BACKGROUND Integrating ethical issues in dementia-specific training material, clinical guidelines and national strategy plans requires an unbiased awareness of all the relevant ethical issues. AIMS To determine systematically and transparently the full spectrum of ethical issues in clinical dementia care. METHOD We conducted a systematic review in Medline (restricted to English and German l...

BACKGROUND When treating patients with kidney failure, unavoidable ethical issues often arise. Current clinical practice guidelines some of them, but lack comprehensive information about the full range of relevant ethical issues in kidney failure. A systematic literature review of such ethical issues supports medical professionalism in nephrology, and offers a solid evidential base for efforts ...

BACKGROUND Tribal people in India, as in other parts of the world, reside mostly in forests and/or hilly terrains. Water scarcity and health problems related to it are their prime concern. Watershed management can contribute to resolve their health related problems and can put them on a path of socio-economic development. Integrated management of land, water and biomass resources within a water...

Globally, the prevalence of adult smoking is more than 1.1 billion; among them 82% residing in low and middle income countries (Jha et al., 2002). Tobacco use is a cause for many diseases like cancer, tuberculosis, heart disease, and it continues to be the leading cause of preventable deaths (International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 2012). It kills nearly 6 million people and ...

M UCH OF THE RESEARCH examining the effects of energy development on Indian and Eskimo groups con~ eludes that such resource extraction projects bring few real bene~ fits to local communities. Reviewing the impact of the Navajo Tribal Council's leasing of oil, natural gas, helium, and coal to energy corporations, Robbins (1978) argues that these sales have improved the economic position of only...