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.

Computers in Health Care for the 21st Century

1990 ◽  
Vol 29 (02) ◽  
pp. 158-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. I. O’Desky ◽  
M. J. Ball ◽  
E. E. Ball
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Delivery Of Health Care ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Computer Technologies ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
Year 2000

AbstractAs the world enters the last decade of the 20th Century, there is a great deal of speculation about the effect of computers on the future delivery of health care. In this article, the authors attempt to identify some of the evolving computer technologies and anticipate what effect they will have by the year 2000. Rather than listing potential accomplishments, each of the affected areas: hardware, software, health care systems and communications, are presented in an evolutionary manner so the reader can better appreciate where we have been and where we are going.

scholarly journals The patient who cannot afford the bus fare to the clinic

2018 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 50
Author(s):  
Chris Ellis
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Delivery Of Health Care ◽  
Clinical Medicine ◽  
Public Life ◽  
Comfort Zone ◽  
National Politics ◽  
William Osler ◽  
Medical Politics

In his book Equanimitas, written in 1904, Sir William Osler laments that very few doctors go into public life to help advise and manage the delivery of health care. “As a rule,” he says “doctors make bad citizens taking little or no interest in civic, state or national politics”. Most of us do not like leaving the comfort zone of clinical medicine and entering the more robust arena of medical politics.

scholarly journals Medical Practice in the COVID-19 Crisis, an Unsafe Practice

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Arianna Omaña-Covarrubias ◽  
Adrián Moya- Escalera ◽  
Maribel Pimentel Pérez ◽  
Oscar F. Ruiz-Vázquez
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Systems ◽  
Medical Practice ◽  
Turning Point ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Medical Personnel ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
Security Measures ◽  
The World

The situation humanity is currently experiencing is an unforeseen event for which we were not prepared. Unquestionably, the health systems in the world collapsed along with the increase in positive cases of COVID-19. Medical personnel and members of other health care disciplines did not have the necessary training to carry out the necessary protection when dealing with infected patients, however, it was work that had to be done. The death of the first doctors was the turning point at which it was evident that high security measures were required, as well as sufficient training for them to continue their work. Despite the measures implemented, contagion remained a reality. Added to this, at least in our country, the response of the population, which in many cases has been negative, accompanied by attacks on staff, damage to infrastructure and violation of the fundamental rights of other patients. The objective of this article is to present the current situation and help to create awareness of the risk that doctors and other health workers experience in their day to day, since the beginning of this pandemic.

scholarly journals Medicolegal aspects in gastroenterology

2007 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-104
Author(s):  
Dj. Alempijevic ◽  
T. Alempijevic ◽  
S. Savic ◽  
N. Kovacevic ◽  
M. Krstic
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Medical Practice ◽  
Medical Malpractice ◽  
Pseudomembranous Colitis ◽  
Fatal Outcome ◽  
Medicolegal Aspects ◽  
Biliary Ileus ◽  
Public Scrutiny

Introduction: Medical practice is under continual public scrutiny. There are increasing concerns on medical malpractice and its consequences - further deterioration of health and death. Public criticism of medical practice very often outrageous, but sometimes medical negligence is obvious. Aim of the study: We are presenting basic medicolegal analysis of causation in cases of medical malpractice with subsequent fatal outcome. Case study: We are reporting on two cases from archives of Institute of Forensic Medicine. The selected cases (biliary ileus and pseudomembranous colitis subsequent to elective cholecistectomy) may reflect common gastroenterological pathology. The analysis of medical practice and its consequences, i.e. analyze of causation has been presented and commented in regard to the pertinent legislation. Conclusion: Doctors ought to be familiar with medicolegal aspects of their practice. This might affect them to improve the quality of health care, and to increase protection, both of health care personal and patients. .

STRATEGIES FOR SAFE PATIENT EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC AT A TERTIARY CARE DEPARTMENT OF OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY – HEAD NECK SURGERY: POST LOCKDOWN SCENARIO

2020 ◽  
Vol VOLUME 8 (ISSUE 1) ◽  
pp. 42-46
Author(s):  
N Ramakrishna
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Delivery Of Health Care ◽  
Patient Management ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Neck Surgery ◽  
Patient Evaluation ◽  
Care Department ◽  
The World ◽  
Head Neck Surgery ◽  
Head Neck

Abstract Pandemic caused by Corona virus (COVID-19) is rapidly affecting the delivery of health care, around the world. Otolaryngologist, would be one of the most vulnerable specialist for exposure to this disease, in post lockdown scenario, when restriction for travel are lifted off and ENT OPDs once again buzzing with patients. We have written this commentary to facilitate departments of ENT/ Otolaryngologist, in formulating protocols for patient management which is safe for the patient as well as for their team and institution. K e y w o r d s : C O V I D - 1 9 , P o s t l o c k d o w n , Otolaryngologist, protocol,

Proposal for Integration of Bioethics in Phase I Undergraduate Medical Curriculum in India

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 13-19
Author(s):  
Chetana P. Hadimani
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Medical Education ◽  
Phase I ◽  
Medical Practice ◽  
Medical Curriculum ◽  
Community Practice ◽  
Classroom Learning ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Curriculum ◽  
The World

Bioethics is now regarded as an integral part of contemporary medical education across the world. This proposal of integration of Bioethics in phase one undergraduate medical curriculum is, to bridge the gap between classroom learning, bedside application and further in community practice to give better health care and a good harmony between Doctors and Society. This aims in covering the curricular approaches in order to enforce values of bioethical principles in medical practice.

Population Control Begins at Home

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1970 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 479-479
Author(s):  
Peter S. Pinto
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Delivery Of Health Care ◽  
Population Control ◽  
Broad Perspective ◽  
Population Explosion ◽  
Efficient Delivery ◽  
The World ◽  
At Home

It is commendable and it is right that so many fine pediatricians in the temples of learning and outside of them are concerning themselves in your pages with more efficient delivery of health care to greater numbers of children in the various strata of society; but like specialists of all kinds they see the world in terms of their specialty. A broad perspective on the problems of mankind and Americans should prompt any intelligent physician to an inevitable conclusion, and that is: there are just too many people, and medicine and public health which have caused the population explosion will never solve the problems of health care for that burgeoning population with more, more, and more of the same.

The Great Awakening - Digitalization in Dental Healthcare during the pandemic COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (SPL1) ◽  
pp. 380-384
Author(s):  
Priyanka Paul Madhu ◽  
Yojana Patil ◽  
Aishwarya Rajesh Shinde ◽  
Sangeeta Kumar ◽  
Pratik Phansopkar
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Health Care Service ◽  
Care Facility ◽  
Health Care Facility ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
World Health ◽  
Record System ◽  
The World

disease in 2019, also called COVID-19, which has been widely spread worldwide had given rise to a pandemic situation. The public health emergency of international concern declared the agent as the (SARS-CoV-2) the severe acute respiratory syndrome and the World Health Organization had activated significant surveillance to prevent the spread of this infection across the world. Taking into the account about the rigorousness of COVID-19, and in the spark of the enormous dedication of several dental associations, it is essential to be enlightened with the recommendations to supervise dental patients and prevent any of education to the dental graduates due to institutional closure. One of the approaching expertise that combines technology, communications and health care facilities are to refine patient care, it’s at the cutting edge of the present technological switch in medicine and applied sciences. Dentistry has been improved by cloud technology which has refined and implemented various methods to upgrade electronic health record system, educational projects, social network and patient communication. Technology has immensely saved the world. Economically and has created an institutional task force to uplift the health care service during the COVID 19 pandemic crisis. Hence, the pandemic has struck an awakening of the practice of informatics in a health care facility which should be implemented and updated at the highest priority.

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