Sketch written by Graham Chapman and Douglas Adams
For the abuse of patients who are having medical treatment, see patient abuse.
"Patient Abuse" is a sketch from the final episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus, "Party Political Broadcast". The sketch is among the few not entirely written by members of Monty Python, and is notable for its considerable amount of black humour. It was co-written by Python Graham Chapman and his friend Douglas Adams, later known for creating The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.[1] Mind-boggling bureaucracy is a recurring comic theme of Adams' work.
Patientabuse or patient neglect is any action or failure to act which causes unreasonable suffering, misery or harm to the patient. Elder abuse is classified...
"PatientAbuse" is a sketch from the final episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus, "Party Political Broadcast". The sketch is among the few not entirely...
Abuse is the improper usage or treatment of a person or thing, often to unfairly or improperly gain benefit. Abuse can come in many forms, such as: physical...
cases of Satanic ritual abuse (SRA, sometimes known as ritual abuse, ritualistic abuse, organized abuse, or sadistic ritual abuse) starting in the United...
unethically. This type of abuse isn’t noticed as much as other abuse because of the trust that these patients think they have for the abuser and the manipulation...
reporter 'haunted' by abuse of patients". BBC News. 31 May 2011. Retrieved 30 October 2012. "Four arrests after patientabuse caught on film". BBC News...
Patient advocacy is a process in health care concerned with advocacy for patients, survivors, and caregivers. The patient advocate may be an individual...
as script editor for its seventeenth season. He co-wrote the sketch "PatientAbuse" for the final episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus. A posthumous...
hospital and found rampant patientabuse, wasteful spending, and other illegal practices. His report stated that he saw patients "were treated with less...
Patient participation is a trend that arose in answer to medical paternalism. Informed consent is a process where patients make decisions informed by the...
procedures (e.g. feeding a patient who is lying down). There are also accounts of rampant physical, mental, and sexual abuse at the facility. Prior residents...
The Patient is an American psychological thriller television limited series created and written by Joel Fields and Joe Weisberg, who also serve as showrunners...
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widespread patientabuse. In 1977, U.S. District Judge Raymond J. Broderick ruled that the conditions at Pennhurst State School violated patients' constitutional...
was constructed under the Kirkbride Plan. Choate has been accused of patientabuse and neglect since the late 1990s, and faced scrutiny by local media...
rule on pollution claims, when Terry Bryan took his observations of patientabuse to the Care Quality Commission, when Osita Mba compiled evidence of...
Domestic violence is violence or other abuse that occurs in a domestic setting, such as in a marriage or cohabitation. Domestic violence is often used...
Substance abuse, also known as drug abuse, is the use of a drug in amounts or by methods that are harmful to the individual or others. It is a form of...
Alcohol abuse encompasses a spectrum of alcohol-related substance abuse, ranging from the consumption of more than 2 drinks per day on average for men...
after his death due to fraudulent academic credentials, allegations of patientabuse, accusations of plagiarism, and lack of oversight by institutions and...