A doctor's duty in a Palestinian prison camp in Israel.

MedGenMed

The Department of Family Medicine, The Hebrew University and Hadassah Medical Center at Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.

Published: March 2005

Download full-text PDF

Source
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1681436PMC

Publication Analysis

Top Keywords

doctor's duty
4
duty palestinian
4
palestinian prison
4
prison camp
4
camp israel
4
doctor's
1
palestinian
1
prison
1
camp
1
israel
1

Similar Publications

Background: Medical educators play a crucial role in the perpetuation of the medical profession. Recent concerns have arisen regarding the quality and quantity of current teachers. To comprehend this shortage, it is key to understand future physicians' attitudes towards venturing in education, their motivations and possible detracting factors.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Consistent direction despite wavering policy: reductions in resident physician extended duration shifts over 20 years.

Am J Med

January 2025

Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Departments of Medicine and Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; Division of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA; Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.

We examined data from 17,498 physicians-in-training who reported on 92,662 months of work over a 20 year study interval that included three major revisions to work hour limits. Extended duration shifts (≥24 hours; EDS) are much less common than they used to be. On average, first-year resident physicians (PGY1s) currently work a total of 4 EDS per year and 3 EDS per month during months in which any EDS are worked.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Background: High rates of burnout are prevalent in U.S. physicians with evidence that the rates are increasing.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Introduction: An increasing number of UK residents are travelling overseas to access medical treatments, the negative health consequences of which are largely managed by NHS doctors.

Methods: This paper performs an ethical analysis, using the ethical framework of principlism, of the duties of NHS doctors in managing these negative health consequences of medical tourism overseas.

Findings: While the doctor's duty to respect patient autonomy contains a negative duty to not interfere with their choice to access medical treatment overseas, it also contains a positive duty to ensure this choice is informed.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Want AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?

Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!