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Ethics And Schizophrenia, A. Rudnick, Charles Weijer
Ethics And Schizophrenia, A. Rudnick, Charles Weijer
Charles Weijer
No abstract provided.
Ethical Issues In Palliative Care Research, Neil Macdonald, Charles Weijer
Ethical Issues In Palliative Care Research, Neil Macdonald, Charles Weijer
Charles Weijer
No abstract provided.
Misrepresenting Research: Commentary, Charles Weijer
Misrepresenting Research: Commentary, Charles Weijer
Charles Weijer
No abstract provided.
Legal And Ethical Issues In Geriatric Medicine, Heather Macdonald, Charles Weijer, Peter Singer
Legal And Ethical Issues In Geriatric Medicine, Heather Macdonald, Charles Weijer, Peter Singer
Charles Weijer
No abstract provided.
Democracy In Medicine?, Charles Weijer
Learning From The Dutch: Physician-Assisted Death, Slippery Slopes And The Nazi Analogy, Charles Weijer
Learning From The Dutch: Physician-Assisted Death, Slippery Slopes And The Nazi Analogy, Charles Weijer
Charles Weijer
No abstract provided.
Euthanasia, Assisted Suicide And The Family Physician, Charles Weijer
Euthanasia, Assisted Suicide And The Family Physician, Charles Weijer
Charles Weijer
No abstract provided.
A Survey Method For Investigating Ethical Decision Making In Family Practice, Barry Hoffmaster, Moira Stewart, Ronald Christie
A Survey Method For Investigating Ethical Decision Making In Family Practice, Barry Hoffmaster, Moira Stewart, Ronald Christie
C. Barry Hoffmaster
BACKGROUND: The tension between respect for patient autonomy versus concern for patient welfare is a challenging ethical issue for physicians. The purpose of this research was to describe a method for analyzing ethical decisions and to report the results of a survey of ethical decision making among family physicians.
METHODS: We developed a survey instrument that used simulated case scenarios, each of which posed an ethical dilemma. The ethical problems on the survey included the extent to which diagnostic information should be revealed to patients, the extent to which physicians should become involved in patients' life-style issues, and how to …
How Family Physicians Approach Ethical Problems, Ronald Christie, Barry Hoffmaster, Martin Bass, Eric Mccracken
How Family Physicians Approach Ethical Problems, Ronald Christie, Barry Hoffmaster, Martin Bass, Eric Mccracken
C. Barry Hoffmaster
The defining features of family medicine as described in the literature have important ethical implications. In an attempt to study the day-to-day practice of family physicians regarding these ethical issues, a 28-item questionnaire was sent to 95 part-time and 17 full-time family physician teachers associated with the University of Western Ontario's Department of Family Medicine. Of the 112 questionnaires mailed out, 97 were returned for a response rate of 86.6 percent. There was a significant spread of answers, suggesting there is no uniform opinion in the sample population. The findings suggest that there are important differences between the description of …