Reporting the Asian tsunami: Ethical issues

Stem Cell Therapy: the ethical issues

The ability to culture human stem cells long term, and possibly indefinitely, and to control how such cells specialise to form the different tissues of the body offers the possibility of major advances in healthcare. Stem cells have been isolated and cultured, but a great deal of research is required to develop cell lines which can generate replacement cells and tissues to treat many diseases.S...

ETHICAL ISSUES IN MEDICAL STATISTICS

Medical statistics (biostatistics), as a vital essential part of modem life, does raise some fundamental ethical issues. Surprisingly, this aspect seems to have been totally ignored by books on medical ethics. This paper discusses how the statistical aspects affect the ethics. The relation between biostatistics and medical research is explored. All stages of a medical research exercise are ...

Ethical Guidelines for Internal Audit Reporting Lines

The present study identifies ethical ways of auditing reporting, which define the relationship between internal audit and the various authorities of the organization. Defining these lines as determinants of impartiality and independence of internal audit is of great importance. In this research, the structural equation model has been used to test the proposed model. The information required for...

Ethical Issues

Ethical Issues

Introduction Most professional organizations whose members deal with trauma victims have published ethical standards for treatment-related issues. Examples include the AAMFT Code of Ethics published by the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, the Ethical Principles for Psychologists published by the American Psychological Association, the Principles of Medical Ethics with Ann...