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Ethical Considerations In The Conduct Of Vaccine Trials In Developing Countries, Charles Weijer, C. Lanata, C. Plowe
Ethical Considerations In The Conduct Of Vaccine Trials In Developing Countries, Charles Weijer, C. Lanata, C. Plowe
Charles Weijer
No abstract provided.
Evidence, Belief, And Action: The Failure Of Equipoise To Resolve The Ethical Tension In The Randomized Clinical Trial, Deborah Hellman
Evidence, Belief, And Action: The Failure Of Equipoise To Resolve The Ethical Tension In The Randomized Clinical Trial, Deborah Hellman
Deborah Hellman
No abstract provided.
Exploring Transplant Opportunities In Hmong Culture: A Case Report, Alon Neidich, Harish Maranty, Katrina Bramstedt
Exploring Transplant Opportunities In Hmong Culture: A Case Report, Alon Neidich, Harish Maranty, Katrina Bramstedt
Katrina A. Bramstedt
A clinical case is used to explore the ethical complexities of solid organ donation and transplantation within the Hmong community in the United States. Although many cultures can present various ethical issues, the challenges of the Hmong belief system are unique and distinctly complex. Ways for the medical team to integrate with the Hmong value system to attempt to create an environment of transcultural respect and appreciation are described.
Being Sherlock Holmes: The Internet As A Tool For Assessing Live Organ Donors, Katrina Bramstedt, Steven Katznelson
Being Sherlock Holmes: The Internet As A Tool For Assessing Live Organ Donors, Katrina Bramstedt, Steven Katznelson
Katrina A. Bramstedt
Donor advocacy is a critical feature of live donor transplantation. Donor Advocates and Donor Advocate Teams (DAT) are now routine to the practice of live donor evaluation in the USA. Multidisciplinary in nature, DATs gather both medical and psychosocial information about potential live organ donors and then render a decision as to whether or not these individuals are suitable to participate. Because of the critical ethical and psychosocial concerns about live donation, thorough donor evaluations are essential. Additionally, the information gathered must be accurate, and this requires honest disclosure by the donor candidate. In this paper, we describe how DATs …
Universalism And Particularism In Bioethics: Lessons From Theological Ethics, Michael Moreland
Universalism And Particularism In Bioethics: Lessons From Theological Ethics, Michael Moreland
Michael P. Moreland
No abstract provided.
The Birth Of Evidence-Based Psychiatry: The Real Legacy Of Philippe Pinel (1745-1826), Louis Charland
The Birth Of Evidence-Based Psychiatry: The Real Legacy Of Philippe Pinel (1745-1826), Louis Charland
Louis C. Charland
No abstract provided.
Technological Reason And The Regulation Of Emotion, Louis Charland
Technological Reason And The Regulation Of Emotion, Louis Charland
Louis C. Charland
No abstract provided.
Optimising The Documentation Practices Of An Ethics Consultation Service, Katrina Bramstedt, A. Jonsen, W. Andereck, J. Mcgaughey, A. Neidich
Optimising The Documentation Practices Of An Ethics Consultation Service, Katrina Bramstedt, A. Jonsen, W. Andereck, J. Mcgaughey, A. Neidich
Katrina A. Bramstedt
A formal Ethics Consultation Service (ECS) can provide significant help to patients, families and hospital staff. As with any other form of clinical consultation, documentation of the process and the advice rendered is very important. Upon review of the published consult documentation practices of other ECSs, we judged that none of them were sufficiently detailed or structured to meet the needs and purposes of a clinical ethics consultation. Thus, we decided to share our method in order to advance the practice of ethics consultation. Here, we describe a method of ECS documentation practice, including use of a formal consult report …
Ethics In The Affective Sciences, Louis Charland
Ethics In The Affective Sciences, Louis Charland
Louis C. Charland
No abstract provided.
Qualia, Louis Charland
Emotion: Philosophical Issues, Louis Charland
Affect, Louis Charland