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El consentimiento informado en los pacientes privados de libertad
2013
Fundamento y objetivo: El consentimiento informado (CI) médico constituye hoy el pilar fundamental sobre el que se asienta la asistencia sanitaria a la población. Cualquier persona competente y capaz para tomar decisiones puede dar o negar su permiso para cualquier intervención médica que le afecte, incluso una intervención que vaya a salvar su vida, siempre que esa decisión no amenace intereses de terceros. A pesar de este principio general hay un grupo de personas, que son los presos, que tienen restringida su aplicación y no pueden decidir libremente sobre aceptar o rechazar un tratamiento médico en casos extremos, cuando su salud o su vida corran peligro. El objetivo del trabajo es resp…
Visibility in mediated borderscapes : The hunger strike of asylum seekers as an embodiment of border violence
2018
In 2012, two Afghan asylum seekers camped outside the Parliament building in Helsinki during a hunger strike that lasted for 72 days. Although the protest was very visible in the city space, the mainstream media and most politicians ignored it. This paper analyzes the protest and its mediation through the concepts of borderscape and visibility. Using methods of visual and discourse analysis, we examine the ways in which the hunger strike protest – and its mediation – negotiate the (in)visibility of borders. We show how the city can be a site for both policing and for politicizing asylum issues. In particular, we focus on the ways in which protesting asylum seekers embody borders and border …
„Fani głodówek (głodówka lecznicza)”, czyli o amatorskich poglądach na terapię
2022
Therapeutic fasting has a long history. Nowadays, as an alternative therapy method, they enjoy great popularity. Descriptions and theories about them can be followed not only in various publications, but also on the Internet: in online forums, posts and comments on Twitter, videos on YouTube, social media among others. A group created on Facebook under the name “Fans of hunger (therapeutic hunger)” is of a particular interest. Posts that can be followed here perfectly illustrate the popularity of this alternative method of treatment and the influence of any publications encouraging starvation on its followers. They also show, in many cases, a lack of reflexivity, a strongly emotional and, t…