[Possibilites of application of traditional Chinese medicine - acupuncture - in the perioperative period.].

Chinese medicine is a holistic method of therapy with thousands of years of history. There are more assumptions regarding the mechanism of action, nevertheless, several studies have demonstrated its therapeutic effect. Nowadays, patients and physicians have become open to complementary medicine, but acupuncture used in the perioperative period has not yet widespread in Hungary.

[Role of faith in strategies of healthcare professionals in intensive care units in end-of-life decision making].

Unlabelled: Összefoglaló. Bevezetés: A haldoklást minden korban kulturális és vallási szabályok vették körül, melyek a mai napig hatnak a társadalomban. A 21.

[Relationship between the coronavirus epidemic and the use of complementary and alternative medicine prior to elective surgical procedures].

Unlabelled: Összefoglaló. Bevezetés: A 2019 végén Vuhanból kiinduló, SARS-CoV-2 okozta koronavírus-járvány jelentős hatást gyakorolt életünkre. Specifikus terápia hiányában az emberek egy része alternatív gyógymódokhoz fordult.

Variations in end-of-life practices in intensive care units worldwide (Ethicus-2): a prospective observational study.

Background: End-of-life practices vary among intensive care units (ICUs) worldwide. Differences can result in variable use of disproportionate or non-beneficial life-sustaining interventions across diverse world regions. This study investigated global disparities in end-of-life practices.

Perceptions of Ethical Decision-Making Climate Among Clinicians Working in European and U.S. ICUs: Differences Between Nurses and Physicians.

Objectives: To examine perceptions of nurses and physicians in regard to ethical decision-making climate in the ICU and to test the hypothesis that the worse the ethical decision-making climate, the greater the discordance between nurses' and physicians' rating of ethical decision-making climate with physicians hypothesized to rate the climate better than the nurses.

Design: Prospective observational study.

Setting: A total of 68 adult ICUs in 13 European countries and the United States.