logging in or signing up Language Reality Tarzen Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINT Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 131 Category: News & Reports.. License: All Rights Reserved Like it (1) Dislike it (0) Added: August 07, 2007 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 1 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript Language and Reality at the End of Life: Language and Reality at the End of Life Raphael Cohen-Almagor University of Haifa, ISRAEL Every Profession Has Its Keywords That Are Important to Help Categorize Phenomena, Save Time and Provide a Framework for Working Together. : Every Profession Has Its Keywords That Are Important to Help Categorize Phenomena, Save Time and Provide a Framework for Working Together. The Thesis: The Keywords Primarily Serve the Physicians, at Times at the Expense of the Patients’ Best Interests.: The Thesis: The Keywords Primarily Serve the Physicians, at Times at the Expense of the Patients’ Best Interests. Death With Dignity: Death With Dignity To have dignity means to look at oneself with self-respect, with some sort of satisfaction. ‘Quality of Life’ : ‘Quality of Life’ Positive connotations, for example, in rehabilitation, cosmetic treatments, psychiatry, and psychology Slide6: However, when dealing with end of life issues, ethicists who support euthanasia use the term ‘quality of life’ in a negative sense more often than in a positive one, meaning that they do not seek to improve the patient’s life but to end it Slide7: This phrase often serves to justify the termination of life A subjective concept, meaning that one’s quality of life is determined by one’s personal life circumstances Patients in ‘Persistent Vegetative State’: Patients in ‘Persistent Vegetative State’ Prolonged unawareness and post-coma unawareness (PCU) The term ‘vegetative’ dehumanizes patients and therefore is offensive to patients and their beloved people Slide9: We should strive to describe the condition without offending patients or their beloved people We should not strip patients of their human and moral characteristics ‘Double Effect’: ‘Double Effect’ Two basic presuppositions: (1) the doctor’s motivation is to alleviate suffering (2) the treatment must be proportional to the illness The rule is not a necessary means to adequate pain relief because informed consent, the degree of suffering, and the absence of less harmful alternatives suffice Conclusions: Conclusions A need to introduce more ethics into the medical school curriculum, equipping the medical staff with communication skills A need to invest more time talking with patients and their beloved people Slide12: Clean the language and clarify it sincerely Use elaborate explanations instead of concise, obscure or unethical terms You do not have the permission to view this presentation. In order to view it, please contact the author of the presentation.
Language Reality Tarzen Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINT Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 131 Category: News & Reports.. License: All Rights Reserved Like it (1) Dislike it (0) Added: August 07, 2007 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 1 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript Language and Reality at the End of Life: Language and Reality at the End of Life Raphael Cohen-Almagor University of Haifa, ISRAEL Every Profession Has Its Keywords That Are Important to Help Categorize Phenomena, Save Time and Provide a Framework for Working Together. : Every Profession Has Its Keywords That Are Important to Help Categorize Phenomena, Save Time and Provide a Framework for Working Together. The Thesis: The Keywords Primarily Serve the Physicians, at Times at the Expense of the Patients’ Best Interests.: The Thesis: The Keywords Primarily Serve the Physicians, at Times at the Expense of the Patients’ Best Interests. Death With Dignity: Death With Dignity To have dignity means to look at oneself with self-respect, with some sort of satisfaction. ‘Quality of Life’ : ‘Quality of Life’ Positive connotations, for example, in rehabilitation, cosmetic treatments, psychiatry, and psychology Slide6: However, when dealing with end of life issues, ethicists who support euthanasia use the term ‘quality of life’ in a negative sense more often than in a positive one, meaning that they do not seek to improve the patient’s life but to end it Slide7: This phrase often serves to justify the termination of life A subjective concept, meaning that one’s quality of life is determined by one’s personal life circumstances Patients in ‘Persistent Vegetative State’: Patients in ‘Persistent Vegetative State’ Prolonged unawareness and post-coma unawareness (PCU) The term ‘vegetative’ dehumanizes patients and therefore is offensive to patients and their beloved people Slide9: We should strive to describe the condition without offending patients or their beloved people We should not strip patients of their human and moral characteristics ‘Double Effect’: ‘Double Effect’ Two basic presuppositions: (1) the doctor’s motivation is to alleviate suffering (2) the treatment must be proportional to the illness The rule is not a necessary means to adequate pain relief because informed consent, the degree of suffering, and the absence of less harmful alternatives suffice Conclusions: Conclusions A need to introduce more ethics into the medical school curriculum, equipping the medical staff with communication skills A need to invest more time talking with patients and their beloved people Slide12: Clean the language and clarify it sincerely Use elaborate explanations instead of concise, obscure or unethical terms