Bioethics and Health Care in Industrial Society

Genomics, health care, and society.

Copyright © 2011 Massachusetts Medical Society. A new generation of genomic technologies permits the increased collection of data on large study populations.1,2 New methods in informatics facilitate the integration of diverse types of information with genomic data in disease research. As a result, researchers are learning more about the genetic bases of disease and response to drugs.3-6 Genetic...

the outcomes of health care process in iran’s rural society

background: health care systems in rural areas face numerous challenges in meeting the community’s needs and adequate attention has not been paid to this problem. the aim of this study was to describe the outcomes of health care process in rural society. materials and methods: twenty-six participants including twenty-one rural health care providers and five clients were selected according to pu...

Quality health care in a regulated society.

T he decade that began in 1966, when Medicare and Medicaid were introduced, has been termed "The Decade of Regulation ." Health care continues to be a target of regulation today. The 2,883 health-related bills introduced into the 95th Congress represent approximately 11 percent of the total. The office of the Federal Register reports that 61,000 pages of regulations were published in 1978, comp...

Contemporary Society, Health Care Scenario and Psychiatrist

Indeed, one gets affected by the mood of the time. To me the temptation is to reflect on the broader sweep of events. In the recent past rapid changes have taken place, all over the world. We are witnessing too many violent self-assertions by people, of their ethnic identity in different corners of the world. Powerful economic forces are deciding almost everything in all areas of human existenc...

Bioethics, philosophy, and global health.