Medical Practice, Research and Ethics

Medical Research with Children: Ethics, Law and Practice

Research on children poses special problems to humanity: how does one go about pursuing medical knowledge, directly or indirectly beneficial to all children, in a way that does not jeopardize the interests of any individual child? Is it ethical to perform tests or procedures on a child who may not be able to give fully informed consent? There are many ethical and legal principles involved, with...

Imagination, literature, medical ethics and medical practice.

Without imagination-without an actively cultivated imagination-not only do health care workers themselves suffer, but so too do their patients, argues Dr Anne Scott in this issue of the journal.' 2 Why? Because only by being able to imagine what it is like to be the other person, the patient, only by being able to enter imaginatively into the world of the patient, is the health care professiona...

Buddhism and Medical Ethics: Principles and Practice

Medical ethics and Islam: principles and practice.

A minimum level of cultural awareness is a necessary prerequisite for the delivery of care that is culturally sensitive. In this paper we simplify and highlight certain key teachings in Islamic medical ethics and explore their applications. We hope that the insights gained will aid clinicians to better understand their Muslim patients and deliver care that pays due respect to their beliefs.

ethics in medical research and publication

to present the basic principles and standards of ethics in medical research and publishing, as well as the need for continuing education in the principles and ethics in science and publication in biomedicine. an analysis of relevant materials and documents, sources from the published literature. investing in education of researches and potential researches, already in the level of medical schoo...