Medical Practice Initiative

The Use of Hypnosis in Medical Practice A literature review Ashley Gowty 10207287 For centuries hypnosis was far from being part of the scientific world. But in the last couple of decades its reputation has moved from that of cult practise to a highly recognised psychological practice. Recently there has been an emerging trend using hypnosis in a physiological manner; this review will look at how hypnosis is currently being used in the medical field. Looking at what exactly hypnosis is and its…

Medical Practices of the Civil War The medical practices used during the Civil War era were not very advanced and took a big toll on the war itself. Many of the soldiers, both Union and Confederate, returned home with missing body parts, were shell shocked, or were psychologically traumatized. These medical practices during this time did not do much to help the lives of the soldiers other than doing the bare minimum to keep them alive, which in many cases, resulted in infection and disease…

generation of medical practice is that there has been an increasing emphasis on the importance of increasing sensitivity. This has been true on the part of every member of a medical team: They are now aware of the importance of understanding the culture of every patient, including the ways in which their cultural beliefs and practices incorporate their spiritual or religious beliefs or practices. Nurses are tasked and are very much up to the task as one of the most important medical professionals…

preventable and curable infectious diseases. The Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI) that started five years ago in 2010 was funded by The National Institutes of Health and the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief to enhance the laboratory skills, to provide internet access, and to increase the enrollment rate for medical professional students in Africa. Many of Africa’s health issues and death rates are a direct result of a shortage of medical professionals, as well as a lack of adequate…

adverse event.1 In United State (U.S) health care errors are the leading cause of death and injury.2 Therefore, safe practice in medical setting should not be addressed lightly and a serious act should be taken in addressing this issues. Most of this error can be prevented and avoided. One of the best practices that have been implemented in the medical field is safe practice. Safe practice covers many aspects in health care including history taking, treatment such as pharmacological interactions and implications…

by Paul A. Lombardo (2005) [available at the law school copy center] 2) Limits: The Role of Law in Bioethical Decisionmaking, by Roger B. Dworkin (Indiana, 1996) & Strangers at the Bedside: A History of How Law and Bioethics Transformed the Practice of Medicine, by David J. Rothman (Harper-Collins, 1991). [These are available for background material.--on reserve at the Law Library & the Center for Bioethics] The field of Bioethics has developed over the past thirty years as a product of several…

the medical practice of allowing one’s terminally ill patient to take the most painless path to death possible to prevent them from choosing a horrifically painful alternative or simply passing away from their illness however that may be. Many believe that the legalization of this practice would lead to a massive amount of pressure on the terminally ill and lead to an unreasonable and dangerous amount of non-justified suicides. It is also not considered to be a legitimate medical practice by many…

It is a fundamental principle in medical law that before treating a competent patient a medical practitioner must first get their patient’s consent. Otherwise, they risk being charged with battery or medical negligence. However, the consent is not considered effective unless the patient is competent, meaning that they are able to make a decision for themselves. It is presumed that this is the case unless there is evidence that they are not. Further, the patient must be informed, i.e. the doctor must…

person focusing on a person’s optimal health by promoting therapy to heal the mind, body and spirit of a person. Holistic medicine encompasses all safe and appropriate modalities of diagnosis and treatment (AHHA, 2015). The principles of holistic medical practice include safe and effective options that help with the diagnosis and treatment by educating patients to help them change their lifestyle and self-care, conventional drugs and surgery, searching for the underlying causes of disease is preferable…

Ethics and Medical Practice Since Alasdair MacIntyre's landmark book, After Virtue, there has been renewed interest in the role of the virtues in the moral life and attention paid to reappropriating the Aristotelian notion of a "practice." (1) Recent reappropriations of the virtues and virtue theory in medical ethics have contributed to conceiving more adequately the nature of good medicine. In this paper, I wish to explore some of these insights and the special relevance the notion of a practice…