Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to R A Prehn.
It is becoming commonplace that physicians are not just working in hospitals but are helping run them as well. This means that chief executive officers are working side by side with chief medical officers. What are the factors that influence the working relationship between these roles? The author presents data from a survey that helps to answer this question.
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The civil rights and deinstitutionalization movements of the 1960s gave rise to legal and ethical challenges to the physician's authority to prescribe psychoactive medication to patients who refuse such medication. While no definitive legal ruling has been rendered in this area--and may never be rendered--a review of the important cases to date identifies consistent themes of patient competency, the possibility of physical threat, risks versus benefits, due process, and patient advocacy, all of which form the framework for intervening with patients who choose to refuse medication while preserving their right to do so.
The four roles of quality assurance within a partial-hospital program are discussed, along with suggestions for integrating clients into the 10-step quality assurance model recommended by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO).
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