Nikith Austin Dsouza, H. C. Girish, Mahesh Kore, Yeshwant Krishna Amdekar, Aarti Avinash Kinikar
{"title":"Over Investigation: An Ethical Debate","authors":"Nikith Austin Dsouza, H. C. Girish, Mahesh Kore, Yeshwant Krishna Amdekar, Aarti Avinash Kinikar","doi":"10.1007/s13312-024-3261-6","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>Over investigations contribute to escalating health costs driven by multiple factors including physician decisions, patient requests, information overload, technological advances, marketing, hospital management policies, insurance requirements and defensive practices. The reconciliation between knowledge and clinical wisdom while dealing with uncertainties in medicine is the primary way forward through this ethical maze. A case scenario illustrates what pediatricians need to reflect upon while facing decisions on rational investigations to maximize beneficence while being aware of economics of healthcare delivery.</p>","PeriodicalId":13291,"journal":{"name":"Indian pediatrics","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7000,"publicationDate":"2024-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Indian pediatrics","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13312-024-3261-6","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"PEDIATRICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0
Abstract
Over investigations contribute to escalating health costs driven by multiple factors including physician decisions, patient requests, information overload, technological advances, marketing, hospital management policies, insurance requirements and defensive practices. The reconciliation between knowledge and clinical wisdom while dealing with uncertainties in medicine is the primary way forward through this ethical maze. A case scenario illustrates what pediatricians need to reflect upon while facing decisions on rational investigations to maximize beneficence while being aware of economics of healthcare delivery.
期刊介绍：
The general objective of Indian Pediatrics is "To promote the science and practice of Pediatrics." An important guiding principle has been the simultaneous need to inform, educate and entertain the target audience. The specific key objectives are:
-To publish original, relevant, well researched peer reviewed articles on issues related to child health.
-To provide continuing education to support informed clinical decisions and research.
-To foster responsible and balanced debate on controversial issues that affect child health, including non-clinical areas such as medical education, ethics, law, environment and economics.
-To achieve the highest level of ethical medical journalism and to produce a publication that is timely, credible and enjoyable to read.
京公网安备 11010802042870号
京ICP备2023020795号-1
分享
求助内容：
应助结果提醒方式：
扫码关注我们
