The particularity of the objectifying treatment of a person when he or she becomes a patient

The particularity of the objectifying treatment of a person when he or she becomes a patient

Angye P. Ruiz-Molina 1 , Carlos A. Pineda-Cañar 2 , Herney A. García-Perdomo 3

1 Grupo de Investigación UROGIV, Escuela de Medicina, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia; 2 Departamento de Medicina Familiar, Cirugía. Escuela de Medicina, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia; 3 UROGIV Research Group, School of Medicine, Universidad del Valle, Cali; Department of Surgery, Division of Urology/Urooncology, School of Medicine, Universidad de Valle, Cali; Colombia

*Correspondence: Herney A. García-Perdomo. Email: herney.garcia@correounivalle.edu.co

Abstract

Reification in health care represents a form of pejorative treatment given by health care personnel to their patients. This objectifying treatment has its origin in the dehumanization of health, which due to technological advances is increasingly stronger. This is a multicausal problem, which a student and a physician can address from an academic approach promoting activities that lead to a strengthening of the doctor-patient relationship and the implementation of a humanization policy in each institution.

Keywords: Reification in health; Humanization in health; Quality care

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