Ethics and reproductive health: a principled approach.

Reproductive rights: how to move forward?

One way of addressing ethical issues in reproductive health is to look at the consequences of current laws, policies and practices and see whether the existing situation gives rise to a preponderance of good or bad consequences. If the bad consequences outweigh the good ones, there is an ethical obligation to seek to change the laws, policies or practices. The data on maternal mortality and mor...

Research on Human Embryos and Reproductive Materials: Revisiting Canadian Law and Policy

Research involving human embryos and reproductive materials, including certain forms of stem cell and genetic research, is a fast-moving area of science with demonstrated clinical relevance. Canada's current governance framework for this field of research urgently requires review and reconsideration in view of emerging applications. Based on a workshop involving ethics, legal, policy, scientifi...

Principled leadership in public health: integrating ethics into practice and management.

Public health officials frequently face ethical tensions and conflicting obligations when making decisions and managing health departments. Leadership requires an ongoing approach to ethics that focuses on two dimensions of practice: the professional relationships of officials developed over time with their communities and the ethical aspects of day-to-day public health activities. Education an...

Ethics in family planning/reproductive health services

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....