The living will is a directive by a competent adult person, for the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures in the event of a terminal condition. While there exist actually about 40 or more living will laws in the USA, has legislation so far in the German speaking countries not been occupied with the problem. However it is widely accepted that a terminally ill and competent patient's wish to die peacefully and to have omitted life-sustaining measures has to be accepted, so long as there does not exist any hope of recovery. Voluntary euthanasia can in any case not be requested by a living will.
{"title":"[Patient's living will].","authors":"M von Lutterotti","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The living will is a directive by a competent adult person, for the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures in the event of a terminal condition. While there exist actually about 40 or more living will laws in the USA, has legislation so far in the German speaking countries not been occupied with the problem. However it is widely accepted that a terminally ill and competent patient's wish to die peacefully and to have omitted life-sustaining measures has to be accepted, so long as there does not exist any hope of recovery. Voluntary euthanasia can in any case not be requested by a living will.</p>","PeriodicalId":77110,"journal":{"name":"Diskussionsforum medizinische Ethik","volume":" 3","pages":"XIII-XIV"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13195771","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Short definitions of medical ethical concepts. 8].","authors":"J G Meran","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77110,"journal":{"name":"Diskussionsforum medizinische Ethik","volume":" 2","pages":"XII"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13195145","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The transcultural view is evident throughout all of Positive Family-Therapy. It helps us to understand the individual conflicts and can also be important in dealing with such social issues as the treatment of illegal aliens and refugees, foreign aid for the Third World countries, problems in dealing with members of other cultural systems, interracial and transcultural marriages, prejudices, alternative life-styles societies and political problems. 4 ways of dealing with conflict and the 5-stage Positive Family-Therapy are therapeutic strategies in which therapy and self-help are intertwined.
{"title":"[Transcultural aspects of family therapy].","authors":"N Peseschkian","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The transcultural view is evident throughout all of Positive Family-Therapy. It helps us to understand the individual conflicts and can also be important in dealing with such social issues as the treatment of illegal aliens and refugees, foreign aid for the Third World countries, problems in dealing with members of other cultural systems, interracial and transcultural marriages, prejudices, alternative life-styles societies and political problems. 4 ways of dealing with conflict and the 5-stage Positive Family-Therapy are therapeutic strategies in which therapy and self-help are intertwined.</p>","PeriodicalId":77110,"journal":{"name":"Diskussionsforum medizinische Ethik","volume":" 2","pages":"XI-XII"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13195147","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Concerning the physician's duty to disclose information, it has to be distinguished between the information of the diagnosis, the therapeutical instructions on the patient's behaviour and the disclosure of the risks incidental to the treatment. Practically the last-mentioned is the most important, because the effectiveness of the patient's consent depends on its performance. In case the physician violates this duty, he is liable for battery, even if the medical procedure is performed skillfully. The modes of disclosure and its omission for therapeutical reasons are discussed.
{"title":"[Physician's disclosure form a legal viewpoint].","authors":"H Franzki","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Concerning the physician's duty to disclose information, it has to be distinguished between the information of the diagnosis, the therapeutical instructions on the patient's behaviour and the disclosure of the risks incidental to the treatment. Practically the last-mentioned is the most important, because the effectiveness of the patient's consent depends on its performance. In case the physician violates this duty, he is liable for battery, even if the medical procedure is performed skillfully. The modes of disclosure and its omission for therapeutical reasons are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":77110,"journal":{"name":"Diskussionsforum medizinische Ethik","volume":" 2","pages":"IX-X"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13195146","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Short definitions of concepts in medical ethics. 7. Gene technology].","authors":"J G Meran","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77110,"journal":{"name":"Diskussionsforum medizinische Ethik","volume":" 1","pages":"VIII"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13198236","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Ethical aspects of human germ line therapy].","authors":"S Poliwoda","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77110,"journal":{"name":"Diskussionsforum medizinische Ethik","volume":" 1","pages":"III-IV"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13198240","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Brief definition of medical-ethical concepts. 6].","authors":"J G Meran","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77110,"journal":{"name":"Diskussionsforum medizinische Ethik","volume":" 6","pages":"1 p. preceeding 567"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13241178","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Doctors must help chronically ill patients to find a new balance and a state of relative health. Patient information plays an important role. On the other hand, total monopolization of patients and medicalization must be prevented. This is a special problem of holistic concepts of health care.
{"title":"[Ethical problems in the treatment of chronically ill patients].","authors":"B Elkeles","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Doctors must help chronically ill patients to find a new balance and a state of relative health. Patient information plays an important role. On the other hand, total monopolization of patients and medicalization must be prevented. This is a special problem of holistic concepts of health care.</p>","PeriodicalId":77110,"journal":{"name":"Diskussionsforum medizinische Ethik","volume":" 6","pages":"2 p. following 566"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13241179","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
It appears that in our century it is not considered fashionable to die. Indeed medicine itself has become increasingly less concerned with the dying. This abandonment in dealing with the subject of dying, death and grief is being counteracted by the Hospice movement with a new concept. This encompasses the care of both the dying and their relations and near ones in a comprehensive approach.
{"title":"[The hospice movement--a different relationship with the dying].","authors":"J C Student","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>It appears that in our century it is not considered fashionable to die. Indeed medicine itself has become increasingly less concerned with the dying. This abandonment in dealing with the subject of dying, death and grief is being counteracted by the Hospice movement with a new concept. This encompasses the care of both the dying and their relations and near ones in a comprehensive approach.</p>","PeriodicalId":77110,"journal":{"name":"Diskussionsforum medizinische Ethik","volume":" 6","pages":"2 p. following 566"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13241180","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}