A qualitative study on discrimination and ethical implications in stroke care in contemporary Greece

Ageism in the Health Care System: Providers, Patients, and Systems

“…However, clear instances of age-related bias in formal policy regarding stroke care can be found in a number of countries. For example, Greece has a policy governing decisions in inpatient stroke care, with patients over 65 sent for admission to a general internal medicine ward rather than a neurology specialty service (Theofanidis 2015). In Finland, a recently revamped policy does not provide coverage for medical rehabilitation -services to address deficits in activities of daily living following an illness -for persons over age 65 (AGE Platform Europe 2016), despite functional rehabilitation being part of standard care for many patients with stroke.…”

Ethical issues in the care of patients with stroke: A scoping review

“…However, the others needed discerning. In the results of the selected articles, the value basis guided the decision-making (Rejnö et al, , 2012 and care (Rejnö et al, 2015(Rejnö et al, , 2012 including the aspects of prioritization (Yger et al, 2016;Theofanidis, 2015;Rejnö et al, 2015; and limited resources (Rejnö et al, , 2012Rochette et al, 2014;. Acting on own values pointed to nonmaleficence and furthermore, beneficence and nonmaleficence were considered important in the care (Rejnö et al, , 2012.…”

“…considered the realization of patients' privacy difficult because of environmental restrictions . The environment also caused other kinds of ethical issues in terms of prioritization (Yger et al, 2016;Theofanidis, 2015; and resources Rejnö et al, , 2012Rochette et al, 2014; Privacy of the PwS was challenged because of environmental ethical issues. In the rehabilitation context, the nursing home as a physical environment was a threat to privacy , the presence of other patients being an additional threat .…”

How to fairly allocate scarce medical resources? Controversial preferences of healthcare professionals with different personal characteristics

“…Legitimate decisions require, however, additional information regarding what health professionals, those that are at the frontline of rationing decisions, consider being fair. Although several empirical studies (Lian, 2001; Strech et al ., 2008; Arvidsson et al ., 2012; Antiel et al ., 2013; Winkelhage et al ., 2013; Hurst et al ., 2006, 2014; Papastavrou et al ., 2014; Defaye et al ., 2015; Theofanidis, 2015; Krűtli et al ., 2016; Pinho et al ., 2018; Pinho and Borges, 2021) explored the adherence of health professionals to these rationing criteria, the results are inconsistent and seem to be influenced by the study design, the framing of questions, and nationality of participants. Moreover, most studies do not explore healthcare professionals' attitudes regarding the main components of the rationing criteria.…”