Biomedical subjects

K Beine

Publications and source records attributed to K Beine.

3 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed1999

[In Process Citation]

In this survey 16 cases were analysed where members of the Health Service repeatedly committed homicides of patients in hospitals and nursing-homes. The data were selected from legal documents and publications. The object was to receive detailed information about the victims, the offenders and the places where the crimes were committed. The working environment was examined with regard to the work-place atmosphere, the position of the offender in the social order, persistent conflicts at work and how the first internal warnings concerning suspicious behaviour were dealt with. Each invidivual case was analysed in order to find out whether there are any indicators that could serve as a warning with regard to homicides of patients. The data were also analysed as to specific similarities concerning the victims, the offenders and the respective working environment. The main conclusion of this study is that homicides of patients in hospitals and nursing-homes become more unlikely if the fact that these things do happen is known and no longer tabooed.

Journal Article↗

PubMed1991

[Waldheim--the difficult task of investigation].

This is a report on a mental hospital--or, rather, a department of a mental hospital--called "Waldheim", (literal meaning: "hostal, or home in the woods") which is a section of the mental hospital at Hochweitzschen in Saxony in the former German Democratic Republic (GDR). Public opinion had been aroused some time ago by an article published in the German weekly "Stern" in which it was stated that psychotic patients were being subjected to leukotomy or stereotactic surgery, and that castration by x-ray treatment was being performed in mentally handicapped women, in that hospital. The article prompted the then Ministery of Health of the GDR to constitute an "expert committee" to investigate into the matter. The magazine's allegations were partly confirmed by the committee. The GDR parliament then constituted a "special parliamentary commission" for another inquiry. Again several allegations were confirmed. It was stated that the events and actions in that hospital had been unsatisfactorily assessed and digested. The authors undertake to make the procedures followed by the medical and nursing staff, accessible to a wider public and to render them more lucid. Important structural characteristics of the patterns that developed there, were the governmentally prescribed segregation of severely diseased persons to "treat" them far away from their residential community, the absence of a critical general public, and the amalgamation of supervisory institutions with those that require to be supervised.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders↗

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Conceptions of prenatal care among Somali women in San Diego.

Studies have shown that culturally sensitive prenatal care improves access to and utilization of that care. Focus groups were used to explore the beliefs and attitudes toward prenatal care among Somali women in San Diego, particularly in regard to their perinatal experiences following immigration. The women were very well informed about healthy prenatal practices, including nutrition and exercise, and very compliant in following such practices, having found ways and means to accommodate these practices into their new American lifestyle. The women were generally pleased with the care that they have received in San Diego and tolerant of most diagnostic and therapeutic interventions. The women preferred to be seen by a female doctor/health care practitioner who is informed about the female circumcision practiced in Somalia and who is conservative in the decision to perform cesarean section deliveries.

Adult↗