Educational and Ethical Considerations for Genetic Test Implementation Within Health Care Systems

Ethical considerations in women's sexual and reproductive health care.

BACKGROUND The concept of reproductive health, which adopts a holistic approach to the management of reproductive disorders, was developed in 1994 at the International Conference on Population and Development. This together with the adoption of a right-based approach to the relationship between reproductive health and population and development and the emergence of the concept of sexual and rep...

Cultural diversity in health care: interpersonal and ethical considerations.

Ethical considerations in collective health.

IntroductIon Since Hippocrates, the guarantee of patients’ rights, dignity and safety has been the object of consideration and debate. Recently, these discussions have been directed to the understanding that these rights represent human rights, with patients being considered within the context of their humanity. That is, the patient will be thought of not only as a biological being, but as the ...

Demographic and health surveillance: longitudinal ethical considerations.

Longitudinal data gathered from health surveillance, when combined with detailed demographic information, can provide invaluable insight into disease outcomes. Many such surveillance sites exist in the developing world, particularly in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, and focus on diseases such as HIV/AIDS, cholera, malaria and tuberculosis. The indistinct positions of such surveillance systems, of...

Homelessness and health care: considerations for evaluation, management, and support within the primary care domain.

here are significant challenges to addressing the health needs of the omeless. The complex nature of homelessness, coupled with the cripling effects of poverty, limit the extent to which primary care providers re able to effectively deliver care within a traditional clinical environent. To provide appropriate and supportive patient care, the clinical ractice of the primary care provider should ...