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The purpose of this series of volumes is to present a comprehensive
view of the complications that result from the use of acceptable
diagnostic and thera peutic procedures. Individual volumes will
deal with iatrogenic complications involving (1) the alimentary
system, (2) the urinary system, (3) the respiratory and cardiac
systems, (4) the skeletal system and (5) the pediatric patient. The
term iatrogenic, derived from two Greek words, means physician-in
duced. Originally, it applied only to psychiatric disorders
generated in the patient by autosuggestion, based on
misinterpretation of the doctor's attitude and comments. As
clinically used, it now pertains to the inadvertent side effects
and complications created in the course of diagnosis and treatment.
The classic categories of disease have included: (1) congenital and
developmen tal, (2) traumatic, (3) infectious and inflammatory, (4)
metabolic, (5) neoplastic, and (6) degenerative. To these must be
added, however, iatrogenic disorders a major, although generally
unacknowledged, source of illness. While great advances in medical
care in both diagnosis and therapy have been accomplished in the
past few decades, many are at times associated with certain
side-effects and risks which may result in distress equal to or
greater than the basic condi tion. Iatrogenic complications, which
may be referred to as "diseases of medical progress," have become a
new dimension in the causation of human disease."
The purpose of this series of volumes is to present a comprehensive
view of the complications that result from the use of acceptable
diagnostic and thera peutic procedures. Individual volumes will
deal with iatrogenic complications involving (1) the alimentary
system, (2) the urinary system, (3) the respiratory and cardiac
systems, (4) the skeletal system and (5) the pediatric patient. The
term iatrogenic, derived from two Greek words, means physician-in
duced. Originally, it applied only to psychiatric disorders
generated in the patient by autosuggestion, based on
misinterpretation of the doctor's attitude and comments. As
clinically used, it now pertains to the inadvertent side effects
and complications created in the course of diagnosis and treatment.
The classic categories of disease have included: (1) congenital and
developmen tal, (2) traumatic, (3) infectious and inflammatory, (4)
metabolic, (5) neoplastic, and (6) degenerative. To these must be
added, however, iatrogenic disorders a major, although generally
unacknowledged, source of illness. While great advances in medical
care in both diagnosis and therapy have been accomplished in the
past few decades, many are at times associated with certain
side-effects and risks which may result in distress equal to or
greater than the basic condi tion. Iatrogenic complications, which
may be referred to as "diseases of medical progress," have become a
new dimension in the causation of human disease."
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