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[5]: 5 Healthcare workers felt informal coercion was more acceptable in cases of mania or acute psychosis. [ 5 ] : 7 There was a degree of cognitive dissonance surrounding the practice, healthcare workers described behaviour matching formal definitions of informal coercion, but were reluctant to label their behaviour as coercive.
Defensive medicine takes two main forms: assurance behavior and avoidance behavior.Assurance behavior involves the charging of additional, unnecessary services to a) reduce adverse outcomes, b) deter patients from filing medical malpractice claims, or c) preempt any future legal action by documenting that the practitioner is practicing according to the standard of care.
Labor induction is the procedure where a medical professional starts the process of labor (giving birth) instead of letting it start on its own.Labor may be induced (started) if the health of the mother or the baby is at risk.
A doula (left) applying pressure to a pregnant woman during labor. A doula (/ ˈ d uː l ə /; from Ancient Greek δούλα 'female slave'; Greek pronunciation:) is a non-medical professional who provides guidance for the service of others and who supports another person (the doula's client) through a significant health-related experience, such as childbirth, miscarriage, induced abortion or ...
An integrated delivery system (IDS), also known as integrated delivery network (IDN), is a health system with a goal of logical integration of the delivery (provision) of health care as opposed to a fragmented system or a disorganized lack of system.
Acute care is a branch of secondary health care where a patient receives active but short-term treatment for a severe injury or episode of illness, an urgent medical condition, or during recovery from surgery. [1] [2] In medical terms, care for acute health conditions is the opposite from chronic care, or longer-term care.
Inducement prize contest, a competition to reward a feat, usually of engineering Inducement rule , a copyright test used in United States courts Induce (disambiguation)
Medical ethics is an applied branch of ethics which analyzes the practice of clinical medicine and related scientific research. [1] Medical ethics is based on a set of values that professionals can refer to in the case of any confusion or conflict.