Word: patients
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...recent years many hospitals have significantly increased their ambulatory facilities, and the practice has been widely acclaimed as being more economical and providing better patient care than previous methods...
...main changes that would come from the proposed expansion, which has been criticized by neighborhood residents for its effect on other area hospitals and is currently pending state approval, would be a renovation of the hospital's crowded patient rooms and an expansion of its obstetric and psychiatric services...
Present psychiatric procedure employs electroshock therapy in cases of severe depression with suicidal possibilities, according to Dr. David Edelstein, a clinical psychiatrist with the Mental Health Association. "All medication or treatment administered requires the consent of the patient or guardian," he added...
Under the bill, no person under 21 years of age would be allowed electroshock therapy, and all those opting for treatment would undergo a seven-point health examination insuring the patient's ability to withstand the treatment...
Consent of the patient remains a hotly debated issue. "Sure the patient may give consent, but there are many tricks involved. The doctor is usually trusted with knowing what is good for the patient, and a patient usually follows his recommendation without being fully aware of the consequences of treatment, such as loss of memory," says Judi Chamberlin, spokesman for the Mental Patients Liberation Front...