Guide to Considering Nonpsychiatric Medical Intervention Over Objection for the Patient Without Decisional Capacity
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DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2018.04.005
Abstract: A considerable percentage of medical inpatients are communicative but lack decisional capacity. These patients also often lack surrogates, particularly when they are homeless, elderly, mentally ill, or substance users. Caring for such patients often raises… read more here.
Keywords: decisional capacity; capacity; considering nonpsychiatric; nonpsychiatric medical ... See more keywords
Evacuation at Home Delayed the First Medical Intervention in Minamisanriku Town after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.
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DOI: 10.1017/s1049023x2300050x
Abstract: INTRODUCTION In Japan, evacuation at home is expected to increase in the future as a post-disaster evacuation type due to the pandemic, aging, and diverse disabilities of the population. However, more disaster-related indirect deaths occurred… read more here.
Keywords: medical intervention; first medical; evacuation home; home ... See more keywords
Compulsory medical intervention versus external constraint in pandemic control
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DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2020-106435
Abstract: Would compulsory treatment or vaccination for COVID-19 be justified? In England, there would be significant legal barriers to it. However, we offer a conditional ethical argument in favour of allowing compulsory treatment and vaccination, drawing… read more here.
Keywords: compulsory medical; intervention versus; control; versus external ... See more keywords