Four broad components of quality health care are now widely recognized: appropriateness of care (as opposed to overuse, underuse, or misuse of procedures); coordinated care that links providers and information; safe, error-free care; and patient-centered, timely care [ 24].
Lobotomies for mental illness fell out of favor in the 1960s because of the development of effective antipsychotic medications, misuse of the procedure and a growing unease among doctors with the confusion and stupor that resulted from the operation.
The ethical debate continues and takes in a host of issues, from organ-donation protocols to the implications of tissue rejection - could a patient bear to lose a second face? - to the misuse of transplant procedures in cosmetic surgery.
Universities need ways to prevent misuse of their procedures, for example through vexatious complaints.
A spokesperson for Ineos, which operates the huge Grangemouth oil refinery and petrochemicals plant, said: "The Ineos investigation of Mr Deans was related to the misuse of Ineos procedures and systems.
Although Guatemala has continued to make some progress in prosecuting human rights and corruption cases, the misuse of criminal procedures to prevent or sanction the work of human rights defenders remains a matter of concern.
While the misuse of the Ilizarov procedure, a surgical method of stretching bones, to make people taller may be a legacy of foot-binding in China, American culture acts similarly, as witnessed by the epidemic of anorexia among teenagers and young women and the new Botox craze.
These criteria serve to help guide clinicians to minimize overuse, underuse or even misuse of testing and procedures so we can not only deliver superb health care to our patients, but also do so in a fiscally responsible manner.
The requirement that the government show probable cause is, in part, a protection against the misuse of ex parte procedures to invade the privacy of one who has done no wrong.
Misuse of arrays or Lists.
