patientmedicine

• bioethics bioethics

  The issues studied in bioethics can be grouped into several categories. One category concerns the relationship between doctor and patient, including issues that arise from conflicts between a doctor’s duty to promote the health of his patient and the patient’s right to self-determination or autonomy, a right that in the medical context is usually taken to encompass a right to be fully informed...

• drug interactions therapeutics

  ...the first drug is preferable to adding another that may have side effects of its own. When a new symptom occurs, a recently initiated drug should be suspected before other causes are investigated. Patients should inform their physicians of any new drugs they are taking, as well as consult with the pharmacist about possible interactions that a nonprescription drug might have with a prescription...

• therapeutic regimens therapeutics

  ...or identifies the most likely cause of the symptoms and decides on the appropriate treatment, an entirely new set of conditions becomes operative. One of the first conditions to be considered is the patient’s reason for seeking medical advice and the patient’s expectations. The patient’s visit may have been precipitated by the discovery that a friend’s minor symptom, similar in nature to one...

• bioethics bioethics

  ...Is a doctor obliged to tell a patient that he is terminally ill if there is good reason to believe that doing so would hasten the patient’s death? If a patient with a life-threatening illness refuses treatment, should his wishes be respected? Should patients always be permitted to refuse the use of extraordinary life-support measures? These questions become more complicated when the...

• therapeutic regimens therapeutics

  Another factor affecting therapeutic success is patient compliance—the degree to which patients adhere to the regimen recommended by their physician. Therapeutic regimens that require significant changes in lifestyle, such as recommendations to follow a special diet, begin an exercise program, or discontinue harmful habits like smoking cigarettes, are likely to result in poor compliance....

• Canadian literature Canadian literature

  ...history with autobiography in self-reflexive narratives that enact the process of writing. Ranging from 1920s Toronto (In the Skin of a Lion, 1987) to Italy during World War II (The English Patient, 1992; Booker Prize) and Sri Lanka wracked by civil war (Anil’s Ghost, 2000), Ondaatje’s lyrical, elliptical narratives spotlight a small coterie of people...

• discussed in biography Ondaatje, Michael

  ...Ceylon; and In the Skin of a Lion (1987), a novel about the clash between rich and poor in early 20th-century Toronto. Two characters from this novel, Hana and Caravaggio, also appear in The English Patient (1992; filmed 1996), which takes place in an Italian villa that is being used as a hospital during World War II. Noted for the richly described interior lives of its...

• drug regulation therapeutics

  ...do not, then accelerated approval is possible. Physicians can receive permission to use an unapproved drug for a single patient. This consent, called emergency use and sometimes referred to as single-patient compassionate use, is granted if the situation is desperate and no other treatment is available. The FDA also sometimes grants approval to acquire drugs from other countries that are...

• contribution by Weinstein Weinstein, Harvey

  ...Pulp Fiction (1994) and Smoke (1995), and in 1997 Weinstein and Miramax won their first Academy Award for best picture for The English Patient (1996). Weinstein released a series of highly successful films—most notably Good Will Hunting (1997), Shakespeare in...

• Oscar for best picture, 1996 1996: Best Picture

  Other Nominees

• role of Binoche Binoche, Juliette

  ...throughout the 1990s and 2000s. She won an Academy Award for best supporting actress for her portrayal of Hana, a French Canadian nurse stationed in Italy during World War II, in The English Patient (1996). She starred in the successful romantic comedy Chocolat (2000), playing opposite Johnny Depp, and later appeared in both French-...

Oscars to

• Binoch for best supporting actress 1996: Best Supporting Actress

  Other Nominees

• Minghella for best director 1996: Best Director

  Other Nominees

• Seale for best cinematography, Craig for best art direction, and Yared for best original dramatic score 1996: Other Winners

  Original Screenplay: Ethan Coen and Joel Coen for FargoAdapted Screenplay: Billy Bob Thornton for Sling BladeCinematography: John Seale for The English PatientArt Direction: Stuart Craig for The English PatientOriginal Dramatic Score: Gabriel Yared for The English PatientOriginal Musical or Comedy Score: Rachel Portman for...