A zygote is not an embryo: ethical and legal considerations

Ethical and legal considerations for Canadian registries.

that will impact the creation and operation of neurological disease registries in Canada. This document is not meant to provide legal or ethical advice. In order to ensure that applicable laws and organizational policies are adhered to in an appropriate manner, it is recommended that legal advisors and relevant organizational representatives be consulted. For registries to succeed, it is critic...

Plastination: ethical and medico-legal considerations

The international plastination phenomenon has proved to be immensely popular with audiences world-wide. Never before has the human body been exposed to public gaze in such an accessible manner. The exhibitions have perplexed many, included anatomists, some of whom find the display of human bodies unethical. The objective of this study is to review the attention on the use of plastination and ex...

Ethical and legal considerations in marital and family therapy.

Insufficiencies of the APAethical standards for marriage and family therapy have not been fully appreciated. Guidelines regarding therapist responsibility, confidentiality, and informed consent sometimes become ambiguous with individual clients, but they are even more complicated when multiple family members are seen together in therapy. Who is the client? How is confidential information handle...

Euthanasia and brain death: ethical and legal considerations.

Treatment boundary violations: clinical, ethical, and legal considerations.

The observance of treatment boundaries maintains the integrity of the therapist-patient relationship. It is the therapist's professional duty to establish appropriate treatment boundaries. Basic boundary guidelines are reviewed. The principles underlying these boundary guidelines are explored. A clinical vignette describing the sexual exploitation of a patient by her therapist dramatically illu...