Implementing clinical ethics committees as a complex intervention: presentation of a feasibility study in community care.

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: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:There is a permanent need to evaluate and develop the ethical quality of scientific research and to widen knowledge about the effects of ethical issues. Therefore we evaluated whether informed consent is related to implementation and success in a lifestyle intervention study with older research participants....

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Länsimies-Antikainen H,Pietilä AM,Laitinen T,Kiviniemi V,Rauramaa R

更新日期：2010-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A child is a developing person with evolving capacities that include autonomy, mental (decisional) capacity and capacity to assume responsibility. Hence, children are entitled to participatory (autonomy) rights in South Africa as observed in the Children's Act 38 of 2005. According to section 129 of the Act ...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Ganya W,Kling S,Moodley K

更新日期：2016-11-02 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: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: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: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: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: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: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

abstract：BACKGROUND:South Africa currently has a pluralistic health care system with separate public and private sectors. It is, however, moving towards a socialised model with the introduction of National Health Insurance. The South African legislative environment has changed recently with the promulgation of the Consumer Prot...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Rowe K,Moodley K

更新日期：2013-03-21 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: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:This debate article explores how smart technologies may create a double-edged sword for patient safety and effective therapeutic relationships. Increasing utilization of health monitoring devices by patients will likely become an important aspect of self-care and preventive medicine. It may also help to enha...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Ho A,Quick O

更新日期：2018-03-06 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:Making particular use of Shale's analysis, this paper discusses the notion of leadership in the context of palliative medicine. Whilst offering a critical perspective, I build on the philosophy of palliative care offered by Randall and Downie and suggest that the normative structure of this medical specialit...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Emmerich N

更新日期：2018-06-05 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: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:Expanded access is the use of investigational drugs (IDs) outside of clinical trials. Generally it is performed in patients with serious and life-threatening diseases who cannot be treated satisfactorily with authorized drugs. Legal regulations of expanded access to IDs have been introduced among others in t...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Borysowski J,Górski A

更新日期：2020-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Surgery for intersex infants should be delayed until individuals are able to decide for themselves, except where it is a medical necessity. In an ideal world, this single principle would suffice and such surgeries could be totally prohibited. Unfortunately, the world is not perfect, and, in some places, inte...

journal_title：BMC medical ethics

authors： Behrens KG

更新日期：2020-10-29 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: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: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: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: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: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: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: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