Scientific Freedoms and Responsibilities

Recovery--reshaping our clinical and scientific responsibilities.

CONTEXT Advocacy for Recovery has been joined by research offering new perspectives on mental health policy, treatment, rehabilitation and anti-discrimination efforts. OBJECTIVES Chances and challenges of a Recovery model for the mental health field will be presented and discussed. KEY MESSAGES Recovery is currently widely endorsed as a guiding principle of mental health policy. New rules f...

Freedoms and responsibilities: Ibn ‘Arabī and the political dimensions of spiritual realisation

Geopolitical Issues and Responsibilities of Medical and Scientific Journals

This paper is provided for the convenience of our readers and represents a full edited transcription of the Rambam Grand Rounds Lecture by Dr. Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief of The Lancet. The lecture was given on October 2, 2014. The Editorial Board wishes to express its gratitude to Dr. Horton for giving permission to present his Rambam Grand Rounds lecture in Rambam Maimonides Medical Journ...

Responsibilities or Requirements: Framing Dual Use Issues for Scientific Engagement

INTRODUCTION Efforts to prevent the proliferation of biological weapons or bioterrorism face an increasingly complicated landscape characterized by rapid scientific and technological progress, growing global diffusion of research capacity, and an array of stakeholders with important potential roles. In 2002, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) introduced the concept of a “web of...

Instrumental Freedoms and Human Capabilities

If Afghanistan, through its turmoil and struggles, succeeds in containing its drug trade, and cultivating a sound or even vibrant economy through concrete measures such as opening new markets, improving contract enforcement, extending the rule of law and building access roads, this will rightly merit praise and admiration. If the Afghani people also attain freedom from undernourishment – someth...