A virtue ethics approach to moral dilemmas in medicine.

abstract：:Robertson comments on a case presented by Gafner in the same issue of the Journal of Medical Ethics. A proposal to crush a laryngeal nerve to halt the incessant yelling of an elderly demented patient is disapproved by a medical center's surgery department for risk and ethical reasons. Robertson, an anesthesiologist,...

journal_title：Journal of medical ethics

authors： Robertson GS

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this paper is to stimulate academic debate on embryo and fetal research from the perspective of the drafting of a protocol to the European Convention on Biomedicine. The Steering Committee on Bioethics of the Council of Europe was mandated to draw up such a protocol and for this purpose organised an i...

journal_title：Journal of medical ethics

authors： Byk JC

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article, prompted by an extended essay published in the Journal of Medical Ethics by Charles Foster, and the current controversy surrounding the case of Vincent Lambert, analyses the legal and ethical arguments in relation to the withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment from patients with prolonged disorders of co...

journal_title：Journal of medical ethics

authors： Ruck Keene ACE,Lee A

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the recent developments in the Human Genome Mapping Project and the new technologies that are developing from it there is a renewal of concern about eugenic applications. Francis Galton (b1822, d1911), who developed the subject of eugenics, suggested that the ancient Greeks had contributed very little to social t...

journal_title：Journal of medical ethics

authors： Galton DJ

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two protechnology arguments, the "hopeful principle" and the "automatic escalator", often used in bioethics, are identified and critically analysed in this paper. It is shown that the hopeful principle is closely related to the problematic precautionary principle, and the automatic escalator argument has close affinit...

journal_title：Journal of medical ethics

authors： Holm S,Takala T

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In debates over life and death it is often said that one should err on the side of caution--that is, on the side of life. In the light of the recent case of Terri Schiavo, it is explained how the "err-on-the-side-of-life" argument proceeds, and an objection to it is offered. ...

journal_title：Journal of medical ethics

authors： Merrell DA

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study aimed to determine the ability to successfully contact past paediatric patients and their families to request participation in research, to assess familial views on the use of previously collected archival clinical samples for research purposes, and to highlight the ethical and practical issues in...

journal_title：Journal of medical ethics

authors： Sexton-Oates A,Dodgshun A,MacGregor D,Ludlow LE,Sullivan M,Saffery R

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes the findings of a mixed method literature review that examined the perceptions of elderly patients and residents of a good nurse in nursing homes, hospitals and home care. According to elderly patients and residents, good nurses are individuals who have the necessary technical and psychosocial s...

journal_title：Journal of medical ethics

authors： Van der Elst E,Dierckx de Casterlé B,Gastmans C

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Explore public attitudes towards the trade-offs between justice and medical outcome inherent in organ allocation decisions. BACKGROUND:The US Task Force on Organ Transplantation recommended that considerations of justice, autonomy and medical outcome be part of all organ allocation decisions. Justice in this c...

journal_title：Journal of medical ethics

authors： Stahl JE,Tramontano AC,Swan JS,Cohen BJ

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:I argue that the concept of 'longitudinal form', which Poplawski and Gillett have introduced into ethical discussions about embryos and gametes, involves too many metaphysical subtleties to be a useful aid to making moral decisions. I conclude by suggesting a criterion for relevance in medical ethics. ...

journal_title：Journal of medical ethics

authors： Leavitt FJ

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children participating in clinical research may show signs of discomfort, discontent, dissent and so on, that cannot be solved by comforting the child. When, and on what ground, should such signs lead to the decision to withdraw the child from the trial? In order to adequately protect children participating in clinica...

journal_title：Journal of medical ethics

authors： Bos W,Westra A,de Beaufort I,van de Vathorst S

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rapid emergence and exploding usage of online social networking forums, which are frequented by millions, present clinicians with new ethical and professional challenges. Particularly among a younger generation of physicians and patients, the use of online social networking forums has become widespread. In this ar...

journal_title：Journal of medical ethics

authors： Guseh JS 2nd,Brendel RW,Brendel DH

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This article describes a method for investigating attitudes towards prioritisation in medicine. SETTING:University of Kuopio, Finland. DESIGN:The method consisted of a set of 24 paired scenarios, which were imaginary patient cases, each containing three different ethical indicators randomly selected from a ...

journal_title：Journal of medical ethics

authors： Ryynänen OP,Myllykangas M,Vaskilampi T,Takala J

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To study the ethical reasoning of nurses and physicians, and to assess whether or not modified focus groups are a valuable tool for this purpose. DESIGN:Discussion of cases in modified focus groups, each consisting of three physicians and three nurses. The discussion was taped and analysed by content analys...

journal_title：Journal of medical ethics

authors： Holm S,Gjersøe P,Grode G,Hartling O,Ibsen KE,Marcussen H

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:I sketch a libertarian argument for the right to test in the context of 'direct to consumer' (DTC) genetic testing. A libertarian right to genetic tests, as defined here, relies on the idea of a moral right to self-ownership. I show how a libertarian right to test can be inferred from this general libertarian premise,...

journal_title：Journal of medical ethics

authors： Loi M

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many healthcare goods, such as surgical instruments, textiles and gloves, are manufactured in unregulated factories and sweatshops where, amongst other labour rights violations, workers are subject to considerable occupational health risks. In this paper we undertake an ethical analysis of the supply of sweatshop-prod...

journal_title：Journal of medical ethics

authors： Trueba ML,Bhutta MF,Shahvisi A

更新日期：2020-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:What happens when we discover that a severely mentally handicapped girl, resident under our care, is heavily pregnant? What options are open to us in her management? What are the legal and ethical issues involved? How do we ensure that she receives the best possible care and protection and will the involvement of the ...

journal_title：Journal of medical ethics

authors： O'Hara J

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The issue of the allocation of resources in health care is here to stay. The goal of this study was to explore the views of physicians on several topics that have arisen in the debate on the allocation of scarce resources and to compare these with the views of policy makers. We asked physicians (oncologists, cardiolog...

journal_title：Journal of medical ethics

authors： van Delden JJ,Vrakking AM,van der Heide A,van der Maas PJ

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-therapeutic circumcision violates boys' right to bodily integrity as well as to self-determination. There is neither any verifiable medical advantage connected with the intervention nor is it painless nor without significant risks. Possible negative consequences for the psychosexual development of circumcised boys...

journal_title：Journal of medical ethics

authors： Merkel R,Putzke H

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conflicts between the ethical values of an organisation and the ethical values of the employees of that organisation can often lead to conflict. When the ethical values of the employee are considerably higher than those of the organisation the potential for catastrophic results is enormous. In recent years several hig...

journal_title：Journal of medical ethics

authors： Faunce T,Bolsin S,Chan WP

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Technological advances in genetic testing have enabled prospective parents to learn about their risk of passing a genetic condition to their future children. One option for those who want to ensure that their biological children do not inherit a genetic condition is to create embryos through in vitro fertilisation (IV...

journal_title：Journal of medical ethics

authors： Kilbride MK

更新日期：2020-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Public and healthcare professionals differ in their attitudes towards euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide (PAS), the legal status of which is currently in the spotlight in the UK. In addition to medical training and experience, religiosity, locus of control and patient characteristics (eg, patient age, pain leve...

journal_title：Journal of medical ethics

authors： Hains CA,Hulbert-Williams NJ

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The research assessment exercise (RAE) forms the basis for determining the funding of higher education institutions in the UK. Monies are distributed according to a range of performance criteria, the most important of which is "research outputs". Problems to do with publication misconduct, and in particular, issues of...

journal_title：Journal of medical ethics

authors： Sheikh A

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several films, including Three Identical Strangers, examined ethical problems in an experiment that involved identical siblings who were adopted as infants and separated into different families to examine the effects of nature versus nurture. The study was primarily designed and directed by Dr Peter Neubauer. The expe...

journal_title：Journal of medical ethics

authors： Klitzman RL,Kelmenson AM

更新日期：2020-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：:More than 25 years into the HIV epidemic, in excess of 2 million new infections continue to occur each year. HIV prevention research is crucial for groups at heightened risk for HIV, but the design and conduct of HIV prevention research with vulnerable populations worldwide raises considerable ethical challenge...

journal_title：Journal of medical ethics

authors： Rennie S,Sugarman J

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Does the position of the Roman Catholic Church on contraception also imply that the usage of condoms by HIV-discordant couples is illicit? A standard argument is to appeal to the doctrine of double effect to condone such usage, but this meets with the objection that there exists an alternative action that brings about...

journal_title：Journal of medical ethics

authors： Bovens L

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the context of 'Do-not-resuscitate' (DNR) decisions, there is a lack of information in the UK on the opinions of patients and prospective patients. Written anonymous responses to questionnaires issued to 322 out-patient subjects showed that 97 per cent would opt for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in their curr...

journal_title：Journal of medical ethics

authors： Robertson GS

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To study some ethical problems created by accession of a previously nomadic and traditional society to modern invasive medicine, by assessment of physicians' attitudes towards sharing information and decision-making with patients in the setting of a serious illness. DESIGN:Self-completion questionnaire admi...

journal_title：Journal of medical ethics

authors： Mobeireek AF,al-Kassimi FA,al-Majid SA,al-Shimemry A

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical trials emerged in rapid succession as the COVID-19 pandemic created an unprecedented need for life-saving therapies. Fair and equitable subject selection in clinical trials offering investigational therapies ought to be an urgent moral concern. Subject selection determines the distribution of risks and benefi...

journal_title：Journal of medical ethics

authors： Jansen MO,Angelos P,Schrantz SJ,Donington JS,Madariaga MLL,Zakrison TL

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyse the system of ethical review of human research in the Baltic States by introducing the principle of equivalent stringency of ethical review, that is, research projects imposing equal risks and inconveniences on research participants should be subjected to equally stringent review procedures. We examine seve...

journal_title：Journal of medical ethics

authors： Gefenas E,Dranseika V,Cekanauskaite A,Hug K,Mezinska S,Peicius E,Silis V,Soosaar A,Strosberg M

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00