Effect of written outcome information on attitude of perinatal healthcare professionals at the limit of viability: a randomized study.

abstract：BACKGROUND:In most Anglophone nations, policy and law increasingly foster an autonomy-based model, raising issues for large numbers of people who fail to fit the paradigm, and indicating problems in translating practical and theoretical understandings of 'good death' to policy. Three exemplar populations are frail olde...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Birchley G,Jones K,Huxtable R,Dixon J,Kitzinger J,Clare L

更新日期：2016-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This paper explores ethical concerns arising in healthcare integration. We argue that integration is necessary imperative for meeting contemporary and future healthcare challenges, a far stronger evidence base for the conditions of its effectiveness is required. In particular, given the increasing emphasis a...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： McKeown A,Cliffe C,Arora A,Griffin A

更新日期：2019-07-03 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:DNR decisions are frequently made in oncology and hematology care and physicians and nurses may face related ethical dilemmas. Ethics is considered a basic competence in health care and can be understood as a capacity to handle a task that involves an ethical dilemma in an adequate, ethically responsible man...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Pettersson M,Hedström M,Höglund AT

更新日期：2018-06-19 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: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: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: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:Several charters of rights have been issued in Europe to solemnly proclaim the rights of children during their hospital stay. However, notwithstanding such general declarations, the actual implementation of hospitalized children's rights is unclear. The purpose of this study was to understand to which extent...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Bisogni S,Aringhieri C,McGreevy K,Olivini N,Lopez JR,Ciofi D,Merlo AM,Mariotti P,Festini F

更新日期：2015-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Efforts to improve patients' understanding of their own medical treatments or research in which they are involved are progressing, especially with regard to informed consent procedures. We aimed to design a multisource informed consent procedure that is easily adaptable to both clinical and research applicat...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Cervo S,Rovina J,Talamini R,Perin T,Canzonieri V,De Paoli P,Steffan A

更新日期：2013-07-30 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:The increased use of human biological material for cell-based research and clinical interventions poses risks to the privacy of patients and donors, including the possibility of re-identification of individuals from anonymized cell lines and associated genetic data. These risks will increase as technologies ...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Ogbogu U,Burningham S,Ollenberger A,Calder K,Du L,El Emam K,Hyde-Lay R,Isasi R,Joly Y,Kerr I,Malin B,McDonald M,Penney S,Piat G,Roy DC,Sugarman J,Vercauteren S,Verhenneman G,West L,Caulfield T

更新日期：2014-02-03 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:Cancer patients are at risk of developing blood clots in their veins - venous thromboembolism (VTE) - which often takes the form of a pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis. The risk increases with advanced disease. Evidence based treatment is low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) by daily subcutaneous inj...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Sheard L,Prout H,Dowding D,Noble S,Watt I,Maraveyas A,Johnson M

更新日期：2012-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the growing recognition for the need to improve the health of prisoners in Canada and the need for health research, there has been little discussion of the ethical issues with regards to health research with prisoners in Canada. The purpose of this paper is to encourage a national conversation about ...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Silva DS,Matheson FI,Lavery JV

更新日期：2017-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is widely acknowledged that there is a global divide on health care and health research known as the 10/90 divide. METHODS:A retrospective survey of articles published in the BMJ, Lancet, NEJM, Annals of Internal Medicine & JAMA in a calendar year to examine the contribution of the developing world to me...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Sumathipala A,Siribaddana S,Patel V

更新日期：2004-10-04 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: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:Between 2013 and 2016, West Africa experienced the largest ever outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease. In the absence of registered treatments or vaccines to control this lethal disease, the World Health Organization coordinated and supported research to expedite identification of interventions that could control ...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Alirol E,Kuesel AC,Guraiib MM,de la Fuente-Núñez V,Saxena A,Gomes MF

更新日期：2017-06-26 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: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:Since 2010, the European Journal of Anaesthesiology has required the reporting of five items concerning ethical approval in articles describing human research: ethics committee's name and address, chairperson's name, study's protocol number and approval date. We aimed to assess whether this requirement has h...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Zoccatelli D,Tramèr MR,Elia N

更新日期：2018-06-08 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: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: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:When conducting research with Indigenous populations consent should be sought from both individual participants and the local community. We aimed to search and summarise the literature about methods for seeking consent for research with Indigenous populations. METHODS:A systematic literature search was cond...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Fitzpatrick EF,Martiniuk AL,D'Antoine H,Oscar J,Carter M,Elliott EJ

更新日期：2016-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The generation of evidence is integral to the work of public health and health service providers. Traditionally, ethics has been addressed differently in research projects, compared with other forms of evidence generation, such as quality improvement, program evaluation, and surveillance, with review of non-...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Willison DJ,Ondrusek N,Dawson A,Emerson C,Ferris LE,Saginur R,Sampson H,Upshur R

更新日期：2014-08-08 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:In studies publishing identifying personal information, obtaining consent is regarded as necessary, as it is impossible to ensure complete anonymity. However, current journal practices around specific points to consider when obtaining consent, the contents of consent forms and how consent forms are managed h...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Yoshida A,Dowa Y,Murakami H,Kosugi S

更新日期：2013-11-25 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