems ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
General Public ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Medical Professionals ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
Public Health Professionals ◽  
The World ◽  
Global Movement

Corruption in health systems is a problem around the world. Prior research consistently shows that corruption is detrimental to population health. Yet public health professionals are slow to address this complicated issue on a global scale. In the editorial entitled "We Need to Talk About Corruption in Health Systems" concern with the general lack of discourse on this topic amongst health professionals is highlighted. In this invited commentary three contributing factors that hamper public dialogue on corruption are discussed. These include (i) corrupt acts are often not illegal, (ii) government and medical professionals continued acceptance of corruption in the health systems, and (iii) lack of awareness within the general public on the extent of the problem. It is advocated that a global movement that is fully inclusive needs to occur to eradicate corruption.

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