Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Digital Commons Network

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Articles 1 - 10 of 10

Full-Text Articles in Entire DC Network

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.


Genetic Testing's "Soft Underbelly", M. Therese Lysaught Feb 2001

Genetic Testing's "Soft Underbelly", M. Therese Lysaught

M. Therese Lysaught

No abstract provided.


Bioethics In Social Context, Barry Hoffmaster Dec 2000

Bioethics In Social Context, Barry Hoffmaster

C. Barry Hoffmaster

"The problems of bioethics are embedded in people's lives and social worlds. They are shaped by individual biographies and relationships, by the ethos and institutions of health care, by economic and political pressures, by media depictions, and by the assumptions, beliefs, and values that permeate cultures and times. Yet these forces are largely ignored by a professional bioethics that concentrates on the theoretical justification of decisions.

The original essays in this volume use qualitative research methods to expose the multiple contexts within which the problems of bioethics arise, are defined and debated, and ultimately resolved. In a provocative concluding essay, …


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.