Medical Ethics for the Genome World

Medical Ethics Programming for Education of Professionalism

Introduction: Although the medical field is related to the Ethical issues and concepts, naturally, the practitioners and clinical staffs, do not train in the ethical issues, adequately. The lack of knowledge and professional training in this area could be lead to the both doubtful decision-making and ethical reviews, and inappropriate policies. This article considers the reform in the prof...

Confidentiality and the ethics of medical ethics.

In this paper we consider the use of cases in medical ethics research and teaching. To date, there has been little discussion about the consent or confidentiality requirements that ought to govern the use of cases in these areas. This is in marked contrast to the requirements for consent to publish cases in clinical journals, or to use personal information in research. There are a number of rea...

The Durban World Congress Ethics

208 words) PURPOSE To determine the approaches used in withdrawing mechanical ventilator support. MATERIALS and METHODS Speakers from the invited faculty of the World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine Congress in 2013 with an interest in ethics were asked to provide a detailed description of individual approaches to the process of withdrawal of mechanical ventilati...

Nursing ethics and medical ethics.

Medical Ethics

IT is customary at the beginning of this address to refer to the changes which have taken place in the Staff of the Hospital during the year which has elapsed since the last Annual Oration. WVe have first to record with regret the death of a former member of our Dental Staff, Mr. WVilliam Muirhead Hunter, which took place on 26th MIay of tllis Nyear. Mr. Hunter was a native of Stranraer who qua...