Consensus, Conflict, and Compromise in Western

Conflict and compromise over tradeoffs in universal health insurance plans.

The position statement and its commentators: consensus, compromise or confusion?

The Ethics Task Force of the EAPC has done a significant job in forwarding the discussion of the relationship between palliative care and euthanasia, as the wealth of international commentary on the document surely illustrates. The position paper is commendably succinct and, in some respects, unambiguous in the views defended. Notably, the document abjures discussion of anything other than volu...

Vallombrosa consensus statement on environmental contaminants and human fertility compromise.

A recent national survey indicates that 12% of the reproductive age population in the United States, or 7.3 million couples, reports experiencing difficulty conceiving and/or carrying a pregnancy to term. This is precisely termed impaired fecundity, but commonly referred to, as a general experience, as infertility. Proximate causes of infertility vary widely; for example, from impaired sperm qu...

Conflict and Compromise Among Ideals of Administrative Justice

Clinical consensus statement: Diagnosis and management of nasal valve compromise.

OBJECTIVE To create a clinical consensus statement to address ambiguities and disparities in the diagnosis and management of nasal valve compromise (NVC). SUBJECTS AND METHODS An updated systematic review of the literature was conducted. In addition, a Modified Delphi Method was used to refine expert opinion and facilitate a consensus position. RESULTS After two rounds of surveys and confer...