The era of the patient: using the experience of illness in shaping the missions of health care

Article Abstract:

Increased emphasis on the viewpoint of the patient may shape the provision of health care services in the 21st century. Medical science shifted towards the treatment of the disease rather than treatment of the individual patient during the 17th century. Technological advances in medicine during the 19th century shifted the emphasis of medicine even further away from a patient-centered viewpoint of illness. The emergence of the medical ethics movement in the latter half of the 20th century has moved the focus back to the patient. This movement emphasizes patient choice regarding the use of different types of medical technology. Another factor causing this shift is the patient outcomes movement that started in the 1980s. Within this movement, the value of a medical procedure is determined by the outcome of the patient. Patients may need to be taught how to take a more active role in decisions about their medical care.

Social aspects, Care and treatment, Medicine, Practice, Patients, Health care reform, Patient care, Medical practice

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Research compensation and the monetarization of medicine

Article Abstract:

The main inducements to participate in research compensations such as medical need and nonmedical gains have historical and modern variants and psychological features. The level of monetary compensation influences the participants sample created by investigators to study, which in turn requires a payment schedule that draws individuals from different income levels.

Psychological aspects, Surveys, Compensation (Business)

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Improving informed consent and enhancing recruitment for research by understanding economic behavior

Article Abstract:

An argument on the use of financial compensation as a recruitment tool in medical research is presented. It is shown that investigators design compensation schemes take economic forces into account.

Research & Development, Scientific Research and Development Services, Research & Development NEC, Research institutes, Recruiting, Industry hiring

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