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Gender, Germs, And Dirt: A Case Study Of Properly Politicised Science, Sharyn Clough
Gender, Germs, And Dirt: A Case Study Of Properly Politicised Science, Sharyn Clough
XIV IAPh Symposium 2010
This presentation is part of the Feminist Perspectives in the Sciences: Epidemiology track.
The relatively recent increase in cases of allergies and asthma, especially in industrialised nations of the north and west, has been explained by the “hygiene hypothesis”—viz., that increased cleanliness and sanitation have unintended negative consequences for immune health—an hypothesis that has received robust epidemiological support (e.g., Platts-Mills 2002). Over the last few years, support for the hypothesis has increased with the discovery that populations regularly exposed to certain parasitic worms (helminths) have very low incidence of chronic inflammatory diseases such as Crohn’s (Elliot, Summers, and Weinstock 2007). …
Conceptual Problems In Research Ethics, Charles Weijer
Conceptual Problems In Research Ethics, Charles Weijer
Research Day (Arts & Humanities, FIMS, and Education)
This poster addresses these issues:
• What good is medical research?
• What is owed to the study subject?
• When is research risk acceptable?
• How should we conduct research in developing countries?
• How should we conduct research involving communities?
Never The Twain Shall Meet? Interspecialty Bioethics Education And Practice In Relation To Informed Consent For Surgery-Related Anesthesia, Kyoko Wada, Abraham Rudnick
Never The Twain Shall Meet? Interspecialty Bioethics Education And Practice In Relation To Informed Consent For Surgery-Related Anesthesia, Kyoko Wada, Abraham Rudnick
Research Day (Arts & Humanities, FIMS, and Education)
The objectives of this research project are:
- Identify and analyze ethical problems concerning known practices regarding informed consent for surgery-related anesthesia
- Propose solutions to these problems, with a focus on interspecialty bioethics education