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OBJECTIVE: Despite the acknowledged importance of ethics education in medical school, little empirical work has been done to assess the needs and preferences of medical students regarding ethics curricula. METHODS: Eighty-three medical students at the University of New Mexico participated in a self-administered written survey including 41 scaled questions regarding attitudes, needs, and preferences toward medical ethics and ethics education. RESULTS: Students reported strong personal interest in learning more about ethics in clinical medicine and research. They most strongly endorsed as valid objectives of ethics education the goals of helping professionals "better recognize ethical issues and clarify values-laden choices," "improve patient care and clinical decision-making," and "improve ethical practices in clinical research." Participants strongly agreed that "professional attitudes and values are an appropriate focus for medical education" and also expressed strong interest in learning more about specific ethical topics and learning methods. Women more strongly endorsed interest in additional ethics education and a preference for increased ethics education than men. Preclinical participants expressed a greater desire for additional training on all ethics topics than clinical students. CONCLUSION: The medical students surveyed strongly affirmed ethics education in medical school and expressed clear preferences for curricular topics and teaching methods.
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Atitude do Pessoal de Saúde , Ética Médica/educação , Estudantes de Medicina/psicologia , Adulto , Currículo , Coleta de Dados , Feminino , Objetivos , Humanos , Masculino , New Mexico , Fatores Sexuais , Adulto JovemAssuntos
Educação Médica , Liderança , Mentores , Psiquiatria , Docentes de Medicina , Humanos , Objetivos OrganizacionaisAssuntos
Hipotireoidismo/complicações , Mixedema/complicações , Transtornos Psicóticos/complicações , Idoso , Antipsicóticos/uso terapêutico , Haloperidol/uso terapêutico , Humanos , Hipotireoidismo/diagnóstico , Hipotireoidismo/tratamento farmacológico , Masculino , Transtornos Psicóticos/tratamento farmacológico , Índice de Gravidade de Doença , Tireotropina/sangue , Tiroxina/uso terapêuticoAssuntos
Transtorno Bipolar/psicologia , Pneumonia Aspirativa/etiologia , Idoso , Antimaníacos/uso terapêutico , Transtorno Bipolar/tratamento farmacológico , Encéfalo/patologia , Transtornos Cerebrovasculares/diagnóstico , Transtornos de Deglutição/diagnóstico , Transtornos de Deglutição/etiologia , Humanos , Carbonato de Lítio/uso terapêutico , Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética , Masculino , Pneumonia Aspirativa/diagnóstico , Índice de Gravidade de DoençaRESUMO
The literature suggests that self-amputation is an outgrowth of either psychosis or paraphilia. In the case we present, the patient was neither psychotic at the time of amputation, nor did he ascribe a sexual motivation for his act. Instead, he had a long-standing idea that being an amputee was a critical aspect of his identity. The patient used the internet to research the method for his amputation and sought support from individuals with the same desire via e-mail, web sites, and Usenet news groups.
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Amputação Cirúrgica , Internet , Comportamento Autodestrutivo/psicologia , Hospitalização , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Comportamento Autodestrutivo/reabilitação , Transexualidade/psicologiaRESUMO
Maintenance electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) can sometimes be the only treatment that yields extended periods of euthymia to patients with severe, treatment-resistant mania. We describe a case of a patient with recurrent and severe mania who responded acutely to ECT after failing various medication trials and could only maintain euthymia with maintenance ECT.