Do-not-resuscitate decision: the attitudes of medical and non-medical students.

abstract：:In this paper, I explore the ethics of subject selection in the context of biomedical research. I reject a key principle of what I shall refer to as the standard view According to this principle, investigators should select participants so as to minimise aggregate risk to participants and maximise aggregate benefits t...

journal_title：Journal of medical ethics

authors： MacKay D

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Body art as expressed through non-therapeutic bodily modification is extremely popular, with techniques ranging from the commonplace such as ear piercing to the more esoteric forms such as tongue splitting. Scarification is one such body art practice that is becoming popular as an alternative to tattooing and ear pier...

journal_title：Journal of medical ethics

authors： Oultram S

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Robert Veatch has proposed a model of the doctor-patient relationship that has as its foundation the sharing of values between the doctor and the patient. This paper uses qualitative research conducted with six doctors involved in the long term, specialised care of HIV positive patients in South Australia to explore t...

journal_title：Journal of medical ethics

authors： Lawlor A,Braunack-Mayer A

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the increase in the proportion of hospital deaths there is increasing debate about appropriateness of place of death. Death should be a family affair but is increasingly hidden from public view. In contrast to those who die at home, most of those who die in hospital die alone with no relatives or friends with the...

journal_title：Journal of medical ethics

authors： Bowling A

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of cultural differences between East and West, any attempt at outright adaptation of Western ideas in Asia will undoubtedly encounter problems, if not rejection. Transferring an idea from one place to another is just like transplanting an organ from a donor to a recipient--rejection is to be expected. Human cu...

journal_title：Journal of medical ethics

authors： Tai MC,Lin CS

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Article 3.4 of EC directive 89/381 requires member states to take "all necessary measures to promote Community self-sufficiency in human blood or human plasma" and, for this purpose, to "encourage the voluntary unpaid donation of blood and plasma". This paper presents an ethical case in support of the policy of volunt...

journal_title：Journal of medical ethics

authors： Keown J

更新日期：1997-04-01 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：:This reply to John F Catherwood's criticism of brain-related criteria for death argues that brainstem criteria are neither reductionist nor do they presuppose a materialist theory of mind. Furthermore, it is argued that brain-related criteria are compatible with the majority of religious views concerning death. ...

journal_title：Journal of medical ethics

authors： Lamb D

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reproductive autonomy is central to women's welfare both because childbearing takes place in women's bodies and because they are generally expected to take primary responsibility for child rearing. In 2005, the factors that influence their autonomy most strongly are poverty and belief systems that devalue such autonom...

journal_title：Journal of medical ethics

authors： Purdy L

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Participants are often not informed by investigators who conduct randomised, placebo-controlled acupuncture trials that they may receive a sham acupuncture intervention. Instead, they are told that one or more forms of acupuncture are being compared in the study. This deceptive disclosure practice lacks a compelling m...

journal_title：Journal of medical ethics

authors： Miller FG,Kaptchuk TJ

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The passing on of information to GPs by genito-urinary doctors is to be encouraged but is not always possible and ultimately the patient's wishes and confidentiality must be respected if sexually transmitted diseases and HIV infection are to be controlled. Infected health-care workers should seek counselling and medic...

journal_title：Journal of medical ethics

authors： Adler MW

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper argues that the HFEA's recent report on sex selection abdicates its responsibility to give its own authentic advice on the matters within its remit, that it accepts arguments and conclusions that are implausible on the face of it and where they depend on empirical claims, produces no empirical evidence what...

journal_title：Journal of medical ethics

authors： Harris J

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Future HIV vaccine efficacy trials with adolescents will need to ensure that participants comprehend study concepts in order to confer true informed assent. A Hepatitis B vaccine trial with adolescents offers valuable opportunity to test youth understanding of vaccine trial requirements in general. METHOD...

journal_title：Journal of medical ethics

authors： Lee S,Kapogiannis BG,Flynn PM,Rudy BJ,Bethel J,Ahmad S,Tucker D,Abdalian SE,Hoffman D,Wilson CM,Cunningham CK,Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV\/AIDS Interventions.

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Best interests decision-making and end-of-life care for patients in permanent vegetative or minimally conscious states (VS/MCS) is a complex area of clinical and legal practice, which is poorly understood by most clinicians, lawyers and members of the public. In recent weeks, the Oxford Shrieval lecture by Mr Justice ...

journal_title：Journal of medical ethics

authors： Turner-Stokes L

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Facebook is an increasingly popular online social networking site. The purpose of this study was to describe the Facebook activity of residents and fellows and their opinions regarding the impact of Facebook on the doctor-patient relationship. METHODS:An anonymous questionnaire was emailed to 405 residents and fel...

journal_title：Journal of medical ethics

authors： Moubarak G,Guiot A,Benhamou Y,Benhamou A,Hariri S

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two principles form the basis for much priority setting in health. According to the greater benefit principle, resources should be directed toward the intervention with the greater health benefit. According to the worse off principle, resources should be directed toward the intervention benefiting those initially wors...

journal_title：Journal of medical ethics

authors： Ottersen T

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study investigated Finnish physicians' experiences of decisions concerning living wills and do not resuscitate (DNR) orders and also their views on the role of patients and family members in these decisions. DESIGN:A questionnaire was sent to 800 physicians representing the following specialties: gener...

journal_title：Journal of medical ethics

authors： Hildén HM,Louhiala P,Palo J

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent report of the UK government's Organ Donation Taskforce is in favour of continuing with the current organ donation system rather than changing to an opt-out system where people are assumed to be willing to donate. How did it reach this decision and is it correct? ...

journal_title：Journal of medical ethics

authors： Rieu R

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

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：BACKGROUND:Financial conflict of interest in clinical research is an area of active debate. While data exist on the perspectives and roles of academic institutions, investigators, industry sponsors, and scientific journals, little is known about the perspectives of potential research participants. METHODS:The authors ...

journal_title：Journal of medical ethics

authors： Kim SY,Millard RW,Nisbet P,Cox C,Caine ED

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinicians' work depends on sincere and complete disclosures from their patients; they honour this candidness by confidentially safeguarding the information received. Breaching confidentiality causes harms that are not commensurable with the possible benefits gained. Limitations or exceptions put on confidentiality wo...

journal_title：Journal of medical ethics

authors： Kottow MH

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article, we discuss the ethical dimensions for the prescribing behaviours of opioids for a chronic pain patient, a scenario commonly witnessed by many physicians. The opioid epidemic in the USA and Canada is well known, existing since the late 1990s, and individuals are suffering and dying as a result of the e...

journal_title：Journal of medical ethics

authors： Yan E,Kuo DJ

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reflecting on the contribution by Rahul Kumar to the symposium, I consider the following topics in relation to risks in research: (1) treating someone as a mere means; (2) aggregation; (3) different conceptions of contractualism; (4) uncertainty; (5) paternalism and complicity. ...

journal_title：Journal of medical ethics

authors： Kamm FM

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is argued that the current policy of the British Medical Association (BMA) on conscientious objection is not aligned with recent human rights developments. These grant a right to conscientious objection to doctors in many more circumstances than the very few recognised by the BMA. However, this wide-ranging right m...

journal_title：Journal of medical ethics

authors： Adenitire JO

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A successful feature of the 4th-year curriculum in the Medical Faculty of the Queen's University, Belfast has been the development of interdisciplinary teaching in a three-week joint course to which several clinical departments contribute...Co-ordinated teaching of topics of common interest in small groups included, u...

journal_title：Journal of medical ethics

authors： Irwin WG,McClelland RJ,Stout RW,Stchedroff M

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The increasing availability of DNA-based diagnostic tests has raised issues about whether these should be applied to the population at large in order to identify, treat or prevent a range of diseases. DNA tests raise concerns in the community for several reasons. There is the possibility of stigmatisation and discrimi...

journal_title：Journal of medical ethics

authors： Allen K,Williamson R

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article discusses what level of consent is needed from a child or parent before a primary-school medical can take place (i.e. where children are aged under 12). It also considers whether there are occasions when a doctor can see a child if the parents have failed to give consent or have explicitly refused consent...

journal_title：Journal of medical ethics

authors： Bradley P

更新日期：2000-12-01 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：:Dr Caitríona L Cox's recent article expounds the far-reaching implications of the 'Healthcare Hero' metaphor. She presents a detailed overview of heroism in the context of clinical care, revealing that healthcare workers, when portrayed as heroes, face challenges in reconciling unreasonable expectations of personal sa...

journal_title：Journal of medical ethics

authors： Khan Z,Iwai Y,DasGupta S

更新日期：2020-12-16 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