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Human rights and the practice of medicine

Overview of attention for article published in Public Health Reviews, March 2017
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (83rd percentile)
  • Good Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (74th percentile)

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18 tweeters

Citations

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26 Dimensions

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14 Mendeley
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Title
Human rights and the practice of medicine
Published in
Public Health Reviews, March 2017
DOI 10.1186/s40985-017-0054-7
Pubmed ID
29450081
Authors

Dainius Pūras

Abstract

There exists a profound disconnect and misunderstanding of the utility of human rights in the practice of medicine that demands urgent attention. The United Nations Special Rapporteur, Dainius Pūras, reflects on his career as a medical professional and why human rights in the day to day care of his patients became a powerful tool to strengthen his practice and ensure the dignity and well-being of those he served. This preface reflects on some of the troubling paradoxes encountered in the practice of medicine, identifying the disconnect between human rights and the provision of patient care as a fundamental struggle that urgently requires a framework for action, much like what is offered by the authors of this special edition. A historical reflection of the power relations between the medical profession and those it serves concludes with a message of hope and a galvanizing call for leadership from within the medical community to lead rights-based reform in patient care.

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Twitter Demographics

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Mendeley readers

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 14 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 4 29%
Professor 1 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 1 7%
Student > Ph. D. Student 1 7%
Student > Postgraduate 1 7%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 6 43%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 3 21%
Nursing and Health Professions 2 14%
Environmental Science 1 7%
Psychology 1 7%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 7%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 6 43%

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 12. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 27 February 2018.
All research outputs
#2,718,993
of 22,958,253 outputs
Outputs from Public Health Reviews
#77
of 237 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#52,791
of 311,212 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Public Health Reviews
#7
of 27 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 22,958,253 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done well and is in the 88th percentile: it's in the top 25% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 237 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 20.3. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 67% of its peers.
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We're also able to compare this research output to 27 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 74% of its contemporaries.

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