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Introducción: en la ejecución de políticas públicas de salud sexual, resultan cruciales las estrategias utilizadas en la construcción de la relación agente de salud-usuario. En la literatura son pocos los artículos que exploran las estrategias que utilizan los agentes de salud para interactuar con pobladores rurales al abordar estas problemáticas. Este artículo se propone describir y comprender las estrategias que utilizan los agentes de salud en la atención de la salud sexual y reproductiva de pobladores rurales de bajos ingresos. Para ello, se conceptualiza la relación médico-paciente como una interfaz social, es decir, como un espacio de articulación entre los mundos de sentido de los actores involucrados. Materiales y métodos: se desarrolló un estudio de carácter exploratorio-descriptivo de tipo transversal. Se realizaron 21 entrevistas semiestructuradas a agentes del sistema de salud, y su análisis se hizo desde un enfoque cualitativo. Resultados: los agentes de salud utilizan un amplio repertorio de estrategias para abordar la salud sexual de los pobladores rurales. Se identificaron y caracterizaron dos tipos de estrategias (dialógicas y monológicas), con sus respectivos subtipos. Conclusión: el estudio visibiliza las estrategias dialógicas como modo alternativo de relación médico-paciente, en contraste con estrategias tradicionales, de tipo monológico. Además, contribuye a la formación de los agentes de salud, y en la conformación de los equipos que abordan la salud sexual y reproductiva en contextos rurales.

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The use of terms called technical language in medical practice tends to alienate patients and distance them from medical practice, as a mere spectator, reaching the point that patients find it necessary to search for the information they need for other media, but, as happens in most cases, they are left with doubts, and they end up ignoring the details of their disease. As a consequence, we have affected the doctor-patient relationship and a dehumanized medical practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Empathy is fundamental to the physician-patient relationship and influences the clinical outcomes. The aim of this study was to determine the dental students’ empathy levels and to compare their opinions on attributes of a “good dentist”. This cohort research was included 79 dental students volunteering to participate in the study at a public university. The data were collected by the Dökmen’s Empathic Tendency Scale (ETS) and Empathic Skill Scale (ESS). In this study, from the orientation day to the end of the third-year, the dental students’ ETS mean scores (respectively 69.59 and 68.34) and ESS mean scores (respectively 142.53 and 140.00) showed a decline. At the end of the third-year, starting clinical rotations and taking patient responsibility may lead to decrease the empathy levels of students. The findings of our study show that female students have higher empathy tendency and skill scores compared to male students (p<0.001). In the ranking of the attributes required to be a good dentist, empathy was ranked 4th by the first-year students, while final-years students placed empathy in second rank (p<0.05). According to these results, it is possible to claim that the dentist candidates realized that being empathetic is necessary to be a good dentist. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objective: to evaluate the use of the internet by patients to access health information and the possible implications for the physician-patient relationship. Method: descriptive, cross-sectional and quantitative study carried out in April and May 2022 in Anápolis, Goiás. A validated questionnaire on internet use was used in the study. The G test was applied to associate internet use with sex and age group, with a significance level of 5% (p<0.05). Results: among the 109 patients, there was a prevalence of females (80.7%), aged 18 to 59 years (83.5%), with complete high school (42.2%). Most spend between two and four hours a day on the Internet (68.0%; p=0.992) and had already searched for health information on the Internet (84.4%; p=0.095), especially about medications (86.2%; p=0.940). Participants of sexes used the internet for a second opinion on the medical diagnosis (men - 52.4%; women - 68.2%; p=0.185), but did not discuss their searches carried out on the internet with the doctors (men - 57, 1%; women - 86.4%; p=0.005). Conclusion: the Internet has been used quite frequently by patients to access health information, but they do not discuss their findings with professionals, which tends to weaken the doctor-patient relationship. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Introducción. El consentimiento informado es un elemento importante en la relación médico-paciente, que involucra la trasmisión de un mensaje. En este contexto, se describe la teoría de la comunicación implícita en un consentimiento informado, las barreras para una transmisión adecuada del mensaje, la responsabilidad en la comunicación y los requisitos para el logro de estos propósitos. El objetivo fue analizar de forma reflexiva los procesos de comunicación surtidos y necesarios durante su diligenciamiento, con algunas propuestas factibles de implementar. Discusión. El proceso comunicativo implica evaluar la calidad, el contexto, la intencionalidad, la pedagogía y la recepción-emisión del mensaje. La naturaleza de la actividad quirúrgica requiere el perfeccionamiento de la comunicación como una competencia necesaria en los cirujanos. Se señalan oportunidades de mejoramiento para una adecuada ejecución de esta habilidad no técnica, habitualmente no contemplada en la formación médica. Conclusiones. El consentimiento informado es un acto que trasciende a la transmisión de la información y es el resultado de un proceso complejo, que involucra habilidades comunicativas. Su efectividad se deriva de una toma de decisiones respaldada por el entendimiento claro de la situación y del procedimiento a efectuar. Existen puntos críticos durante su realización que podrían ser objeto de intervenciones futuras, desde esta perspectiva comunicativa.

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Radiological contrast media play an essential role in radiology departments by facilitating more precise and detailed images. It is important to note that for radiologists the use of these contrast agents implies several legal responsibilities and ethical considerations towards patients. This article will explore the main issues related to responsibility and complication management for radiologists, referring physicians and other related professionals, as well as issues around informed consent, contraindications for their use and the benefit-risk balance assessed when deciding if a contrast-enhanced test should be carried out. In addition, we will address the crucial role of the radiologist in effective communication with patients and in obtaining informed consent. This research relates to Spanish legislation in the context of medical practice., (Copyright © 2024 SERAM. Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.)

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Introducción: La comunicación es una tarea esencial para la práctica médica de calidad, incluye una serie de habilidades aprendidas que colaboran en mejorar la seguridad del paciente. Explorar la competencia en comunicación de los médicos podría mejorar la calidad de atención de la institución. Nuestro objetivo fue evaluar la competencia comunicativa de médicos de planta de un hospital pediátrico y explorar factores de los profesionales potencialmente asociados a la calidad de la misma. Métodos: Estudio analítico, transversal. Se observaron 40 entrevistas médico-paciente durante diciembre 2018 - marzo 2019, en las unidades de internación de un Hospital pediátrico. Se utilizó la lista de verificación adaptada de los elementos esenciales de comunicación de Kalamazoo como herramienta para evaluar la competencia en el proceso de comunicación. Resultado: En el 62,5 % (25/40) de las entrevistas observadas, la competencia comunicativa se evalúo como aceptable (IC95% 47,03-75,78). No se halló relación entre la antigüedad en el cargo ni los años desde la graduación del médico observado y la aceptabilidad de la comunicación. El sexo femenino resultó predictor independiente para comunicación aceptable (OR: 10,3; IC95 % 1,9-53,1; p=0,005). Conclusión: Las habilidades comunicacionales del personal médico observado en el Hospital resultaron aceptables en el 62,5% de los casos. El sexo femenino se mostró como factor independiente para comunicación aceptable. Si bien la competencia comunicativa de los médicos observados en general fue aceptable, es importante llevar a cabo acciones tendientes a optimizar las habilidades comunicacionales ya que ellas no solo mejoran con la experiencia.

Background: medical liability is inserted in the so-called responsibilities of professionals; to determine its framework it is necessary to specify the legal nature of the doctor-patient relationship and the civil responsibility for the damages caused in the exercise of the medical activity. Objectives: to determine the nature of the doctor-patient relationship to specify the criterion of imputation of responsibility and the extent of compensable damages. Methods: a doctrinal review of important Cuban and Spanish jurists, analysis of comparative legislation and jurisprudence and valuation of Cuban legislation was carried out. The search was carried out in original texts with direct link to the subject. Development: the doctor-patient relationship is, whatever its cause, a legal relationship to which the law confers guardianship. Its legal nature is based on the obligation of means that arises among the subjects; in this sense it is important the location of medical responsibility as professional responsibility and the analysis of the damages caused, as well as the dominant imputation criteria. The damages caused by the negligent action of the medical personnel can be of patrimonial or moral nature; both must be repaired and compensated according to current regulations. Conclusions: the predominant imputation criterion in the physician's civil responsibility must be the subjective one, always assessing his expertise and skill in the exercise of his profession; this issue is not much discussed in the curricula of the careers, so this review joins others aimed at developing a legal culture among students and health professionals.

En noviembre de 2017 se despenalizó en el Perú el uso medicinal del cannabis. Los desafíos que ello plantea son diversos y el presente artículo se centra en los relativos a la relación médico-paciente. Dado el status quo del cannabis medicinal, es necesario que el protocolo de tratamiento médico que el Ministerio de Salud debe elaborar, formule condiciones claras que guíen la decisión de los médicos de prescribir cannabis sin que ello afecte sus obligaciones éticas de promover el bien y de no causar daño a sus pacientes. Este artículo desarrolla tres consideraciones importantes para la prescripción de cannabis medicinal. En primer lugar, recomienda el registro y educación de los médicos que deciden prescribir cannabis medicinal. En segundo lugar, propone criterios generales que indican los casos en los que el uso del cannabis medicinal es apropiado, y finalmente, establece la necesidad de que exista una relación médico-paciente bona-fide para la prescripción del cannabis medicinal.

Objetivo: Conocer los núcleos figurativos relacionados con los tiempos de la consulta médica: el tiempo de espera y la duración de la consulta desde la perspectiva de los profesionales y de los pacientes, a fin de contraponerlos y encontrar nudos críticos que obstaculicen la relación médico-paciente. Métodos: Se abordan las representaciones sociales a partir del modelo de Abric, se trabaja con grupos focales de médicos y pacientes para encontrar el núcleo de la representación y posteriormente se realizan entrevistas semiestructuradas basadas en categorías emergentes del núcleo para finalmente analizar los discursos y contrastarlos. Resultados: El sentido común relacionado al tiempo de espera de la consulta es percibido por los pacientes como muy largo, no así el tiempo de duración de la consulta que al igual que los médicos es percibido como breve e insuficiente. Estos tiempos, más que su cronometría, son la sumatoria de las acciones e interacciones interpersonales y la lectura subyacente en la percepción de los pacientes de un tiempo con exigencias sociales (escuela, trabajo y transporte) y del tiempo tecno burocrático de los médicos (indicadores, productividad y recetas). Conclusión: El tiempo de espera y la duración de la consulta no sólo son indicadores de productividad o eficacia, más bien son espacios subjetivos y objetivos de interacción entre sujetos sociales con necesidades y tareas diferentes, por lo cual es necesario considerar estas lógicas sociales y económicas a fin de humanizar estos actos de lo contrario perpetuaremos una práctica mecanizada-homogeneizante-fugaz e insensible.

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Introducción: durante la emergencia sanitaria por la pandemia COVID-19 se promueve el uso de la telemedicina (TM) con el propósito de facilitar la asistencia y cuidar a los profesionales del equipo de salud. El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar diferentes aspectos de la TM y su utilidad en las organizaciones de salud. Metodología: se realiza una revisión narrativa. Se hace una búsqueda en PubMed de los términos “telemedicine and organizations and quality and satisfaction”, en los últimos cinco años, en idioma inglés o español, se seleccionaron los artículos de interés, complementando con bibliografía referenciada y documentos oficiales en páginas web pertenecientes a organismos gubernamentales, académicos e internacionales. Todas las fuentes bibliográficas revisadas se listan en la bibliografía. Resultados y discusión: se define TM como la parte clínica de la telesalud, corresponde a la práctica médica, realizada a distancia, en tiempo real o diferido, por intermedio del uso de las Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación en Salud (TIC). Esta nueva tecnología genera nuevas formas de ejercer la medicina, si bien es necesario mantener los principios éticos del acto médico. Existen programas establecidos de teleradiología, teledermatología, telepatología, telepsiquiatría y múltiples proyectos piloto con fines asistenciales y de investigación. Se requiere mayor evidencia sobre los resultados de efectividad, calidad, acceso a los servicios y ahorro de los costos de las intervenciones sobre determinados grupos específicos y condiciones. Conclusiones: la TM puede contribuir a la mejora de los servicios de salud cuando su uso se planifica en función de las necesidades de los usuarios, los recursos y de la organización. Su implementación puede mejorar la accesibilidad a la atención médica en los diferentes niveles de atención con un menor gasto de tiempo y dinero para los pacientes y las organizaciones.

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When we have a fluid and close communication with the patients, we can get better results. A bad doctor-patient communication contributes to increasing conflicts, reflected on complaints, demands and bad practice. The doctor patient interview determines the type of relationship you stablish, because when you get the trust of the patient the relationship is strong and efficient. The goal of the doctor patient relationship is to improve patient health and medical attention. This review focuses on the importance of the doctor-patient communication, and we offer some suggestions to improve it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Propósito de la revisión: el objetivo de la revisión es delinear el rol de la Comunicación en la relación Médico-Paciente-Familia. Buscamos reportes en donde se incluye a la familia en la relación de cuidadores de pacientes enfocados en el área oncológica de cuidados paliativos. Recientes hallazgos: La verdad es uno de los agentes terapéuticos más potentes disponibles. El objetivo de la comunicación es: Disminuir la incertidumbre, por dolorosa que sea la información solicitada. La información y entrevista al paciente oncológico debe ser preparada con anterioridad tomando en cuenta un Formato el más usado es el protocolo “COMFORT” por sus siglas en inglés. Extracto: Dentro de cualquier ámbito de trabajo que concierne a los profesionales de la salud, pero muy especialmente en el de los Cuidados Paliativos, la comunicación se constituye como uno de los elementos terapéuticos fundamentales en la intervención médica y psicológica. La manera de transmitir malas noticias y el manejo del impacto emocional que esto puede ocasionar, el acompañamiento profesional necesario en las distintas fases de la enfermedad, o la fundamental coordinación y manejo de situaciones difíciles por parte de los profesionales sanitarios son sólo algunos de los aspectos importantes en la calidad, eficacia y eficiencia del abordaje integral en Cuidados Paliativos Esta revisión tiene por objetivo estudiar la bibliografía existente y hacer un análisis en relación con la comunicación con la familia y con el paciente en cuidados paliativos.

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Introduction: The informed consent (IC) ensures respect of the patient's rights to information, freedom, and autonomy. However, when the physician neglects the obligation to inform, legal consequences may follow, including the award of damages or even imprisonment. Objective: To analyze the legal implications for a medical practitioner who fails to obtain the patient's IC. Methodology: Based on the relevant jurisprudence and legal decisions. With regards to the former, the decisions and legal precedents of the Colombian High Courts with regards to IC and medical practice were studied, emphasizing the rulings of the State Council and the Supreme Court of Justice (civil and penal chambers). With regards to the legal decisions, the analysis enabled the review, systematization and interpretation of the discussions generated around the topic of interest, pursuant to the doctrine or research on civil administrative, and criminal law. Results: There is consensus in the Colombian jurisprudence about the liability of the healthcare professional and of the state when the IC or any of its component parts is missing in the doctor-patient relationship. Nevertheless, there are different standpoints, particularly in the criminal arena, where a lack of unanimity exists with regards to this issue. Conclusion: Any violation of the IC or the lack of an IC, could give rise to the practitioner's civil liability and disciplinary actions, in addition to the administrative liability of the State, but there should be no criminal liability for the physician. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In November 2017, medical use of cannabis was decriminalized in Peru. The challenges are diverse and this article focuses on those challenges related to the doctor-patient relationship. Given the status quo of medicinal cannabis, the medical treatment protocol to be developed by the Ministry of Health must formulate clear conditions to guide the physicians' decision to prescribe cannabis without affecting their ethical obligations to promote good and cause no harm to their patients. This article develops three important considerations for prescribing medicinal cannabis. First, it recommends the registration and education of physicians who decide to prescribe medicinal cannabis. Secondly, it proposes general criteria specifying the cases in which the use of medicinal cannabis is appropriate and, finally, it establishes the need for a bona-fide doctor-patient relationship for the prescription of medicinal cannabis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objectives.To calculate the frequency and factors associated with external workplace violence (EWV) against doctors in health inpatient services in the metropolitan area of Lima (Spanish: Lima Metropolitana), Peru. Materials and methods. A cross-sectional analytic study, which included doctors from the Ministry of Health (MINSA), Social Security (EsSalud), and the private subsector, was carried out. The frequency of EWV was measured throughout the entire professional practice during the previous 12 months and during the last month. Variables related to the doctor, assailant, and health service were measured. Raw and adjusted prevalence ratios (PR) were calculated by means of a Poisson-family generalized linear model with non-parametric bootstrapping. Results. A total of 406 doctors participated; 31.5% were victims of EWV at least once during their professional practice, with 19.9% over the past 12 months and 7.6% during the last month. The chances of being threatened in the last 12 months increased if the doctor was male (adjusted PR [aPR]: 1.7; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.1- 2.8), had graduated from a Peruvian university outside of the metropolitan area of Lima (aPR: 1.5; 95% CI = 1.1-2.4), worked at MINSA (aPR: 7.9; 95% CI = 2.24-50.73) or EsSalud (RR: 8.68; 95% CI = 2.26-56.17), and worked in the emergency (aPR: 1.9; 95% CI = 1.2-3.6) or operating room (aPR: 1.6; 95% CI = 1.1-2.3). Age, years of professional practice, or being a medical resident were not associated with EWV. Conclusion. In the hospitals studied, a large number of doctors have been victims of EWV. Working in public services increases the possibility of violence. Implementation of support, identification, and primary prevention strategies in hospitals is recommended.

Introducción. La consulta pediátrica tiene particularidades a tener en cuenta en la formación de médicos que promuevan la comprensión del universo comunicativo en la tríada niño-acompañante-profesional. Los docentes son modelos de aprendizaje de los estudiantes de esta interacción. Objetivo. Reconocer el proceso formativo y transformador de la práctica pediátrica de docentes del Área de Niñez de la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Antioquia. Materiales y método. Estudio con enfoque desde el interaccionismo simbólico en el que participaron 19 docentes, a quienes se les hizo entrevista semiestructurada. El análisis de los datos se hizo bajo los lineamientos de la teoría fundamentada. Resultados. Emergieron tres categorías: 1) cómo llegaron a ser médicos y pediatras, se resalta a los profesores como modelos; 2) lo que transforma su práctica: el tiempo, la experiencia profesional, las instituciones y los grupos de trabajo, y 3) los recursos de los docentes en las interacciones con el niño y su familia: la pregunta, la observación, la explicación, el juego y la educación para la salud. Conclusiones. La reflexión de la práctica de los docentes ha cambiado la interacción en el acto médico. La universidad debe promover la discusión sobre el modelo de interacción que sus profesores ofrecen a los estudiantes.

Resumo Este artigo discute a aplicação de teorias da argumentação e da comunicação ao campo da medicina. Com base em revisão bibliográfica procedeu-se à comparação de três enfoques selecionados pela pertença a uma concepção pragmática da linguagem: o modelo de Toulmin, a pragma-dialética, e o de Fisher e Todd, derivado da sociolinguística americana. Os principais resultados foram: a pragma-dialética caracteriza o raciocínio médico de maneira mais integral, incorporando elementos das três disciplinas da argumentação: a dialética, a retórica e a lógica; o modelo de Toulmin ajuda a fundamentar argumentativamente a declaração de hipóteses diagnósticas e terapêuticas e, como parte de uma medicina interpretativa, aproxima-se da pragma-dialética por incluir elementos dialéticos no processo de formulação de argumentos; o enfoque de Fisher e Todd permite caracterizar, por uma análise pragmática dos atos de fala, o grau de simetria/assimetria da relação médico- paciente e sustenta a possibilidade de negociação das alternativas terapêuticas.

Heart failure leads to the activation of a neurohormonal response that interacts with the hemodynamic changes, which are joined by functional and structural myocardial abnormalities, that may exist. This paper addresses the role of the renin-angiotensin system in the pathophysiology of heart failure and the use of non-invasive complementary methods that provide additional information necessary for the assessment and comprehensive management of patients, without losing the essential connection between the doctor and the patient.

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