What if you are no longer able to have a say in a medical decision due to an accident or serious illness? With a living will, also called a patient’s will, you can express that you do not want any treatment that would artificially prolong your life in situations of illness that will lead to … Living Will: Respecting the Will of Seriously Ill People
Since September 01, 2009, the German Civil Code (BGB) has legally regulated the living will. It is defined as a written declaration that permits or prohibits specific medical treatments or interventions if the author can no longer express himself independently. What does a living will look like? There is no prefabricated form for a living … Living Will: Legal Situation
Euthanasia is a topic that not only heats up the minds, but also around which many myths entwine. Where the difference between indirect and passive euthanasia. What is the legal situation? You can find out here. Indirect euthanasia – what is it? What exactly is meant by passive or indirect euthanasia? In indirect euthanasia, targeted … Living Will: Euthanasia
The classic field of application for conversational psychotherapy is the so-called neurotic diseases, which include anxiety, depression, psychosomatic diseases, sexual disorders, etc. It is also considered a successful treatment method for addictive disorders, personality disorders and psychotic disorders. Outpatient treatment In outpatient treatment, the therapist usually schedules a 50-minute session once a week. The average … Psychology of Conversation: Talk Therapy
Rogers, unlike Siegmund Freud, held an optimistic view of man, namely that of Humanistic Psychology. According to this, man is a being who strives to realize his inner possibilities and to develop his creative abilities. In the end, human nature always tends towards the good, and undesirable developments arise in an unfavorable human environment. The … Psychology of Conversation: Self Actualization
Physiotherapy on the device is a prescription for therapeutic training and an effective method to build up muscles, promote mobility and (re)create the conditions for an active everyday life. Physiotherapy on the device (also called medical training therapy) is often prescribed as a follow-up prescription after a physiotherapeutic individual treatment or manual therapy. While pain … Physiotherapy on the device
Summary Physiotherapy on the machine includes a warm-up phase, a strength section and a cool-down. It is therefore an effective method to build up muscles, promote mobility and (re)create the conditions for an active everyday life. Modern equipment guarantees the patient a very low risk of injury and an optimal increase in load. Physiotherapy on … Summary | Physiotherapy on the device
What does successful psychotherapy look like? Carl Rogers, an American psychologist, had spent years observing therapists and counselors in their practical work. Successful psychotherapists, he found through audio recordings, primarily listen carefully, make virtually no statements of their own, summarize in between or at the end of the conversation what they believe they have understood … Psychology of Conversation: Listening, Appreciating, Encountering
Although many people in Germany are already organ donors, far too few people still deal with this important issue. Only one in eight has documented their decision in an organ donor card. Surveys show that especially those people agree to organ donation who are well informed about it. The most frequently asked questions and answers … Organ Donation FAQ
Throbbing headaches, excruciating back pain, unexplained dizzy spells. A cause for these ailments is not always readily apparent. But such unexplained symptoms can indicate visual defects and inflammation of the eye – without the patient noticing this connection. After all, undetected vision problems often cause pain throughout the body. Prescribing the right glasses or treating … Dizziness or Headache?: Often Glasses Can Help
Postoperative care is the care of a patient after (lat. : post) surgery. It begins immediately after the operation in the so-called recovery room and is then continued on the respective ward or at home. The duration and extent of care is extremely variable and is strongly influenced by the severity of the operation but … Postoperative care
Patients not requiring care at home Behaviour at home after an operation depends very much on the procedure. Nevertheless, there are some general basic rules of personal hygiene or wound care to be observed. Instructions on behavior are often provided by the wards in written form as leaflets for the patients and are also explained … Patients not requiring care at home | Postoperative care
