Problem
Exploitation of patient obsession
Other Names:
Emotionally-influenced medical treatment Incidence:
Surgeons continued to use injections of an enzyme, chymopapain, to dissolve ruptured discs, even after it was revealed that it probably aggravated the condition, because their patient preferred injections to surgery.
Broader Problems:
Unethical practice of health professionals Narrower Problems:
Food fadsOverprescription of drugsMalpractice in plastic surgeryIrrational conscientious refusal of medical intervention Related Problems:
Body integrity dysphoriaScientific misconductUnprofessional science Aggravates:
Unnecessary cosmetic surgeryMedical experimentation on pregnant women and foetusesUnnecessary medical procedures Strategies:
Informing about fraudExpressing concerned with healthExploiting patient obsessionBeing fraudulent Subject(s):
Communication → InfluencingHealth Care → Hospitals
Health Care → Mental health
Health Care → Treatment
Societal Problems → Maltreatment
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
E: Emanations of other problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST