The medical treatment of patients with chronic, life-threatening or seriously disabling diseases can be very disappointing both for the suffering patient and their physicians in cases where patients cannot be treated satisfactorily with currently authorized medicines. It may be possible to successfully treat such patients with new pharmaceuticals that have not yet been authorized by suitable cl...

This study examines the policy and practice of compassionate release of terminally ill prisoners and its implications for Nigerian criminal justice administration. Qualitative methodology using structured interview was adopted to elicit data from key informants and content analysis was used in data analysis. The study revealed that the health status of inmates and health care delivery in prison...

A 29-year-old previously healthy woman, a doctor, was diagnosed with remitting relapsing multiple sclerosis after fulfilling McDonald's criteria for the diagnosis of definite multiple sclerosis. Despite 22 months of immunomodulatory treatment, the feasibility of continuing to train in a stressful specialty of medicine became an ethical and practical dilemma. Fitness for practice and career adva...

In The BMJ this week, two experts debate whether doctors should boycott working in Australia's immigration detention centres. Dr David Berger at Broome Hospital in Western Australia, argues that however compassionate their intentions, " doctors who treat people who have been tortured and then acquiesce in the continuation of torture themselves are supporting torture. " On the other hand, Profes...

Sexual assault is a violent act against human dignity that inflicts incalculable trauma upon the person assaulted. For this reason, Directive no. 36 of the Ethical And Religious Directives for Catholic Healthcare Services, 4th ed., which addresses how Catholic health ministries should respond to victims of rape, begins stating that, "Compassionate and understanding care should be given to a per...

About ten percent of the Dutch working population suffers from chronic stress and high levels of emotional exhaustion. Chronic stress is associated with depressive and anxiety disorders, which are very prevalent in the population. One of the individual causes of chronic stress may be high levels of self-criticism. This context warrants a public mental approach. A self-help book was written base...

In response to the International Journal of Health Policy and Management (IJHPM) editorial, this commentary adds to the debate about ethical dimensions of compassionate care in UK service provision. It acknowledges the importance of the original paper, and attempts to explore some of the issues that are raised in the context of nursing practice, research and education. It is argued that each of...

of their patients, and the population as a whole, and undertake this in a caring, compassionate, competent, and trustworthy manner. healthcare and serve as advisors and interpreters in the pursuit of optimal health outcomes using evidence-based medicine and in accordance with available resources. teams, doctors recognise and respect skills and attributes of other practitioners. equity for all p...

Compassion is a complex process that is innate, determined in part by individual traits, and modulated by a myriad of conscious and unconscious factors, immediate context, social structures and expectations, and organizational “culture.” Compassion is an ethical foundation of healthcare and a widely shared value; it is not an optional luxury in the healing process. While the interrelations betw...

India and Africa have been sharing a multidimensional relationship of cooperation friendship since the ancient civilizations. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought new possibilities opportunities for to leverage its soft power diplomacy towards Africa. paper’s main focus is analyze how made part foreign policy examine India’s with African continent through health diplomacy. A literature search was ...