Leaving patients to their own devices? Smart technology, safety and therapeutic relationships.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Social media and Internet technologies present several emerging and ill-explored issues for a modern healthcare workforce. One issue is patient-targeted Googling (PTG), which involves a healthcare professional using a social networking site (SNS) or publicly available search engine to find patient informatio...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Chester AN,Walthert SE,Gallagher SJ,Anderson LC,Stitely ML

更新日期：2017-12-04 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:Regardless of national contexts, the institutions responsible for research ethics, founded on international regulations, are all expected to be structured and to operate in a common way. Our experience with several countries on different continents, however, has raised questions in this regard. This article ...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Sambiéni NE

更新日期：2018-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although informed consent is an integral part of clinical practice, its current doctrine remains mostly a matter of law and mainstream ethics rather than empirical research. There are scarce empirical data on patients' perceived purpose of informed consent, which may include administrative routine/courtesy g...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Hammami MM,Al-Gaai EA,Al-Jawarneh Y,Amer H,Hammami MB,Eissa A,Qadire MA

更新日期：2014-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Community engagement (CE) models have provided much needed guidance for researchers to conceptualise and design engagement strategies for research projects. Most of the published strategies, however, still show very limited contribution of the community to the engagement process. One way of achieving this is...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Musesengwa R,Chimbari MJ

更新日期：2017-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The past 10 years have witnessed a significant growth in sharing of health data for secondary uses. Alongside this there has been growing interest in the public acceptability of data sharing and data linkage practices. Public acceptance is recognised as crucial for ensuring the legitimacy of current practice...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Aitken M,de St Jorre J,Pagliari C,Jepson R,Cunningham-Burley S

更新日期：2016-11-10 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: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：BACKGROUND:Family members are often required to act as substitute decision-makers when health care or research participation decisions must be made for an incapacitated relative. Yet most families are unable to accurately predict older adult preferences regarding future health care and willingness to engage in research...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Bravo G,Arcand M,Blanchette D,Boire-Lavigne AM,Dubois MF,Guay M,Hottin P,Lane J,Lauzon J,Bellemare S

更新日期：2012-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:HIV prevention research in resource-limited countries is associated with a variety of ethical dilemmas. Key amongst these is the question of what constitutes an appropriate standard of health care (SoC) for participants in HIV prevention trials. This paper describes a community-focused approach to develop a ...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Vallely A,Shagi C,Lees S,Shapiro K,Masanja J,Nikolau L,Kazimoto J,Soteli S,Moffat C,Changalucha J,McCormack S,Hayes RJ

更新日期：2009-10-09 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：:Pediatric biobanking is considered important for generating biomedical knowledge and improving (pediatric) health care. However, the inclusion of children's samples in biobanks involves specific ethical issues. One of the main concerns is how to appropriately engage children in the consent procedure. We suggest that c...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Giesbertz NA,Melham K,Kaye J,van Delden JJ,Bredenoord AL

更新日期：2016-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Donepezil, an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor used in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, has been widely cited in media and bioethics literature on cognitive enhancement (CE) as having the potential to improve the cognitive ability of healthy individuals. In both literatures, this claim has been repeatedly...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Wade L,Forlini C,Racine E

更新日期：2014-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of tissue collected at a forensic post-mortem for forensic genetics research purposes remains of ethical concern as the process involves obtaining informed consent from grieving family members. Two forensic genetics research studies using tissue collected from a forensic post-mortem were recently ini...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Heathfield LJ,Maistry S,Martin LJ,Ramesar R,de Vries J

更新日期：2017-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The progress of electronic health technologies and biobanks holds enormous promise for efficient research. Evidence shows that studies based on sharing and secondary use of data/samples have the potential to significantly advance medical knowledge. However, sharing of such resources for international collabo...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Bernasconi L,Şen S,Angerame L,Balyegisawa AP,Hong Yew Hui D,Hotter M,Hsu CY,Ito T,Jörger F,Krassnitzer W,Phillips AT,Li R,Stockley L,Tay F,von Heijne Widlund C,Wan M,Wong C,Yau H,Hiemstra TF,Uresin Y,Senti G

更新日期：2020-01-21 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:Patient outcome after serious brain injury is highly variable. Following a period of coma, some patients recover while others progress into a vegetative state (unresponsive wakefulness syndrome) or minimally conscious state. In both cases, assessment is difficult and misdiagnosis may be as high as 43%. Recen...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Weijer C,Peterson A,Webster F,Graham M,Cruse D,Fernández-Espejo D,Gofton T,Gonzalez-Lara LE,Lazosky A,Naci L,Norton L,Speechley K,Young B,Owen AM

更新日期：2014-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Partnering with patients in healthcare research now benefits from a strong rationale and is encouraged by funding agencies and research institutions. However, this new approach raises ethical issues for patients, researchers, research professionals and administrators. The main objective of this review is to ...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Martineau JT,Minyaoui A,Boivin A

更新日期：2020-05-11 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:Expectations of receiving personal health information as a fringe benefit of biospecimen donation-termed diagnostic misconception-are increasingly documented. We developed an instrument measuring conflation of observational biospecimen-based research and clinical care for use with Latino communities, who may...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Knerr S,Ceballos RM

更新日期：2015-07-17 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:Differences in perception and potential disagreements between parents and professionals regarding the attitude for resuscitation at the limit of viability are common. This study evaluated in healthcare professionals whether the decision to resuscitate at the limit of viability (intensive care versus comfort ...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Papadimitriou V,Tosello B,Pfister R

更新日期：2019-10-22 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：: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:As genetics technology proceeds, practices of genetic testing have become more heterogeneous: many different types of tests are finding their way to the public in different settings and for a variety of purposes. This diversification is relevant to the discourse on ethical, legal and societal issues (ELSI) s...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Bunnik EM,Schermer MH,Janssens AC

更新日期：2011-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The ethical principle of justice demands that resources be distributed equally and based on evidence. Guidelines regarding forgoing of CPR are unavailable and there is large variance in the reported rates of attempted CPR in in-hospital cardiac arrest. The main objective of this work was to study whether loc...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Ozer J,Alon G,Leykin D,Varon J,Aharonson-Daniel L,Einav S

更新日期：2019-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ethics committees typically apply the common principles of autonomy, nonmaleficence, beneficence and justice to research proposals but with variable weighting and interpretation. This paper reports a comparison of ethical requirements in an international cross-cultural study and discusses their implications....

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Goodyear-Smith F,Lobb B,Davies G,Nachson I,Seelau SM

更新日期：2002-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Plagiarism is considered as serious research misconduct, together with data fabrication and falsification. However, little is known about biomedical researchers' views on plagiarism. Moreover, it has been argued - based on limited empirical evidence - that perceptions of plagiarism depend on cultural and oth...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Yi N,Nemery B,Dierickx K

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Financial relationships between physicians and industry are extensive and public reporting of industry payments to physicians is now occurring. Our objectives were to describe physician recipients of large total payments from these seven companies, and to examine discrepancies between these payments and conf...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Norris SL,Holmer HK,Ogden LA,Burda BU,Fu R

更新日期：2012-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The boundaries between health-related research and practice have become blurred as initiatives traditionally considered to be practice (e.g., quality improvement, program evaluation) increasingly use the same methodology as research. Further, the application of different ethical requirements based on this di...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Ondrusek NK,Willison DJ,Haroun V,Bell JA,Bornbaum CC

更新日期：2015-07-07 00:00:00