Essays about: "medical harm"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the words medical harm.

  1. 1. The ethical permissibility to perform disabling surgeries on autonomous BID sufferers

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

    Author : Rut Vinterkvist; [2023]
    Keywords : Body Integrity Dysphoria; Bioethics; Autonomy; Decisionmaking competence; Voluntary disabilities; Bioethical principles;

    Abstract : Body Integrity Dysphoria (BID) is a rare condition where a person has a desire to become disabled. This desire creates distress so intense that some request, and in a few cases have received, disabling surgery. READ MORE

  3. 2. “They Told Me The Pills Were Safe” : Understanding the Experience of Iatrogenic Injury from Psychiatric Treatment

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Amelia Johansson-Everday; [2023]
    Keywords : iatrogenic injury; iatrogenesis; medical harm; medical sociology; critical psychiatry studies;

    Abstract : Iatrogenic injury resulting from psychiatric treatment represents a critical concern within the healthcare system and causes great harm to the afflicted individuals. This study delves into the multifaceted dimensions of iatrogenic harm attributed to psychiatric treatment, with a focus on the interplay between trust, accountability and recognition, and the social and relational experience of receiving treatment that ends up causing harm. READ MORE

  4. 3. Dielectric Characterization of Bone Using Ultra Wide Band Microwave Transmission Probe

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informationsteknologi

    Author : Abhinav Singh; [2022]
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    Abstract : The body has the capability of reabsorbing and generating new bone throughout life. Bone remains healthy as long it maintains the equal amount of old and new bones. Bone loss is occurred when the old bone absorbed is more and new bone created is less. Osteoporosis is a very common bone disease among men and women in their later years. READ MORE

  5. 4. Barriers to and Facilitators of Applying Communication and Resolution Programs in Health Care

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Jonathan Stewart; [2022]
    Keywords : patient safety; medical error; hospitals; disclosure; communication; FLMU06; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis investigated why U.S. hospitals that had committed to implementing communication and resolution programs (CRPs) did not consistently apply their programs when patient harm events occurred. READ MORE

  6. 5. Ethical Dilemmas in coercive psychiatric care in sweden as experienced by frontline-workers in their work with adult patients

    University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för hälsa, vård och välfärd

    Author : Matthias Rauch; [2021]
    Keywords : discourse analysis; ethical dilemma; psychiatry; coercive care; compulsory care; healthcare; social work;

    Abstract : Abstract Background: The use of coercion is an essential part of psychiatry despite occurrence of harm to patients and psychiatric staff. Contrasting to a global trend to reduce coercion, the number of coercive admissions and coercive treatment in Swedish psychiatry remains stable. READ MORE