Ulysses syndrome

Essex, Charles

doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7502.1268

Cited by 7 publications

(7 citation statements)

References 0 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…In other words, the subluxation creates the Ulysses syndrome and is a side effect of unnecessary and inappropriate investigations or wrong interpretation of results. It thus creates the environment in which proponents of subluxation will utilize the term and worried patients will report such to medical professionals [ 76 ]. These types of patient encounters will create further marginalization of the profession based simply on use of the subluxation construct.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The prevalence of the term subluxation in chiropractic degree program curricula throughout the world

et al. 2018

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

BackgroundThe subluxation construct generates debate within and outside the profession. The International Chiropractic Education Collaboration, comprised of 10 chiropractic programs outside of North America, stated they will only teach subluxation in a historical context. This research sought to determine how many chiropractic institutions worldwide still use the term in their curricula and to expand upon the previous work of Mirtz & and Perle.MethodsForty-six chiropractic programs, 18 United States (US) and 28 non-US, were identified from the World Federation of Chiropractic Educational Institutions list. Websites were searched by multiple researchers for curricular information September 2016–September 2017. Some data were not available on line, so email requests were made for additional information. Two institutions provided additional information. The total number of mentions of subluxation in course titles, technique course (Tech) descriptions, principles and practice (PP) descriptions, and other course descriptions were reported separately for US and non-US institutions. Means for each category were calculated. The number of course titles and descriptions using subluxation was divided by the total number of courses for each institution and reported as percentages.ResultsMeans for use of subluxation by US institutions were: Total course titles = .44; Tech = 3.83; PP = 1.50; other = 1.16. For non-US institutions, means were: Total course titles = .07; Tech = .27; PP = .44; other = 0. The mean total number of mentions was 6.94 in US vs. 0.83 in non-US institutions. Similarly, the mean course descriptions was 6.50 in US vs. 0.72 in non-US institutions.ConclusionsThe term subluxation was found in all but two US course catalogues. The use of subluxation in US courses rose from a mean of 5.53 in 2011 to 6.50 in 2017. US institutions use the term significantly more frequently than non-US. Possible reasons for this were discussed. Unscientific terms and concepts should have no place in modern education, except perhaps in historical context. Unless these outdated concepts are rejected, the chiropractic profession and individual chiropractors will likely continue to face difficulties integrating with established health care systems and attaining cultural authority as experts in conservative neuro-musculoskeletal health care.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The prevalence of the term subluxation in chiropractic degree program curricula throughout the world

et al. 2018

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Синдром Улисса -это побочный эффект ненужных и несоответствующих исследований или неправильной интерпретации их результатов. Такая ситуация часто приводит к неблагоприятным событиям для пациента [20].…”

Section: клинический случайunclassified

Heuristics, language and medical errors

Graber

Mark²

2021

Rossiĭskiĭ semeĭnyĭ vrach

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The use of heuristics, cognitive rules of thumb or shortcuts, are a common part of medical decision making. While using heuristics lessens the cognitive burden of decision making and often comes up with the correct answer, reliance on heuristics can also lead to medical errors. In this introduction we will define heuristics and discuss some of the more common heuristics/biases that may lead to biased decision making and patient harm. We will also look at the use of language in medicine and how that can lead us to make diagnostic errors.

show abstract

“…How do we assess the value of a healthy tooth surface versus a tooth surface with a filling? It is important to remember the Ulysses syndrome (9) and the «vicious circle of repair» in which the patient is initially quite healthy, but the treatment causes harm.…”

Section: Factors Are Emphasized In the Clinicmentioning

confidence: 99%