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UNNECESSARY TREATMENT [4 records]

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Record 1 2022-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Government Programs (Canadian)
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
OBS

The Opioid Action Plan outlines the importance of providing leadership to address the opioid crisis as well as six specific areas of actions including better informing Canadians about opioid risks; supporting better prescribing practices; reducing easy access to unnecessary opioids; supporting better treatment options; reducing the availability and harms of street drugs; and gathering data to inform evidence-based activities.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Drogues et toxicomanie
OBS

Le Plan d'action [...] précise six domaines d'actions précis pour traiter la crise actuelle des opioïdes. Ces domaines comprennent : de mieux informer les Canadiens des risques associés aux opioïdes; de soutenir de meilleures pratiques de prescription; de réduire l'accès facile aux opioïdes inutiles; de soutenir de meilleures options de traitement; de réduire la disponibilité et les méfaits des drogues sur la rue et de recueillir des données pour servir de fondement aux activités fondées sur les éléments probants.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de programas federales (Gobierno canadiense)
  • Drogas y toxicomanía
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Record 2 2016-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Medicine, Hygiene and Health
  • Non-Surgical Treatment
  • Health Law
CONT

We do not believe that there should be any need to continue futile treatment, "futile" being defined as having almost no possibility of succeeding.

OBS

Futility can be understood as medical treatment that is seen to be non-beneficial because it is believed to offer no reasonable hope of recovery or improvement of the patient’s condition.

Key term(s)
  • non-beneficial treatment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médecine générale, hygiène et santé
  • Traitements non chirurgicaux
  • Droit de la santé
CONT

Il est donc souhaitable de ne pas proposer un traitement qui «n'offre aucun espoir raisonnable de guérison ou d'amélioration ou quelque avantage» (traitement futile).

OBS

La futilité médicale désigne une intervention dont on estime qu'elle ne vaut pas la peine d'être réalisée, parce que le médecin évalue comme insuffisants les bénéfices prévisibles.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medicina, Higiene y Salud
  • Tratamiento sin cirugía
  • Derecho de salud
DEF

Tratamiento o acto médico cuya aplicación está desaconsejada ya que es clínicamente ineficaz, no mejora el pronóstico, los síntomas, ni las enfermedades intercurrentes del paciente, o bien porque de manera previsible producirá perjuicios personales, familiares, económicos o sociales desproporcionados al beneficio que se espera.

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Record 3 2016-06-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Medicine, Hygiene and Health
  • Non-Surgical Treatment
DEF

Unnecessary, sometimes harmful, medical treatment.

CONT

Epidemiological, clinical, and autopsy studies have been used to examine PCa [prostate cancer] overdiagnosis, with estimates ranging widely from 1.7% to 67%. Correspondingly, estimates of overtreatment vary widely based on patient features and may be declining internationally. Careful patient selection for screening and reducing overtreatment are important to preserve the benefits and reduce the downstream harms of prostate-specific antigen testing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médecine générale, hygiène et santé
  • Traitements non chirurgicaux
DEF

Application d'un traitement médical inutile, voire nuisible.

Spanish

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Record 4 2005-08-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Philosophy (General)
  • Sociology of Medicine
  • Health Law
CONT

Denial of death sets the stage for much inappropriate behaviour, such as demanding or accepting unnecessary and non-beneficial treatment, and, thereafter, confusion and conflict often develops because of withdrawal of treatment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Philosophie (Généralités)
  • Sociologie de la médecine
  • Droit de la santé
CONT

Le fait même de parler de statut du mourant est révélateur du déni de la mort dans notre société : c'est en effet paradoxal d'évoquer un nouveau statut, celui du mourant, alors qu'il s'agit de notre finitude.

Spanish

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