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PMID: 22342005 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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Innovative pressure forms part of the current technical-scientific utopia and equally affects surgeons, patients, communication media, and the health industry. It has brought a new type of technical adventurism with its accompanying iatrogenesis, which involves unnecessary risks. Personal ambitions, industrial persuasion and the promotion of hospital brands, both public and private, have weakened values and professional ethics in an environment in which technology is losing cost/benefit, and the conflict of interests have aroused many suspicions. A critical review of the technolatry culture is presented as well as a sober assessment of the costs of our interventions, not only in the economic sphere, but also as regards the safety of our patients, the environmental sustainability, and the most efficient use of health care devices. |
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Authors:
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Antonio Sitges-Serra |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: English Abstract; Journal Article Date: 2012-02-16 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Cirugía española Volume: 90 ISSN: 1578-147X ISO Abbreviation: Cir Esp Publication Date: 2012 Mar |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2012-03-06 Completed Date: 2012-11-13 Revised Date: 2013-03-17 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 1254104 Medline TA: Cir Esp Country: Spain |
Other Details:
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Languages: spa Pagination: 156-61 Citation Subset: IM |
Copyright Information:
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Copyright © 2011 AEC. Published by Elsevier Espana. All rights reserved. |
Affiliation:
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Unidad de Cirugía Endocrina, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, España. asitges@hospitaldelmar.cat |
Vernacular Title:
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Tecnología o tecnolatría: ¿a dónde van los cirujanos? |
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Biomedical Technology* General Surgery / methods*, standards*, trends Humans Laparoscopy Surgical Procedures, Operative / methods*, standards*, trends |
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Comment In:
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Cir Esp. 2012 Jun-Jul;90(6):409-10; author reply 411-2
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22464975
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Cir Esp. 2013 Feb;91(2):132 [PMID: 23265770 ] Cir Esp. 2012 Jun-Jul;90(6):412-3 [PMID: 22578682 ] |
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