Calls for professional accountability have resulted in the development of ethics guidelines by numerous specialty and subspecialty groups of scientists. Indeed, guidelines among some health professions now address vulnerable and dependent groups: but these are silent on issues related to biomarkers. In parallel, attention has been drawn to human rights concerns associated with attempts to detec...

During the last 25 years public policy in the UK has aimed to replace 'club' cultures and their supposedly suspect reliance on trust between professionals and public with a new public culture based on accountability and 'transparency'. These transformations have changed both clinical practice and public health policy in deep ways. Are the new conceptions of accountability adequate? Are obligati...

INTRODUCTION Businessmen have faced ethical dilemmas throughout history in many varying contexts. Today, Chief Information Officers (CIOs) and information technology (IT) managers, in particular, face many ethical dilemmas from not only traditional business dilemmas, but also in managing IT. Traditional ethical issues of business, such as receiving gifts and promotional items from vendors, affe...

BACKGROUND The nature of community-based participatory research (CBPR) poses distinctive ethical challenges. In the absence of organized guidelines, a remarkable amount of researchers' time and energy will be spent tackling these ethical challenges. The study aimed to explore ethical issues and principles potentially arising when conducting CBPR. METHODS This qualitative study conducted in CB...

The main aim of this paper was to examine and analyze the ethical and moral issues in the healthcare systems in Kenya, with special emphasis being given to physician performance, nursing care and professionalism. The research was carried out in 8 (eight) provinces of Kenya, due to their cultural similarity and findings established. Research questionnaires were prepared and hand delivered to top...

Objective: There are different levels of decision and clinical, administrative and management procedures in a hospital organization. The exercise of management and bioethics should be seen as an interconnected operation by anyone committed to an ethical conduct. This article is based on a larger study under a PhD in Bioethics and was conducted in 25 Portuguese hospitals. The objective of the ar...

BACKGROUND Research in emergencies is needed to understand the prevalence of mental health and psychosocial problems and strengthen the evidence base for interventions. All research - including operational needs assessments, programme monitoring and evaluation, and formal academic research - must be conducted ethically. While there is broad consensus on fundamental principles codified in resear...

Purpose: This article reviews the literature regarding ethics and community-based rehabilitation (CBR) with the goal of identifying and analyzing ethical considerations associated with this approach. Method: We conducted a critical interpretive review of the academic literature related to CBR in low- and middle-income countries and to indigenous communities in high-income countries. Using an in...

BACKGROUND: As part of an empirical study investigating how life scientists think about ethical and societal implications of their work, and about life science research in general, we sought to elucidate barriers that scientists might face in considering such implications. METHOD: Between 2005 and 2007, we conducted a study consisting of phone interviews, focus groups, and a national survey of...

PrivateIslamic Higher Education according to constitutionnumber4 of 2014are required present information on the implementation activities in an open, fast and precise manner public. For that t goal study this is for analyze about accountability, transparency, efficiency, effectiveness participation Private Islamic North Lampung. Research method descriptive qualitative collects primary secondary...