Heroes of SARS: professional roles and ethics of health care workers

The Experiences of Healthcare Providers Regarding Professional Ethics of Front Line Health Workers (A Qualitative Study)

 Background and purpose: There is a return to rationality and ethics in the approach of current world. After several eras, humanity comes to consider rationality and ethics in addressing its physical and moral needs. From this point of view, ethics could be considered as a center of evolution in the future. This approach mainly influences those practices that are in the lead in serving people....

Which preventive measures might protect health care workers from SARS?

BACKGROUND Despite the use of a series of preventive measures, a high incidence of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) was observed among health care workers (HCWs) during the SARS epidemic. This study aimed to determine which preventive measures may have been effective in protecting HCWs from infection, and which were not effective. METHODS A retrospective study was performed among 758 ...

Professional Practices Promoting Health of Healthcare Workers: Comparison of Public and Private Hospitals in Pakistan

The Role of Organizational Culture and Health on Professional Ethics of Teachers

Background: Attention to improvement of professional ethics of teachers has a special importance in pedagogical organizations. Therefore, the aim of present research is determining the role of organizational culture and health in professional ethics of teachers. Method: This is a descriptive-correlation research that has been done on 187 individuals of primary teachers of Qaen province. Samples...

Conflict Between Professional Ethics and Practice Demands: Social Workers’ Perceptions

This study examined the degree to which social workers perceived experiencing ethical conflicts in the contexts of their practice environments. A sample of 376 NASW members filled out questionnaires to report on a Likert scale the degree to which eight vignettes describing practice situations presented a value conflict, were frequent, and were inevitable. Findings indicated that respondents ten...