HOW WE TREAT THE SICK: NEGLECT AND ABUSE IN OUR HEALTH SERVICES
Book ID/图书代码： 06930010B43897
English Summary/英文概要： No official statistics are kept for the number of hospital patients, in particular older people, who are subjected to neglect and abuse. That is, left malnourished and dehydrated, in pain, allowed to develop agonising and fatal pressure sores, not taken to the toilet, left to lie in their own bodily waste, cared for in a filthy environment and at risk of infection, ignored, allowed to fall over repeatedly, not spoken to, left naked or dressed in other patients’ clothes - and discharged from hospital prematurely. This book bears witness to all these practices and more.
Setting out a wealth of evidence not previously brought together, Michael Mandelstam shows beyond question that neglectful care is a systemic blight, rather than mere local blemish, within our health services. He analyses the causes and factors involved, reveals the widespread denial and lack of accountability on the part of those responsible – and spells out the political, moral, professional and legal implications of this failure to care for the most vulnerable of patients with humanity and compassion. Most important, Mandelstam points to the main obstacles to a solution - and to how they can be removed and change be accomplished.
This book should be read by anyone concerned with the state of our health services, including National Health Service users, government policy makers and planners, public health practitioners and academics and researchers.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 对于医院的病人人数，尤其是被忽视受虐待的老年人，并不存在官方的统计数据。也就是说，病人营养失调、脱水、长期忍受痛苦和致命的疼痛，但不会有人来表示关心；病人躺在有排泄物的病榻上，不会有人搀扶他去卫生间；病人处在肮脏的环境里，极有可能被感染，无人予以理会；病人有时只能裸体躺在病床上，或穿上随手扔来的其他病人的衣服--最后的结果是尽早出院。本书见证了这些可能并不为常人所熟知的、发生在医院里的真实行为。 本书收集了之前没有规整的大量实证案例，迈克尔认为在健康服务方面，导致这种现象产生的原因是体制的盲点，而不仅仅是地方性的缺失。对于关注健康服务的读者来说，包括国家卫生服务用户、政府决策者和规划者、公共卫生从业者以及研究学者来说，本书具有重要的阅读意义。(兼职翻译-FSF)
Awards/获奖情况：对于未来，我们必须做出更多的改进，首先是对不能为自己说话的脆弱病人所施以的健康服务和社会关怀；其次就是对工作职责就是照顾病人的护理人员的培训与鼓励。--男爵夫人莎莉.格林格洛斯 国家卫生服务提供的病人照顾，本书中迈克尔提供了详述，如他所说，也许这并不是一个普遍存在的情形，但已足以引起多有关心健康服务人士、相关组织以及英国国民健康服务管理人员的高度关注。 --蒂姆.约 下院议员
《我们如何对待病人》这本书是行动的呼吁。加强管理和赋予一线员工更多的自主权，可能会减少病人痛苦的经历。 --男爵夫人 莫莉.米切尔
About the Author/作者介绍： 独立提供法律培训，迈克尔.曼德尔斯塔姆拥有长达十三年的经验，另外，他还是地方当局、英国国民健康服务（NHS ）以及志愿组织的参谋和顾问。迈克尔曾在卫生署社会服务视察团任职，任职之前在一个国家志愿者组织的残疾人生活基金会工作。他拥有信息研究和科学医学史研究的双硕士学位。 Michael Mandelstam has worked independently for thirteen years providing legal training, advice and consultancy to local authorities, the NHS and voluntary organisations. Prior to this, he worked at the Disabled Living Foundation, a national voluntary organisation, before moving to the Social Services Inspectorate at the Department of Health. He holds postgraduate qualifications in law, information studies and the history of science and medicine.
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