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Family Duty Is More Important Than Rights, Charles Weijer Dec 2000

Family Duty Is More Important Than Rights, Charles Weijer

Charles Weijer

No abstract provided.


Update - September 2000, Loma Linda University Center For Christian Bioethics Sep 2000

Update - September 2000, Loma Linda University Center For Christian Bioethics

Update

In this issue:

-- Takanobu Kinjo, Scott Winters and Nicole Wurscher graduate with degrees in Ethics and Ministry
-- Robert and Joyce Orr return to Vermont
-- Medical Theodicy Today
-- Changing our Genes: Medical Promises and Ethical Threats


The Sum Of My Parts, Charles Weijer Jun 2000

The Sum Of My Parts, Charles Weijer

Charles Weijer

No abstract provided.


A Philosophical Disease: Bioethics, Culture, And Identity, Charles Weijer May 2000

A Philosophical Disease: Bioethics, Culture, And Identity, Charles Weijer

Charles Weijer

No abstract provided.


Bioethics: An Anthology, Charles Weijer Apr 2000

Bioethics: An Anthology, Charles Weijer

Charles Weijer

No abstract provided.


Update - March 2000, Loma Linda University Center For Christian Bioethics Mar 2000

Update - March 2000, Loma Linda University Center For Christian Bioethics

Update

In this issue:

-- National conference explores the future of faith-based health care
-- Ruth Macklin Judges Bioethical Relativism (Commentary)
-- Conditional Imortality and Cognitive Neuroscience
-- Clinical Ethics Consultation


The Ethics Of Caring And Medical Education, William T. Branch Jr. Md, Macp Jan 2000

The Ethics Of Caring And Medical Education, William T. Branch Jr. Md, Macp

William T.Branch Jr.MD

The ethics of caring, though the subject of much recent discussion by philosophers, has hardly been applied to medical ethics and medical education. Based on receptivity (that is, empathy and compassion) toward and taking responsibility for other persons, the ethics of caring has particular relevance to medicine. Caring guides the physician always to remain the patient's advocate and to maintain the therapeutic relationship when dealing with and resolving ethical dilemmas. This article discusses the philosophy behind the ethics of caring and then explores three issues that arise within its context: receptivity, taking responsibility, and creating an educational environment that fosters …


The Ethical Analysis Of Risks And Potential Benefits In Human Subjects Research: History, Theory, And Implications For U.S. Regulation, Charles Weijer Dec 1999

The Ethical Analysis Of Risks And Potential Benefits In Human Subjects Research: History, Theory, And Implications For U.S. Regulation, Charles Weijer

Charles Weijer

This paper addresses three questions central to the ethical analysis of risks and potential benefits in human subjects research:

1. How was the ethical analysis of risk understood by the members of the U.S. National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research (National Commission)?
2. What conceptual framework should guide the ethical analysis of risk?
3. What changes to U.S. regulations would the implementation of such a framework require?


Legal And Ethical Issues In Geriatric Medicine, Heather Macdonald, Charles Weijer, Peter Singer Dec 1999

Legal And Ethical Issues In Geriatric Medicine, Heather Macdonald, Charles Weijer, Peter Singer

Charles Weijer

No abstract provided.


When Doctors Say "No", Charles Weijer Dec 1999

When Doctors Say "No", Charles Weijer

Charles Weijer

No abstract provided.


Canada’S First Gene Therapy Death, Charles Weijer Dec 1999

Canada’S First Gene Therapy Death, Charles Weijer

Charles Weijer

No abstract provided.


Ethical Challenges Of The Randomized Controlled Trial, Charles Weijer Dec 1999

Ethical Challenges Of The Randomized Controlled Trial, Charles Weijer

Charles Weijer

No abstract provided.