Book Published to Advocate Against Unnecessary Physical Restraints in Japanese Hospitals
The Association for Legislation to Abolish Physical Restraints has published a new book titled 'My Beloved Mother Tied Up,' aiming to eliminate unnecessary physical restraints in medical settings. The publication features contributions from Kazuyo, a woman whose 91-year-old mother died in 2017 after being restrained at a general hospital in Aichi Prefecture. Although a 2023 Nagoya District Court ruling found no causal link between the restraint and her death, it declared the restraint illegal due to failing urgency, non-substitutability, and temporality criteria, ordering the hospital to pay compensation. Despite recent government revisions to medical fees encouraging minimized restraint, Kazuyo and supporting lawyers argue for stricter legal prohibitions. The book also includes essays by the late Dr. Mitsuru Yoshioka, a leading advocate against restraint. Lawyer Satoko Tsukada emphasizes that this issue concerns human dignity and urges the public to consider how they wish to spend their final days. The initiative seeks to raise awareness and drive legislative change to prevent similar incidents, highlighting the tension between patient safety protocols and individual rights in elderly care.
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Book Published to Advocate Against Unnecessary Physical Restraints in Japanese Hospitals
The Association for Legislation to Abolish Physical Restraints has published a new book titled 'My Beloved Mother Tied Up,' aiming to eliminate unnecessary physical restraints in medical settings. The publication features contributions from Kazuyo, a woman whose 91-year-old mother died in 2017 after being restrained at a general hospital in Aichi Prefecture. Although a 2023 Nagoya District Court ruling found no causal link between the restraint and her death, it declared the restraint illegal due to failing urgency, non-substitutability, and temporality criteria, ordering the hospital to pay compensation. Despite recent government revisions to medical fees encouraging minimized restraint, Kazuyo and supporting lawyers argue for stricter legal prohibitions. The book also includes essays by the late Dr. Mitsuru Yoshioka, a leading advocate against restraint. Lawyer Satoko Tsukada emphasizes that this issue concerns human dignity and urges the public to consider how they wish to spend their final days. The initiative seeks to raise awareness and drive legislative change to prevent similar incidents, highlighting the tension between patient safety protocols and individual rights in elderly care.
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