IF THE PRESERVATION OF PATIENT DIGNITY MEANS THE PRESERVATION OF THE INTRINSTIC POWERS PERMITTED FOR EACH AND EVERY PATIENT, THE QUESTION IN THIS ERA OF MEDICAL CARE AND INTERACTIONS IS WHAT ROLE WILL FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) MEAN TO THE DIGNITY OF EACH AND EVERY PATIENT ..read more

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  Here, from EM's post in Volume 127 (November 2 2023) is a wonderful summary of this series of Volumes on Patient Dignity but also about the many years of publication of my blog itself.  EM, thank you, thank youfor your research and evaluation.  ..Maurice Dr. Bernstein, Congratulations on your upcoming birthday! I wish you all the best and continued good health. You have created quite a legacy with this blog. I would like to thank you for the time and effort you have expended over the many years. I am retired now but can’t imagine being dedicated to something for over 20 year ..read more

  A Worthy Posting today on Volume 126 to set off a discussion of  "Preserving Patient Dignity"which should be more acknowledgment that there has been, within the past, some ignorance by the medical profession that the concept of the dignity of the patient exists and should not be attacked and injured.  Here is the last posting of our contributor Reginald: Hello, As I pondered why dignity is such a hard concept for healthcare, I mused regarding what has changed – realizing that what happened in the past was not always something better. Thirty years ago I had a cardiologist as ..read more

 WELCOME TO THE NEW GENERATION OF COMMENTATORS TO ADD TO THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN PRESENTING THEIR VIEWS ON THIS SUBJECT IN THE PAST.   REMEMBER, THE TOPIC SHOULD BE CARRIED BEYOND YOUR PHYSICAL MODESTY ISSUES BUT CONSIDER THE MORE GENERAL TOPIC OF PATIENT DIGNITY OF WHICH PHYSICAL MODESTY IS BUT AN ELEMENT OF THE ISSUE.  ..Maurice ..read more

 TO ALL THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN READING AND CONTRIBUTING YOUR COMMENTS TO VOLUME 124,  BLOGGER.COM HAS SHUT DOWN THAT VOLUME (PRESUMABLY RELATED TO THE NUMBER OF COMMENTS EXCEEDING A LIMIT. ) PLEASE CONTINUE YOUR DISCUSSIONS NOW ON THIS VOLUME 125 I LAST POSTED THERE THE FOLLOWING: I feel from a legal point of view of an ethics blog which this blog is an example, it would be legal, ethical and fair for this blog contributors to AVOID naming specific names of those individuals or institutions regarding their misbehavior or potential criminality unless you can provide publicly available n ..read more

Since December of 2007 when Patient Modesty, as part of this bioethics blog begun, my question arises to my contributors and readers here: has there been any changes to the good or to the bad regarding how the matter of bodily modesty of patients male, female or otherwise have been interpreted and carried out?  Any changes? It will be of interest to read about any changes within the past 15 years in behavior both of the medical system and the patients themselves with regard to this matter.  ..Maurice ..read more

    These days, particularly these days, there is much to write about the preservation of patient dignity by the medical profession.  Why these days? Well, it seems like pure politics has taken over important portions of how the medical profession is to behave when attending to the clinical status of their patients.  Some might disagree but there is no doubt, at least in my mind, politicians both in government and in medical professional services have taken over the "steering wheel" or the "reins" of how the medical system is being directed to the patient. It is important ..read more

  FROM ME: Here is a definition I read describing "patient dignity": being treated with care and compassion; • polite, courteous staff; having their privacy and dignity actively respected; and • having their views listened to and taken into consideration. Do you all agree?  FROM BIKER: Dr. Bernstein, on the surface that definition is a good one but where it will fall apart is likely in their underlying definition of what "having their privacy and dignity respected" means. Healthcare staff almost universally say they respect patient privacy and dignity. Then they turn aro ..read more

    Actually APODIAPSIS is not only  the "Word of the Day" but is also the expression of the participants of this blog thread over the years as applied to  those within the medical profession who attend to patients. And, upsetting the visitors here, professional misbehavior involves more than "mentally undressing" (though that can happen) but undressing the patient in a physical sense  for unneeded inspection or procedures. But either way, the visitors find such motivation and behavior clinically unnecessary but also destructive for maintenance of  the pa ..read more