the survey of ethical among nursing students in urmia university of medical science     mohammadpour y [1] *, kazemi n [2] , abbasi m [3] , shams e [4]     received: 28 apr , 2013 accepted: 2 jul , 2013    abstract  background & aims : e thics in nursing care is very important and professional competence. in nursing, ethics means that the nursing care is based on the principles of bioethics. ho...

abstract background and purpose: ethical climate is hinged upon organizational culture, rules, and policies; nurses’ perception of this concept varies according to the ward they are working on and the new rules of the treatment system. this can exert adverse impact on their care method and performance. thus, this study aimed to determine nurses’ perceptions of the ethical climate governing the ...

one of the fundamental issues in the ethics of medical researches is cost-benefit assessment which consists a main part of related codes. this article is aimed to propose a model for ethical assessment of researches with judgment about their costs and benefits. after reviewing related materials and our experiences and discussions with experts, we proposed a model for ethical assessment of costs...

A. Cosmological proof of the Existence of God In the 3rd Meditation, Descartes attempts to prove that God (i) exists, (ii) is the cause of the essence of the meditator (i.e. the author of his nature as a thinking thing), and (iii) the cause of the meditator's existence (both as creator and conserver, i.e. the cause that keeps him in existence from one moment to the next). The proof that God exi...

INTRODUCTION There is increased interest in transitioning to a "learning health care system" (LHCS). While this transition brings the potential for significant benefits, it also presents several ethical considerations. Identifying the ethical issues faced by institutions in this transition is critical for realizing the goals of learning health care so that these issues can be anticipated and, w...

more than a decade ago, personalized medicine was presented in modern medicine. personalized medicine means that the right drug should be prescribed for the right patient based on genetic data. no doubt is developing medical sciences, and its shift into personalized medicine complicates ethical challenges more than before. in this review, we categorized all probable ethical considerations of pe...

Ethical codes such as CASLPA’s Canon of Ethics ensure that clients’ rights are protected over and above what is simply prescribed by law. However, ethical dilemmas often arise in everyday practice for which the canon does not provide specific guidance. For example, is there a moral cost to the quest towards acquiring a better voice or dialect, or “reducing” one’s accent? Four principles of clin...

How do senior business executives rank their preferences for various ethical principles? And how strongly do the executives believe in these principles? Also, how do these preference rankings relate to the way the executives see the future (wherein business decisions play out)? Research on these questions may provide us with an appreciation of the complexities of ethical behavior in management ...

Ethical codes such as CASLPA's Canon of Ethics ensure that clients' rights are protected over and above what is simply prescribed by law. However, ethical dilemmas often arise in everyday practice for which the canon does not provide specific guidance. For example, is there a moral cost to the quest towards acquiring a better voice or dialect, or "reducing" one's accent? Four principles of clin...

Ethical dilemmas pose a self-control conflict between pursuing immediate benefits through behaving dishonestly and pursuing long-term benefits through acts of honesty. Therefore, factors that facilitate self-control for other types of goals (e.g., health and financial) should also promote ethical behavior. Across four studies, we find support for this possibility. Specifically, we find that onl...