To the Editor: We read with great interest the Sarajevo Declaration on Integrity and Visibility of Scholarly Publications published as the editorial in the Croatian Medical Journal (1). We appreciate the efforts made by the authors, Journal Editors Group comprised of the selected lecturers at the First Mediterranean Seminar on Science Writing, Editing & Publishing (SWEP 2016). We agree with the...

At a time when there was great attention and intense public controversy surrounding clinical (especially multinational) research, the 52nd general assembly of the World Medical Association (WMA) adopted the 5th revision of the Declaration of Helsinki (in October, 2000)-available at www.wma.net. These revisions are the most substantial adaptations since those adopted by the 29th WMA assembly in ...

The International Bioethics Committee (IBC) of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) is currently drafting a Universal Bioethics Declaration ("the declaration"). The content and even the name of the declaration has yet to be finalized, but it is expected to range widely over human and non-human bioethics. It appears likely to include many articles directl...

Members were invited to declare any potential conflicts of interest relating to the business of the meeting. None were declared. The unreserved minutes of the meeting held on 28 February 2014 were approved (C.13-14/46). Council also noted the action schedule based on the minutes (C.13-14/47).

 Received transportation to and from the campus in excess of my actual round-trip transportation costs on a direct route between my home (or site of my athletics competition or educational institution) and the institution’s campus for an official visit;  Any knowledge that my friends or relative received reimbursement or cost-free transportation or travel expenses for the visit;  Received tr...

References to human dignity are littered throughout modern human rights and bioethics instruments, from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) and the European Convention on Human Rights (1950), to UNESCO’s Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights (2005) and the latest version of the Declaration of Helsinki (2008). Dignity is both the background value of these texts, and th...

OBJECTIVE The current study was conducted to assess experienced risk factors and perceptions of mycobacterial diseases in communities in northern Tanzania. METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional study in Arusha and Manyara regions in Northern Tanzania. We enrolled tuberculosis (TB) patients attending Mount Meru Hospital, Enduleni Hospital and Haydom Lutheran Hospitals in Arusha municipality, ...