A national survey of U.S. internists’ experiences with ethical dilemmas and ethics consultation

Ethical dilemmas: the experiences of israeli nurses.

In this study I explored ethical dilemmas in nursing to gain a better understanding of nurses' work and their professional status. Qualitative data on ethical dilemmas were collected by interviewing 52 nurses in 18 hospitals and health maintenance organizations. The transcribed interviews were analyzed using a stepwise method. Results indicate a large number of dilemmas that can be divided into...

Prescribing “placebo treatments”: results of national survey of US internists and rheumatologists

OBJECTIVE To describe the attitudes and behaviours regarding placebo treatments, defined as a treatment whose benefits derive from positive patient expectations and not from the physiological mechanism of the treatment itself. DESIGN Cross sectional mailed survey. SETTING Physicians' clinical practices. PARTICIPANTS 1200 practising internists and rheumatologists in the United States. MA...

Computer Ethics: A Practical Approach Towards Solving Ethical Dilemmas

Ethical problems are part of our daily lives. Individuals face ethical dilemmas in all disciplines such as business, medicine, engineering, and computer science. Hence teaching computer ethics became a mandatory course in most computer science curriculums. The syllabus of such a course usually introduces students to ethical theories such as Utilitarianism, Kantianism or Divine. Most of these th...

National Dna Database Ethics Group Stakeholder Consultation Ethical Dimensions of next Generation Sequencing

GLOBAL MEDICAL ETHICS Ethical dilemmas in community mental health care

Ethical dilemmas in community mental health care is the focus of this article. The dilemmas are derived from a discussion of the results of a qualitative research project that took place in five countries of the European Union. The different stakeholders are confronted with the following dilemmas: community care versus hospital care (clients); a life with care versus a life without care (inform...