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When Hope Unblooms: Chance And Moral Luck In The Fiction Of Thomas Hardy, Jil Larson Nov 2001

When Hope Unblooms: Chance And Moral Luck In The Fiction Of Thomas Hardy, Jil Larson

Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers

Paper presented at the Center for the Study of Ethics in Society at Western Michigan University, September 20, 2001.


Who Should Foot The Bill For Continuing Review Of Research?, Charles Weijer Oct 2001

Who Should Foot The Bill For Continuing Review Of Research?, Charles Weijer

Charles Weijer

No abstract provided.


Center For Professional Ethics, Volume 3, Issue 1, [2001], Case Western Reserve University Oct 2001

Center For Professional Ethics, Volume 3, Issue 1, [2001], Case Western Reserve University

Center for Professional Ethics

Table of Contents:

  • Helping Others to Help Yourself: The Value of Community Service
  • Director's Corner: One Tough Guy by Robert P. Lawry
  • We Do! We Can't? A Discussion of Same Sex Marriage
  • Tom Anderson, Ethics Fellow: Teacher for All Seasons
  • Volume 3, Number 1: News, Notes, and Future Events


Minimal Risk And Its Implications, Charles Weijer Aug 2001

Minimal Risk And Its Implications, Charles Weijer

Charles Weijer

No abstract provided.


Should Physicians Accept Gifts From Their Patients? No: Gifts Debase The True Value Of Care, Charles Weijer Jul 2001

Should Physicians Accept Gifts From Their Patients? No: Gifts Debase The True Value Of Care, Charles Weijer

Charles Weijer

No abstract provided.


Informing Patients Of Uncertainty In Clinical Trials, S. Halpern, J. Karlawish, Charles Weijer Jun 2001

Informing Patients Of Uncertainty In Clinical Trials, S. Halpern, J. Karlawish, Charles Weijer

Charles Weijer

No abstract provided.


Continuing Review Of Research Approved By Canadian Research Ethics Boards, Charles Weijer Apr 2001

Continuing Review Of Research Approved By Canadian Research Ethics Boards, Charles Weijer

Charles Weijer

No abstract provided.


The Ethics Wars: Disputes Over International Research, Charles Weijer, James Anderson Apr 2001

The Ethics Wars: Disputes Over International Research, Charles Weijer, James Anderson

Charles Weijer

The effort to revise the Declaration of Helsinki and the CIOMS Guidelines has sparked a sometimes vitriolic debate centering on the use of placebo controls.


The Ethics Of Making The Body Beautiful: Lessons From Cosmetic Surgery For A Future Of Cosmetic Genetics, Sara Goering Apr 2001

The Ethics Of Making The Body Beautiful: Lessons From Cosmetic Surgery For A Future Of Cosmetic Genetics, Sara Goering

Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers

This piece was originally published in the Philosophy and Public Policy Quarterly, Spring 2001 issue (from the Maryland Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy).


Morality And God, John Hare Feb 2001

Morality And God, John Hare

Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers

Paper presented at the Center for the Study of Ethics in Society at Western Michigan University, January 18,2001 with the title, "Does Morality Need God?"


Rec Approval, Charles Weijer Dec 2000

Rec Approval, Charles Weijer

Charles Weijer

No abstract provided.


The Research Subject As Entrepreneur, James Anderson, Charles Weijer Dec 2000

The Research Subject As Entrepreneur, James Anderson, Charles Weijer

Charles Weijer

No abstract provided.


Hospital Policy On Appropriate Use Of Life-Sustaining Treatment, Peter Singer, Geoff Barker, Kerry Bowman, Christine Harrison, Philip Kernerman, Judy Kopelow, Neil Lazar, Charles Weijer, Stephen Workman Dec 2000

Hospital Policy On Appropriate Use Of Life-Sustaining Treatment, Peter Singer, Geoff Barker, Kerry Bowman, Christine Harrison, Philip Kernerman, Judy Kopelow, Neil Lazar, Charles Weijer, Stephen Workman

Charles Weijer

OBJECTIVE: To describe the issues faced, and how they were addressed, by the University of Toronto Critical Care Medicine Program/Joint Centre for Bioethics Task Force on Appropriate Use of Life-Sustaining Treatment. The clinical problem addressed by the Task Force was dealing with requests by patients or substitute decision makers for life-sustaining treatment that their healthcare providers believe is inappropriate.

DESIGN: Case study.

SETTING: The University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics/Critical Care Medicine Program Task Force on Appropriate Use of Life-Sustaining Treatment.

PARTICIPANTS: The 24-member Task Force included physician and nursing leaders from five critical care units, bioethicists, a legal …


Misrepresenting Research: Commentary, Charles Weijer Dec 2000

Misrepresenting Research: Commentary, Charles Weijer

Charles Weijer

No abstract provided.


Trial By Error, Charles Weijer Dec 2000

Trial By Error, Charles Weijer

Charles Weijer

No abstract provided.