Artikel
Abstracts fra Bibliotek for Læger 2/2017
17. sep. 2018
4 min.
Fem skarpe: Kroppen på toppen
- En samtale med sceneinstruktør Rolf Heim, som er aktuel med forestillingen »Kroppen« på Bådteatret i København
Redaktionen
Et billede fra min hverdag: Mit liv som teaterlæge
Lotte Rosenvinge
Etisk stuegang: Har man ret til genoplivning?
Katla Heðinsdóttir & Nana Cecilie Halmsted Kongsholm
Is there a right to resuscitation?
Bibl Læger 2017;209:94-99.
In the debate about whether patients should be able to insist on being resuscitated or not in case of cardiac arrest, the president of the Danish Medical Association argues that decisions about resuscitation depend on medical evaluations, and that physicians with their medical knowledge ought to have the final say in such decisions. In this article, we admit that important considerations regarding priority of healthcare resources, some patients’ tendency to overestimate the effect of treatment, and, to a certain extent, the ethical principle of non-maleficence, may favour a position where doctors ultimately hold the veto power. Nevertheless, we argue that there is good reason to call the law-protected sovereignty of medical doctors intoquestion. Such a sovereignty conflicts with the principle of patient autonomy, and it can negatively affect patients’ lives before a cardiac arrest to deny their right to resuscitation. Thus, in our view, a decision regarding resuscitation is not only a medical one but it also depends on aspects outside the medical arena.
Tre fyrtårne: Mindeord om Povl Riis, Preben Hertoft & Jørgen Kieler
Ulrich Horst Petersen, Kjeld Hillingsø & Bo Møhl
Originalartikel: Epidemiernes janushoved
- Den gode og den dårlige død i 1700- og 1800-tallets Europa
Jakob Eberhardt
The Janus head of epidemics. The good and the bad death in 18th and 19th century Europe.
Bibl Læger 2017;209:108-121.
The 18th and 19th centuries were haunted by epidemic diseases. Two of the diseases were smallpox and cholera. The latter was characterised by a profuse diarrhoea, severe fluid loss and a very rapid progress from the time of infection to the time of death. The victims became almost unrecognizable to their relatives: Over a very short time, the skin of the face tightened and the complexion became bluish. Smallpox was characterised by pustules that covered most of the patient’s body. If he or she survived, the pustules dried out and fell off, leaving the victim with scars, so-called pockmarks. Another significant epidemic disease of the time was tuberculosis. In the first half of the 19th century this illness was idealised as ”the good death” by romantic artists – tuberculosis appeared more dignified and noble than the horrors of cholera and smallpox. When the time of the romantic movement ended around 1850, the perception of tuberculosis also changed. The horrific symptoms of the illness could no longer be romanticised and beautified. In the time of the industrialisation, tuberculosis spread rapidly because of the harsh living conditions of the workers and their families.
Originalartikel: Neurologiske selvportrætter?
- Den færøske maler Ruth Smiths kunst og mulige sygdom
Egon Stenager
Neurological self-portraits? The Faroese painter Ruth Smith’s art and possible disease.
Bibl Læger 2017;209:122-131.
Ruth Smith (1913-1958) is one of the most important modern Faroese painters with a large oeuvre of self-portraits, in which she illustrates the progression of her late-onset, undiagnosed visual symptoms. These symptoms include diplopia, anisochoria, ptosis, changed color vision and acuity, and the article discusses possible medical explanations, including multiple sclerosis and tuberculosis-induced meningitis.
Refleksionsartikel: »Oceans of Hope«
- Jorden rundt og tilbage til livet
Mikkel Anthonisen
”Oceans of Hope”. Around the world – back to life
Bibl Læger 2017;209:132-149.
This article briefly introduces the project ‘Oceans of Hope’ which aims to strengthen reliance, empowerment and self-efficacy of people with multiple sclerosis (MS) by means of sailing a Challenge 67 steel boat around the globe. The first world voyage took place from June 2014 to November 2015, and a total of 93 people with MS from 16 different countries participated as crew members. The main goals and medical perspectives are discussed, and a range of photographs illustrate different stages of the 30,000 nautical miles long journey from Copenhagen and around the globe.
Kvartalets genstand: En historisk pille
Morten A. Skydsgaard
Interview: Frisindsfurien Jo
- En samtale med historikeren Dorthe Chakravarty, som har skrevet en biografi om seksualoplyseren og kvindesagsforkæmperen Jo Jacobsen
Redaktionen
Originalartikel: »Somebody get me a doctor!«
- Nedslag i populærmusikkens beskrivelser af læger
Ole D. Wolthers
“Music is the doctor”. Depictions of doctors in popular music
Bibl Læger 2017:209:162-175.
Popular song lyrics may reflect songwriters’ experiences with or phantasies about doctors. The aim of this review is to analyse pop songs’ descriptions of doctors, their use of the term “doctor” and depiction of medical problems and procedures. Moreover, the article highlights the perceived healing aspect of popular music. The term “doctor” is quite frequently used in band names. Descriptions of medical procedures are often allegories of sexual activities, and doctors may even be described as sexual offenders. Further, many songs contemplate, whether doctors would be able to heal people with lovesickness. Finally, doctors are often described as highly appreciated drug providers.