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Is This Patient Competent? Like insanity, being incompetent is a legal status, not a medical condition. In psychiatric patients, mental status is important ...
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www.nami.org/Content/Microsites192/NAMI_Durham/Home179/...
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Patient autonomy is a cornerstone of decision making in modern medical practice. It is now clearly established in medicine, ethics, and law that a competent patient has the right to choose or refuse medical treatment.
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www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/123/11/878
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A competent patient refuses treatmen ... Mrs X is competent and so has autonomy to make treatment decisions. If the principle of respect for autonomy is given the highest value then her refusal should be respected despite the resulting harm. ... You are here: Home → Case studies → A competent patient refuses treatment...
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www.ethics-network.org.uk/case-studies/a-competent-pati...
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J Assoc Physicians India. 2001; 49:377-8 (ISSN: 0004-5772) ... Bichile LS; Gokhale YA; Sridhar V; Gill NH; LTMM College and LTMG Hospital, Sion. ... Neurological form of cryptococcosis in immunocompetant patients needs to be considered in situations with intractable headache, papilloedema, hydrocephalus and prior to decisions...
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www.medscape.com/medline/abstract/11291983
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Physician-Patient Relations ... This website also contains material copyrighted by 3rd parties.
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www.medscape.com/medline/abstract/17610684
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Tips for Successful Caregiver/Patient Interaction Across Cultures ... Cover Art for What Language Does Your Patient Hurt In?: A Practica Guide to Culturally Competent Patient Care...
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www.ecampus.com/book/0763812935
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It concerns hardly ever immunologically competent patients and it leads in spite of antiviral therapy at 70 per cent to a retinal detachment.
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www.dog.org/2000/e-abstract_2000/708.html
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Septra, Bactrim) in an immune-competent female adolescent. She was prescribed TMP-SMX for a urinary tract infection, which she had developed while being treated in the hospital ... After prompt discontinuation of TMP-SMX, the patient slowly began to improve and was able to return to her baseline mental status within 10 days.
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Serious side effects are seldom reported in immune-competent patients. We describe a case of acute psychosis in a young immune competent patient who had ingested TMP-SMX. The patient made a full recovery within 10 days of discontinuing the medication.
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