Health Professionals' Attitudes to Obese Patients and Ethical Problems Experienced

2021 ◽  
pp. 79-94
Author(s):  
Meryem Türkan Işık ◽  
Gülay Yıldırım
Keyword(s):  
Health Services ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Obese Patients ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Ethical Problems ◽  
Ethical Conflicts ◽  
The Right ◽  
To Receive

Obesity is one of the health problems that threaten humanity considerably. In our country, considering the right to healthcare of each individual, earned by birth, they have a right to receive an equal and just healthcare. Obese individuals may suffer from negative attitudes of health professionals in providing protective health services and inpatient treatments. In this chapter, the aim was to draw attention to ethical conflicts between obese individuals and health professionals in the process of their healthcare and raise awareness of these problems.

Young service users from refugee backgrounds: their perspectives on barriers to accessing Australian mental health services

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Madeleine Claire Valibhoy ◽  
Josef Szwarc ◽  
Ida Kaplan
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Young People ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Explanatory Models ◽  
Service Users ◽  
Content Type

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine barriers to accessing mental health services, from the perspective of young people of refugee background who have been service users, and to suggest strategies to improve access to mental health services. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative study was conducted with 16 young people (aged 18-25), who had been refugees and who had attended mental health professionals in Australia. Interview transcripts were analysed thematically to examine participants’ perspectives on what hinders initial access to mental health services. Findings Stigma about mental health problems was particularly prominent. Many believed a high level of disturbance was the threshold for entering services, and for some there was no knowledge of such services’ existence. Options for assistance other than mental health services were often preferred, according to young people’s explanatory models. Apprehension was expressed that sessions would be uncomfortable, distressing or ineffective. The desire to be self-reliant functioned as a further barrier. Finally, structural obstacles and social exclusion deterred some young refugees from accessing services. Practical implications Implications include the need for service providers to be equipped to provide culturally sensitive, responsive services that ideally offer both practical and psychological assistance. Potential referrers, including health professionals and community leaders, could facilitate increased access if trained to recognise and address barriers. Finally, findings indicate potential content for awareness-raising initiatives for young refugees about mental health problems and services. Originality/value This paper is original in its sample, method, topic and findings; being drawn from the first known qualitative research exploring views of young mental health service users who have been refugees about barriers to accessing mental health services.

Conscientious Objection in Reproductive Health Care: Analysis of Pichon and Sajous v. France

2008 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adriana Lamačková
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Conscientious Objection ◽  
Private Life ◽  
Reproductive Health Care ◽  
Health Care Context ◽  
The Right

AbstractThis article explores the issue of conscientious objection invoked by health professionals in the reproductive and sexual health care context and its impact on women's ability to access health services. The right to exercise conscientious objection has been recognized by many international and European scholars as being derived from the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. It is not, however, an absolute right. When the exercise of conscientious objection conflicts with other human rights and fundamental freedoms, a balance must be struck between the right to conscientious objection and other affected rights such as the right to respect for private life, the right to equality and non-discrimination, and the right to receive and impart information. Particularly in the reproductive health care context, states that allow health professionals to exercise conscientious objection must accommodate this in such a way that its exercise does not compromise women's access to health services. This article analyses the European Court of Human Rights' decision on admissibility in Pichon and Sajous v. France (2001) and argues that a balancing approach should be applied in cases of conscientious objection in the sexual and reproductive health care context.

Clinical Meditation Teacher: A New Role for Health Professionals

2011 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Schaub
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Public Acceptance ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Mind ◽  
To Receive ◽  
Care Costs

The support for integrating meditation into health care and mental health has reached scientific and public acceptance. For the public to receive the benefits of the mind—body medicine of meditation, it is time for health professionals to step into the role of clinical meditation teachers. Clinical meditation refers to the ability to discern the right kinds of meditation for the right person at the right time. With the increased emphasis on preventative medicine and self-care skills to reduce health care costs, the timing is absolutely appropriate for health professionals to gain skills in this new role.

scholarly journals RESPONSIBILITY OF PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE BASED ON THE CONSTITUTION OF INDONESIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-66
Author(s):  
Ardiansah Ardiansah
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Health Services ◽  
House Of Representatives ◽  
The State ◽  
Public Health Services ◽  
The People ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Right ◽  
To Receive

The Indonesian Constitution has mandated health services for its people. Everyone has the right to receive health services, while the state is obliged to provide health services. The implementation of public health services faces problems concerning the president regulations about the increase of health insurance fee. The House of Representatives does not agree with the increase in health insurance fee, because the government should be responsible for the realization of public health services. This research uses normative legal research methods. The results showed that the government's policy of raising fees was considered unfair and burdensome to the people of Indonesia.Health services for the people of Indonesia has been mandated by The Indonesian Constitution. The denial of health services is a violation to the Indonesian constitution. The people have the right to get health services, whereas the state is responsible for providing health services. Therefore, even though the government raises fees, people expect the government to cancel the increase of the fee. Due to the fact that the Indonesian constitution has made it clear that the state is responsible for providing health services to its people.

scholarly journals Optimalisasi Stakeholder Dalam Pelayanan Kesehatan Narapidana Di Lembaga Pemasyarakatan

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-97
Author(s):  
Afif Adnan Zuhair
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Correctional Institutions ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Aceh Province ◽  
The Right ◽  
To Receive

Abstrak. Hak asasi merupakan suatu hak yang dipunyai oleh manusia. Undang-Undang No. 12 Tahun 1995 pasal 14 mengenai permasyarakatan yang mana juga meliputi berbagai hak narapidana yakni: mendapatkan hak pelayanan kesehatan, hak mendapatkan mendapatkan makanan yang layak, hak mendapatkan perawatan secara jasmani dan rohani. Narapinda merupakan terpidana dimana melaksanakan pidana yang kehilangan kemerdekaanya dalam Lembaga Pemasyarakatan. Pemberian pelayanan kesehatan pada Lembaga Permasyarakatan adalah sebuah perwujudan Hak Asasi Manusia. Berhasilnya pelayanan kesehatan tersebut juga adanya sebuah peran dari aktor kebijakannya atau stakeholder. Penelitian ini berfokus pada pelayanan kesehatan narapidana pada lembaga permasyarakatan di Indonesia dan juga optimalisasi stakeholder dalam pelayanan kesehatan di lembaga permasyaratan di Indonesia. Penelitian ini menggunakan tipe penelitian deskriptif dengan pendekatan kualitatif. Metode pengumpulan data dilakukan melalui dokumentasi dengan menghimpun berbagai sumber data sekunder yang memiliki keterkaitan dengan penelitian ini. Pelayanan kesehatan pada beberapa lembaga permasyarakatan di Indonesia, seperti Lembaga Permasyarakatan Narkotika Kabupaten Langsa Provinsi Aceh, Lembaga Permasyarakatan Perempuan Kelas IIA Yogyakarta, Lembaga Permasyarakatan Kelas II Manado masih belum baik dikarenakan banyak kendala pada dana, petugas kesehatan dan koordinasi dengan stakeholder lainnya. Diperlukannya stakeholder pada posisi penyelamat (saviour) dan kawan (friend) dapat diisi oleh dokter ataupun perawat kesehatan, Dinas Kesehatan pada posisi penyelamat (saviour), narapidana pada posisi pemerhati (acquintance). Kata Kunci: Pelayanan Kesehatan, Narapidana, Stakeholder Optimization of Stakeholders in Inmate Health Services in Correctional Institutions Abstrack. Human rights are rights that belong to humans. Law Number 12 of 1995 Article 14 concerning prison which also includes various prisoners' rights, namely: getting the right to health services, the right to get proper food, the right to receive physical and spiritual care. Prisoners are convicted who carry out crimes who lost their independence in the Penitentiary. Providing health services to Penitentiaries is an embodiment of Human Rights. The success of the health service is also the role of the policy actor or stakeholder. This research focuses on prisoner health services in prison in Indonesia and also the optimization of stakeholders in health services in prison in Indonesia. This research uses descriptive research type with a qualitative approach. The method of data collection is done through documentation by collecting various secondary data sources that are related to this research. Health services at several penitentiary institutions in Indonesia, such as the Narcotics Penitentiary in Langsa, Aceh Province, Yogyakarta Class IIA Women's Penitentiary, Manado Class II Penitentiary are still not good due to many constraints on funds, health workers and coordination with other stakeholders. The need for stakeholders in the position of savior (savior) and friend (friend) can be filled by doctors or health nurses, the Office of Health in the position of savior (savior), prisoners in the position of observers (acquintance). Keywords: Health Services, Prisoners, Stakeholders  

Patient dignity and privacy: same-sex accommodation

2010 ◽  
Vol 92 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-17
Author(s):  
Susan Woodward
Keyword(s):  
Health Professionals ◽  
Quality Care ◽  
Hospital Environment ◽  
Process Of Care ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
High Quality ◽  
High Quality Care ◽  
Complex Process ◽  
The Right ◽  
To Receive

Every patient has the right to receive high-quality care that is safe and effective, with decisions based on the needs of each individual patient, not the constraints of the environment or the convenience of staff. The hospital environment, familiar to doctors, nurses and other health professionals, is unfamiliar for the patient and is often a bewildering, extremely hectic world in which the patient finds that he or she is just one of many. Already anxious in having to deal with his or her condition, the patient can feel vulnerable, unassertive and dependent and almost incidental to the complex process of care.

Ethical Problems in the Relationship between Health and Work

1996 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanni Berlinguer ◽  
Gabriella Falzi ◽  
Irene Figà-Talamanca
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Ethical Considerations ◽  
Ethical Problems ◽  
Fetal Protection ◽  
Ethical Conflicts ◽  
Conflicting Interests ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Relationship

Throughout history, the relationship between employers and workers has been subject to the equilibrium of power, to legislative norms, to ethical considerations, and more recently to scientific knowledge. The authors examine the ethical conflicts that arise from the application of scientific knowledge to preventive health policies in the workplace. In particular, they discuss the ethical conflicts in the application of screening practices, in the setting of “allowable limits” of harmful work exposures, and in the right of workers to be informed about work hazards. Ethical problems are also created by conflicting interests in the protection of the environment, the health of the general public, and the health of the working population, and by conflicting interests among workers, and even within the individual worker, as in the case of “fetal protection” policies. The authors emphasize the positive use of scientific information and respect for human dignity in resolving these conflicts.

Using Two-Eyed Seeing to Explore Interagency Collaboration

2018 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 133-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheryl Whiting ◽  
Stephanie Cavers ◽  
Sandra Bassendowski ◽  
Pammla Petrucka
Keyword(s):  
Health Services ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Interagency Collaboration ◽  
System Level ◽  
Limited Information ◽  
Culturally Competent ◽  
Practice Models ◽  
Saskatchewan Health ◽  
The Right ◽  
Wholistic Health

Background Health-care environments influence service delivery; approaches need to be more wholistic and culturally competent requiring effective interagency collaboration to bridge traditional Indigenous and mainstream health services. Despite considerable research on collaboration, the concept remains misunderstood, at worst, and formative, at best. Within the nexus of these two diverse health services, there is limited information on how collaborations could be created and sustained effectively. Purpose To explore the perspectives/experiences of collaboration of select Saskatchewan health professionals practicing across these diverse services to understand the concept from their perspectives. Methods This qualitative study explored collaboration through observation and interviews to elicit perspectives (two-eyed seeing) of health professionals working within the context of a traditional–mainstream health services partnership. Results Individual- and system-level factors and accountabilities are needed for successful cross-cultural collaboration and can be enabled by embedding the virtues of Indigenous and values of mainstream health services along with building and maintaining relationships, valuing difference, creating supportive environments and wholistic approaches, having the right people at the table, and making a change for impactful outcomes. Conclusion Findings support the need for implementing contextually relevant collaborative practice models for productive, wholistic health services. Two-eyed seeing provides the ability to capture and catalyze the tremendous value and strengths of both worlds, potentiating complementary aspects to meet the needs of clients and communities.

scholarly journals THE PRINCIPLE OF NON-DISCRIMINATION IN HEALTH SERVICES IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBILITY

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 188
Author(s):  
Endang Wahyati Yustina ◽  
Anggraeni Endah Kusumaningrum
Keyword(s):  
Health Service ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Public Health Service ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Government Responsibility ◽  
Individual Health ◽  
Government Functions ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Right ◽  
To Receive

<div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span>Everyone has the right to receive health services. This is guaranteed in the 1945 Constitution. The government is responsible for making this happen through various health service efforts which include individual health service efforts and public health service efforts. The principle of non-discrimination in health services is a principle that originates from Human Rights. This principle must become the foundation in the implementation of health services, so that everyone must be treated equally and humanely and not discriminatory. Health services that are based on the principle of non-discrimination are the responsibility of the government through the implementation of government functions, in the form of regulation, implementation and supervision of the administration of health services. public services and general principles of good governance, one of which is the principle of non-discrimination. Therefore everyone has the right to get the same treatment to get the right to health services. </span></p></div></div></div>

scholarly journals KESEHATAN REPRODUKSI PEKERJA WANITA*

Populasi ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhadjir Darwin ◽  
Mahendra Wijaya
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Government Control ◽  
Reproductive Health Services ◽  
Government Regulations ◽  
Agriculture Industry ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Right

As a society becomes more modernized, the role of women in a working place is increasing. A quite large number of women work in various sectors: agriculture, industry, and services. While their participation contributes to the welfare of their family and society at large, the health implication (particularly on reproductive health) needs considerable attention. The study shows the incidence of various reproductive health problems in a working place and low attention given by the employers to this problem. Statutes and government regulations have been made to protect female labours from reproductive health problems, but these laws and regulations have not been implemented consistently by the employers. This studyproposes to increase the government control on reproductive health services and protection given by employers to private industries, and to give the workers the right to organize themselves so that they can obtain the power to have reproductive health services as well as protection from their employers.

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