title: [The left-behind syndrome].
abstract: There is a cause of death in the Anglo-Saxon paleoanthropology known as "left behind". Injured, handicapped, sick, elders, defenseless children, immigrants, homeless, war victim are "left behind" by our civilization, suffering from that we could denominate the left-behind syndrome. The compassion that moves us to pay attention to people who are left behind is what makes us more humans. To treat and diminish the effects of this social and sanitary syndrome, some laws have been promulgated, quality studies and social policies have been implemented and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and outpatient associations have been constituted. Medicine has to make an effort to find solutions to discharged patients from hospitals, specially from critical care units, so they could recover and get back to society. In conclusion, there is still a lot to do in society and medicine for the treatment of this syndrome or what is the same, much compassion to exert.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cuidados Críticos y Urgencias Hospital del S.A.S de Jerez de la Frontera, Cádiz. jjarias55@ono.com
authors.forename: José Julián
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Arias Garrido
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D004645:Empathy; D005260:Female; D006806:Human Rights; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009938:Organizations; D011788:Quality of Life; D013577:Syndrome; D035862:Vulnerable Populations / Q000523:psychology*