Protecting the Suicidal Patient

Chaperones: protecting the patient or protecting the doctor?

The routine use of chaperones during medical examinations, including intimate examinations, is variable. Practice varies between countries and also within them. Use of a chaperone may protect patients from sexual abuse by medical or nursing practitioners. An appropriate chaperone may also protect healthcare practitioners from false accusations. This article considers issues surrounding the use ...

Protecting the patient ' s interest

The ethical questions surrounding transplantation have become a cottage industry for some of the research "think tanks," where issues are considered in the rarified atmosphere of a retreat setting, Interestingly, written accounts of sick patients' rights after such deliberations are usually fuzzy. As a result, potential violations of patient rights exist, and the scientific and administrative m...

The medical student and the suicidal patient.

Today's medical students are being confronted with ethical situations of far greater complexity than were their predecessors and yet the medical education system does little to prepare students for the ethical dilemmas which they inevitably face when entering the hospital environment. The following article addresses the issues surrounding a case where a patient has told a student in confidence ...

The management of the suicidal patient.

Protecting the patient-physician relationship in Florida.

P EDIATRICIANS PLAY A key role in injury and disease prevention by providing anticipatory guidance to minimize risk in a child’s everyday environment. It is the pediatrician’s duty to raise awareness of all health risks and guide caretakers to prevent and mitigate these risks. Screening for child and adolescent access to firearms is an essential component of injury prevention. More than 128 000...