Paola Delbon

University of Brescia

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Adelaide Conti

Surgical Specialties (Canada)

Emanuele Capasso

University of Naples Federico II

Massimo Niola

University of Naples Federico II

Claudia Casella

University of Naples Federico II

Fabio Policino

University of Naples Federico II

Piergiorgio Fedeli

Università di Camerino

Francesca Maghin

Istituto Nazionale per l'Assicurazione Contro gli Infortuni sul Lavoro

Paola Bin

University of Brescia

Cristina Wührer

Ospedale Sant'Orsola di Brescia

Giordano Beretta

Azienda USL di Pescara

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Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale degli Spedali Civili di Brescia

Federico II University Hospital

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Alexandria University

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Hamad Medical Corporation

Fondazione Poliambulanza Istituto Ospedaliero

University of Milan

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Gli orientamenti in materia di “direttive anticipate” presenti in alcuni Paesi europei

Paola Delbon Adelaide Conti

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Información y comunicación en caso de enfermedades con pronóstico serio o grave

Paola Delbon Adelaida Conti Massimo Galdolfini

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An Ethical Reflection on the Application of Cyber Technologies in the Field of Healthcare

Mechanisms and machine science (2017)

Adelaide Conti Elena Azzalini Cinzia Amici Valter Cappellini Rodolfo Faglia

Emerging Technologies

10.1007/978-3-319-61276-8_92

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Medically assisted suicide in Italy: the recent judgment of the Constitutional Court.

PubMed (2021)

Paola Delbon Francesca Maghin Adelaide Conti

Medically assisted suicide is considered among the most contro-versial of the current bioethical debate in our Country. In the Italian legal system, we are lacking specific discipline of this practice, as it is covered by the general legal forms applicable to crimes against life. The Constitutional Court, with Decision No. 242/2019, declared the illegitimacy of Art. 580 of the Criminal Code (instigation to suicide), in the part not excluding the punishment of those who facilitates the execution of the intention to commit suicide, independently and freely formed, by a person kept alive by life support and suffering an irreversible disease, source of physical or psychological suffering that the person deems intolerable, but who is fully capable of making free and conscious decisions. The Constitutional Court found that the current regulatory fra-mework concerning the end of life leaves certain situations constitutio-nally worthy of protection and to be balanced with other constitutionally relevant assets without adequate protection. The Court has identified the conditions that can justify third-party assistance in ending the life of a sick person. The judges envisaged the possibility of including this discipline under Law No. 219/2017, but this hypothesis is not shared by the Italian National Bioethics Committee.

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10.7417/ct.2021.2312

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HIV-positive status and preservation of privacy: a recent decision from the Italian Data Protection Authority on the procedure of gathering personal patient data in the dental office

Journal of Medical Ethics (2012)

Adelaide Conti Paola Delbon Laura Laffranchi Corrado Paganelli Francesco Ferrari

The processing of sensitive information in the health field is subject to rigorous standards that guarantee the protection of information confidentiality. Recently, the Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante per la Protezione dei Dati Personali) stated their formal opinion on a standard procedure in dental offices involving the submission of a questionnaire that includes the patient9s health status. HIV infection status is included on the form. The Authority has stated that all health data collection must be in accordance with the current Italian normative framework for personal data protection and respect the patient9s freedom. This freedom allows the patient to decide, in a conscious and responsible way, whether to share health information with health personnel without experiencing any prejudice in the provision of healthcare requested. Moreover, data collection must be relevant and cannot exceed the principles of treatment goals with reference to the specific care of the concerned person. However, the need for recording information regarding HIV infection at the first appointment, regardless of the clinical intervention or therapeutic plan that needs to be conducted, should not alter the standard protection measures of the healthcare staff. In fact, these measures are adopted for every patient.

10.1136/medethics-2011-100014

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Información y comunicación en caso de enfermedades con pronóstico serio o grave: consideraciones éticas y médico-legales

Medicina y ética: Revista internacional de bioética, deontología y ética médica (2012)

Paola Delbon Adelaida Conti Massimo Galdolfini

Comunicar a los pacientes representa una tarea no facil: indudablemente las modalidades y el contexto en el cual tales noticias son comunicadas tienen importantes implicaciones tanto para el medico como para el destinatario de las informaciones, o bien asegurar un contexto adecuado (ambiente confortable y reservado, disponibilidad de tiempo) para permitir al paciente y a los familiares formular preguntas o expresar emociones y miedos; la posibilidad de que un amigo o un familiar del paciente este presente, para asegurarle apoyo y la sensacion de no estar solo en la gestion de tal situacion; una buena comunicacion medico-paciente-familiares. En particular, la comunicacion de las malas noticias deberia suceder en manera tal que el paciente y los familiares comprendan la situacion, incluso para poder participar en el proceso decisional, pero en modo tal de no agravar el malestar derivado de la naturaleza de las noticias mismas.

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Blood transfusion in children: the refusal of Jehovah’s Witness parents’

Open Medicine (2018)

Adelaide Conti Emanuele Capasso Claudia Casella Piergiorgio Fedeli Francesco Antonio Salzano

Abstract In Italy, both parents have parental responsibility; as a general principle they have the power to give or withhold consent to medical procedures on their children, including consent for blood transfusion; however these rights are not absolute and exist only to promote the welfare of children. Methods The Authors discuss ethical and legal framework for Jehovah’s Witness parents’ refusal of blood transfusion in Italy. They searched national judgments concerning Jehovah’s Witness parents’ refusal of blood transfusion – and related comments – in national legal databases and national legal journals, and literature on medical literature databases. Results In the case of Jehovah’s Witness parents’ refusal of blood transfusion for their child, Italian Courts adopt measures that prevents the parents from exercise their parental responsibility not in the child’s best interest. Discussion In the event that refusal by the parents, outside of emergency situations, exposes the child’s health to serious risk, health workers must proceed by notifying the competent authority, according also to the Italian Code of Medical Ethics. Conclusion When the patient is a minor, the child’s best interest always come first.

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10.1515/med-2018-0016

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What about the dentist–patient relationship in dental tourism?

Journal of Medical Ethics (2013)

Adelaide Conti Paola Delbon Laura Laffranchi Corrado Paganelli

Dental tourism is patients travelling across international borders with the intention of receiving dental care. It is a growing phenomenon that raises many ethical issues, particularly regarding the dentist–patient relationship. We discuss various issues related to this phenomenon, including patient autonomy over practitioner choice, patient safety, continuity of care, informed consent and doctor–patient communication, among other factors. In particular, patients partaking in medical tourism should be informed of its potential problems and the importance of proper planning and post-treatment care to guarantee high-quality treatment outcomes.

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10.1136/medethics-2013-101415

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COVID-19 vaccination in nursing homes: considerations on freedom to make decisions and legal protection measures

Journal of Gerontology and Geriatrics (2022)

Paola Delbon Elisa Buzzi Francesca Maghin Angelo Bianchetti Adelaide Conti

In the most vulnerable people, especially among the elderly, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought to light complex ethical issues such as consent to receive health care, the relationship between risks and benefits of therapies, the choices to be made during the most serious phases of the disease and family relationships have been made extreme and heavily emphasized by the pandemic. The article analyzes the ethical and legal aspects of the problem of reconciling respect for the individual's right to make their own decisions and the need to protect the most vulnerable and fragile sections of the population (the dilemma between the principle of charity and respect for autonomy), with all the related communication, procedural and legal problems relating to Informed Consent. The exceptional circumstances of the pandemic have prompted lawmakers to tackle the complex and long-neglected issue of the consent of vulnerable, generally elderly, individuals. In many contexts, from home to hospital to nursing home, patient involvement in decision making, the role of the family, and procedures for defining competencies above and beyond diagnostic categories, continue to be largely left behind. part in the hands of the health care workers or team. The methods chosen to obtain consent to vaccination, together with the provisions of the Law of 22 December 2017 on the role of the trustee, pave the way for more appropriate operating methods for daily clinical practice in the field.

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10.36150/2499-6564-n496

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Informazione e comunicazione in caso di patologia con prognosi grave o infausta: considerazioni etiche e medico-legali

Medicina e Morale (2011)

Paola Delbon Adelaide Conti Massimo Gandolfini

Comunicare “cattive notizie” ai pazienti rappresenta un compito non facile: indubbiamente le modalità ed il contesto in cui tali notizie vengono comunicate hanno importanti implicazioni sia per il medico sia per il destinatario delle informazioni, ovvero assicurare un contesto adeguato (ambiente confortevole e riservato, disponibilità di tempo) per permettere al paziente ed ai familiari di porre domande o esprimere emozioni e paure; la possibilità che un amico o un familiare del paziente sia presente, per assicurare al paziente supporto e la sensazione di non essere solo nella gestione di tale situazione; una buona comunicazione medico-paziente-familiari. In particolare, la comunicazione delle cattive notizie dovrebbe avvenire in maniera tale che il paziente e i familiari comprendano la situazione, anche per poter partecipare al processo decisionale, ma in modo tale da non aggravare il malessere derivante dalla natura delle stesse notizie. ---------- Breaking bad news to patients can be a difficult task: certainly how the news are conveyed and the circumstances surrounding the receipt of the news have implications for the giver and the receiver, i.e. to assure an appropriate setting (comfortable and quiet location, sufficient time) to allow for the patient and the family members to ask questions or express emotions and fears; the possibility for a patient’s friend or relative to be present – to provide the patient with a sense of support and a belief that he/ she does not have to deal with the crisis alone -; a good communication between physician and patient/ family. In particular, breaking bad news process must ensure that the patient or family comprehend the news – to understand the situation and participate in decision-making process – but in ways that not exacerbate the discomfort associated with the news itself.

10.4081/mem.2011.173

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