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Manipulating Fate: Medical Innovations, Ethical Implications, Theatrical Illuminations, Karen H. Rothenberg, Lynn W. Bush

Faculty Scholarship

Transformative innovations in medicine and their ethical complexities create frequent confusion and misinterpretation that color the imagination. Placed in historical context, theatre provides a framework to reflect upon how the ethical, legal, and social implications of emerging technologies evolve over time and how attempts to control fate through medical science have shaped -- and been shaped by -- personal and professional relationships. The drama of these human interactions is powerful and has the potential to generate fear, create hope, transform identity, and inspire empathy -- a vivid source to observe the complex implications of translating research into clinical practice through …

Oncolog, Volume 47, Number 09, September 2002, Kerry L. Wright, Dawn Chalaire, Karyn Hede, Martin L. Smith Std, Anne J. Flamm Jd

OncoLog MD Anderson's Report to Physicians (All issues)

• Is Hormone Replacement Therapy an Option for Women with a History of Breast Cancer?
• Breast Cancer Survivor Devotes Life to Helping Those at High Risk for Hereditary Cancers
• "I Have Something to Tell You." Counselors Support Family Communication about Genetic Susceptibility to Cancer
• DiaLog: Bigger than a Blood Test: Ethical Cautions about Genetic Testing, by Martin L. Smith, STD, and Anne J. Flamm, JD
• House Call: Just a Phase: Understanding Clinical Trials
• Discovery Sheds Light on How Breast Cancer Cells Progress to More Aggressive Forms

Perceptions On Bioethics Among General Practitioners In Karachi, Pakistan, Waris Qidwai, Hafeez Qureshi, Iqbal Azam, Syed Sohail Ali, Semi Ayub

Department of Family Medicine

Objective: To study the perceptions on bioethics among general practitioners in Karachi, Pakistan.
Design: A questionnaire based cross sectional survey. Settings: 85 general practitioners in Karachi were surveyed at their clinic premises. Main outcome measures: Perceptions on the broad principles of bioethics.
Results: The majority of general practitioners were males, with mean age of 36.3 years, had minimal postgraduate qualifications and continuing medical education. They reported the top five moral duties of a physician and their reaction in the event of the death of a close relative due to a doctor's negligence. A significant number of respondents agreed …

Oncolog, Volume 45, Number 07/08, July/August 2000, Kerry L. Wright, Dawn Chalaire, Rebecca D. Pentz Phd

OncoLog MD Anderson's Report to Physicians (All issues)

• Advances Allow Expanded Use of Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation
• Use of Umbilical Cord Blood Expands Option of Transplantation to More Children
• House Call: Meeting Your Own Needs While Caring For Someone Else
• Protecting the Interests of Young Donors, by Rebecca Pentz, PhD, Clinical Ethicist
• Protocols: Clinical Trials of Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplants

Oncolog, Volume 39, Number 04 October-December 1994, Linda N. Eppich, Maureen E. Goode, Kathryn L. Hale

OncoLog MD Anderson's Report to Physicians (All issues)

• Looking for solutions to ethical problems in the clinic
• Interferon: the evolution of a biological therapy
• Colon cancer registry coordinates treatment, education, and research