1050 Ethical Dilemma in Neonatology

Whistleblowing: an ethical dilemma

Because most organizations depend on computer systems that electronically store important data to perform crucial business functions, the integrity of these information systems is paramount. Securing company systems, however, is not always an easy task. More sophisticated systems often provide widespread access to computer resources and increased user knowledge, which may lead to added difficul...

Ethical decision-making in neonatology - a Scandinavian perspective.

Aspects on end-of-life, death and dying in neonatal intensive care units in Latin America are presented in this issue by Fajardo et al. (1). The article is based on reports of 100 deaths from eight Latin American NICUs, and only 19 of these infants born before weeks 27 and 35 were full term. The authors suppose that many live-born extremely preterm infants were never referred to a NICU. The aut...

Ethical Dilemma of Governmental Wiretapping

USA Government wiretapping activities is a very controversial issue. Undoubtedly this technology can assist law enforced authority to detect / identify unlawful or hostile activities; however, this task raises severe privacy concerns. In this paper, we have discussed this complex information technology issue of governmental wiretapping and how it effects both public and private liberties. Legis...

Commerce in organs--an ethical dilemma.

Medical and ethical dilemma in brain death.

For centuries, death has been defined, medically speaking, as the irreversible cessation of breathing and of nervous and cardiac activity. What radically changed this definition was the introduction of the concept "brain death" in 1968, by the "Ad Hoc Committee of the Harvard Medical School". According to it, the irreversible coma was associated with brain death and considered to be a criterion...