Articles Tagged ‘outcome’
Health & Healthcare | By July 02, 2008 | By JC, MD | 1 Comment
Going Beyond Informed Consent
In response to my last post about informed consent in my Medicine and Law series, several commenters made the point that informed consent is more than just getting a form signed. That ideally it should involve a dialogue between patient and doctor. That the burden of trust is on the doctor to inform the patient so that the patient actually understands what the risks and benefits are. That the doctor should empower the patient to make the choice. Read more →
- Medicine and the Law - Part 3: Causation
Our series on Medicine and the Law continues. Previously, I wrote about what is necessary for a physician-patient relationship to exist — contract and consent. Then I went on to discuss medical malpractice and that a legitimate grievance from a patient must show that the physician has a duty to... Read more →
Sunday, September 7, 2008
- The Anti-Psychiatry Movement
- Vaccines - A Two-Edged Sword
- Should Doctors Have Guns?
- Extremist Muslim Doctors Do More Than Heal
- Woman Comparable to Men in Domestic Violence: Stereotypes and their Consequences
- The Bipolar Trend
- The Implications of Implanted Chips
- Anti-Smoking Campaign Doesn't Mess Around
- The Science of Brain Freeze
- The Biopsychosocial Model of Health & Illness
- Unhinging from Theory: Autism and Opinions
- God And Religion: Is It All In Our Heads?
- Encephalon, Thirty-Third Edition
- Is War A Psychosis?
- Meditation for Troubled Minds: Can the Mind Heal the Mind?
- Mind-Body: We Want Evidence, Don't We?
- Usually It's Cheaper to Pay Than to Go To Court
- Acknowledging Vaccination Concerns
- Integrating Schizophrenia Management
- Rabies Virus Helps Deliver Drugs into the Brain
- Are You Vegetarian? How Do You Get Enough Protein?
- A Baby’s Smile - Mom’s Natural High
- When “Alternative” Isn’t Anymore - The Ketogenic Diet in Epilepsy
- Life in a Bubble - The Dangers of Triclosan
- The Dark Side of Antibiotics
- Stroke’s Little Known Complication - Pain
- Laughter is the Best - and Possibly Oldest - Medicine
- Epilepsy - Social and Cognitive Considerations
- New Treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease?
- When the Doctor is the Patient
- The Gift of Life - Part 2
- Drugs and Pharmacology, Tenth Edition
- Are Drug Reps Really Necessary?
- Can Drug Therapy Prevent Parkinson’s Disease?
- Medicine and the Law - Part 6: Third Party Liability
- Go For The Gold, It May Prolong Your Life
- When It Comes to Health, Adults Shortchange Kids
- Is Seeing Into the Future More Than an Optical Illusion?
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