Characteristics of physicians receiving large payments from pharmaceutical companies and the accuracy of their disclosures in publications: an observational study.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies on informed consent to medical research conducted in low or middle-income settings have increased, including empirical investigations of consent to genetic research. We investigated voluntary participation and comprehension of informed consent among women involved in a genetic epidemiological study o...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Marshall PA,Adebamowo CA,Adeyemo AA,Ogundiran TO,Strenski T,Zhou J,Rotimi CN

更新日期：2014-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The 3rd Pan-African Ethics Human Rights and Medical Law (3rd EHRML) conference was held in Johannesburg on July 7, 2013, as part of the Africa Health Congress. The conference brought together bioethicists, researchers and scholars from South Africa, Zimbabwe, Kenya and Nigeria working in the field of bioethics as well...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Chima SC,Mduluza T,Kipkemboi J

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of empirical research methods in bioethics has been increasing in the last decades. It has resulted in discussions about the 'empirical turn of bioethics' and raised questions related to the value of empirical work for this field, methodological questions about its quality and rigor, and how this int...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Wangmo T,Provoost V

更新日期：2017-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Respect for confidentiality is important to safeguard the well-being of patients and ensure the confidence of society in the doctor-patient relationship. The aim of our study is to examine real situations in which there has been a breach of confidentiality, by means of direct observation in clinical practice...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Beltran-Aroca CM,Girela-Lopez E,Collazo-Chao E,Montero-Pérez-Barquero M,Muñoz-Villanueva MC

更新日期：2016-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With a growing number of genetic tests becoming available to the health and consumer markets, genetic health care providers in Canada are faced with the challenge of developing robust decision rules or guidelines to allocate a finite number of public resources. The objective of this study was to gain Canadia...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Adair A,Hyde-Lay R,Einsiedel E,Caulfield T

更新日期：2009-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Care-dependency constitutes an important issue with regard to the approval of end-of-life decisions, yet attitudes towards assisted suicide and euthanasia are understudied among care-dependent older adults. We assessed attitudes towards assisted suicide and euthanasia and tested empirical correlates, includi...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Stolz E,Mayerl H,Gasser-Steiner P,Freidl W

更新日期：2017-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clinical Ethics Committees (CECs) are well established at healthcare institutions in resource-rich countries. However, there is limited information on established CECs in resource poor countries, especially in Africa. This study aimed to establish baseline data regarding existing formal CECs in Africa to rai...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Moodley K,Kabanda SM,Soldaat L,Kleinsmidt A,Obasa AE,Kling S

更新日期：2020-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The widespread sharing of biologicaConcluding Comments: Teaching Responsible Datal and biomedical data is recognised as a key element in facilitating translation of scientific discoveries into novel clinical applications and services. At the same time, twenty-first century states are increasingly concerned t...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Bezuidenhout LM,Morrison M

更新日期：2016-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mobile applications and socio-sexual networking websites are used by outreach workers to respond synchronously to questions and provide information, resources, and referrals on sexual health and STI/HIV prevention, testing, and care to gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (GB2M). This explorator...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Fantus S,Souleymanov R,Lachowsky NJ,Brennan DJ

更新日期：2017-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Biomarker research is gaining increasing attention focusing on the preclinical stages of the disease. Such interest requires special attention for communication and disclosure in clinical contexts. Many countries give dementia a high health policy priority by developing national strategies and by improving g...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Alpinar-Sencan Z,Schicktanz S

更新日期：2020-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few empirical studies have been found that explore ethical challenges among persons in high public positions that are responsible for elder care. The aim of this paper was to illuminate the meaning of being in ethically difficult situations related to elder care as experienced by high level decision-makers. ...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Mamhidir AG,Kihlgren M,Sorlie V

更新日期：2007-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:How should clinical ethics support services such as clinical ethics committees (CECs) be implemented and evaluated? We argue that both the CEC itself and the implementation of the CEC should be considered as 'complex interventions'. MAIN TEXT:We present a research project involving the implementation of CEC...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Magelssen M,Karlsen H,Pedersen R,Thoresen L

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In most socialised health systems there are formal processes that manage resource scarcity and determine the allocation of funds to health services in accordance with their priority. In this analysis, part of a larger qualitative study examining the ethical issues entailed in doctors' participation as techni...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Gallagher S,Little M,Hooker C

更新日期：2018-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Researchers are required to seek consent from Indigenous communities prior to conducting research but there is inadequate information about how Indigenous people understand and become fully engaged with this consent process. Few studies evaluate the preference or understanding of the consent process for rese...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Fitzpatrick EFM,Macdonald G,Martiniuk ALC,D'Antoine H,Oscar J,Carter M,Lawford T,Elliott EJ

更新日期：2017-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Biobanking is a relatively new concept in Egypt. Building a good relationship with different stakeholders is essential for the social sustainability of biobanks. To establish this relationship, it is necessary to assess the attitude of different groups towards this concept. The objective of this work is to a...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Abdelhafiz AS,Sultan EA,Ziady HH,Ahmed E,Khairy WA,Sayed DM,Zaki R,Fouda MA,Labib RM

更新日期：2019-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The patenting of human genes has been the subject of debate for decades. While China has gradually come to play an important role in the global genomics-based testing and treatment market, little is known about Chinese scholars' perspectives on patent protection for human genes. METHODS:A content analysis o...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Du L

更新日期：2018-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Implementation science research, especially when using participatory and co-design approaches, raises unique challenges for research ethics committees. Such challenges may be poorly addressed by approval and governance mechanisms that were developed for more traditional research approaches such as randomised...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Goodyear-Smith F,Jackson C,Greenhalgh T

更新日期：2015-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Public satisfaction with policy process influences the legitimacy and acceptance of policies, and conditions the future political process, especially when contending ethical value judgments are involved. On the other hand, public involvement is required if effective policy is to be developed and accepted. M...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Sato H,Akabayashi A,Kai I

更新日期：2005-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Professional guidelines have addressed ethical dilemmas posed by a few types of nontraditional procreative arrangements (e.g., gamete donations between family members), but many questions arise regarding how providers view and make decisions about these and other such arrangements. METHODS:Thirty-seven ART ...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Klitzman R

更新日期：2017-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We analyzed the patients' perception of prenatal diagnosis of fetal cardiac pathology, and the reasons for choosing to continue with pregnancy despite being eligible to receive a medical termination of pregnancy. We also identified the challenges, the motives interfering in decision-making, and the consequen...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Abi Tayeh G,Jouannic JM,Mansour F,Kesrouani A,Attieh E

更新日期：2018-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Scientific advances have resulted in more complex medical systems, which in turn have led to an increase in the number of patient safety incidents (PSIs). In this environment, the importance of honest disclosure of PSIs is rising, which highlight the need to settle a reliable system. This study aimed to inve...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Kim Y,Lee E

更新日期：2020-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:France has long been a country of immigration and in some respects may be seen to have a generous policy with respect to asylum seekers and access to health care for migrants. The French state notably provides healthcare access for undocumented migrants, through state medical aid and since 1998 has had a hum...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Cailhol J,Lebon MC,Sherlaw W

更新日期：2020-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:When a new intervention or drug is developed, this has to pass through various phases of clinical testing before it achieves market approval, which can take many years. This raises an issue for drugs which could benefit terminally ill patients. These patients might set their hopes on the experimental drug bu...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Raus K

更新日期：2016-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intensive care physicians often must rely on substitute decision makers to address all dimensions of the construct of "best interest" for incapable, critically ill patients. This task involves identifying prior wishes and to facilitate the substitute decision maker's understanding of the incapable patient's ...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Ratnapalan M,Cooper AB,Scales DC,Pinto R

更新日期：2010-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Precision medicine (PM) is an emerging approach to individualized care. It aims to help physicians better comprehend and predict the needs of their patients while effectively adopting in a timely manner the most suitable treatment by promoting the sharing of health data and the implementation of learning hea...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Geneviève LD,Martani A,Shaw D,Elger BS,Wangmo T

更新日期：2020-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is continued need for enhanced medical ethics education across the United States. In an effort to guide medical ethics education reform, we report the first interprofessional survey of a cohort of graduate medical, nursing and allied health professional students that examined perceived student need for...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： DeFoor MT,Chung Y,Zadinsky JK,Dowling J,Sams RW 2nd

更新日期：2020-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The study examined the knowledge and attitudes to personal genomics testing for complex diseases among Nigerians and identified how the knowledge and attitudes vary with gender, age, religion, education and related factors. METHODS:Data were collected using qualitative method in 2 districts of the Federal C...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Fagbemiro L,Adebamowo C

更新日期：2014-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Africa continues to bear a disproportionate share of the global HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria burden. The development and distribution of safe, effective and affordable vaccines is critical to reduce these epidemics. However, conducting HIV/AIDS, TB, and/or malaria vaccine trials simultaneously in ...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Mamotte N,Wassenaar D,Koen J,Essack Z

更新日期：2010-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The work of Research Ethics Boards (REBs), especially when involving genetics research and biobanks, has become more challenging with the growth of biotechnology and biomedical research. Some REBs have even rejected research projects where the use of a biobank with coded samples was an integral part of the s...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Auray-Blais C,Patenaude J

更新日期：2006-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Consenting for retrospective medical records-based research (MR) and leftover tissue-based research (TR) continues to be controversial. Our objective was to survey Saudis attending outpatient clinics at a tertiary care hospital on their personal preference and perceptions of norm and current practice in rela...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Al-Qadire MM,Hammami MM,Abdulhameed HM,Al Gaai EA

更新日期：2010-10-18 00:00:00