Recently, a few transcranial magnetic stimulation or transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) studies have shown that the right temporo-parietal junction (rTPJ) plays a causal role in moral reasoning especially in cases of accidental harms or attempted harms. The profile of results across studies is, however, not entirely consistent: sometimes the stimulation affects predominantly attempt...

Objectives Decisions regarding choice and dose of anti-epileptic drug (AED) are driven by considering the potential benefits of reducing seizure frequency against the potential harms of alternative AEDs. Such decisions should be made using the best available evidence, which often requires a quantitative synthesis of data from multiple randomised controlled trials (RCT). However, the systematic ...

Abstract Purpose of Review Legacy gambling harm refers to adverse consequences that extend past the period where people are actively at harmful levels. These harms can affect gambler, close them and wider community. This article reviews current research investigates legacy harms; types harm, how long they last whether evidence suggests these real or instead imagined injuries reflections on regr...

OBJECTIVE Ethical evaluation of genetic testing in children is traditionally based on balancing clinical benefits and risks. However, this focus can be inconsistent with the general practice of respecting parental decision-making about their children's health care. We argue that respect for parental decision-making should play a larger role in shaping pediatric genetic testing practices, and pl...

A zemiology of politics is required in the face disastrous historic, contemporary and future social harms. Focusing on state-led politics, article charts some politically generated or mediated harms: military; ecological economic. These can generate justificatory narratives zemiogenic deceit ignorance. In a political moment authoritarian populism, nativism racism, each feature as part wider pro...

BACKGROUND This research sought to determine how well the causes of addiction, addiction harms, and prevention of addiction have been noticed in high school textbooks. METHODS We used descriptive method to select the main related components of the addiction concept and content analysis method for analyzing the content of textbooks. The study population comprised 61 secondary school curriculum...

BACKGROUND Hospital discharge is a vulnerable transitional stage in patient care. This qualitative study investigated the views of healthcare professionals and patients about the threats to safe hospital discharge with aim of identifying contributory and latent factors. The study was undertaken in two regional health and social care systems in the English National Health Service, each comprisin...

The decision to engage in corruption-public and private corruption, nepotism, and embezzlement-is often attributed to rational actors maximizing benefits to themselves. However, the importance of reciprocal relationships in humans suggests that an actor may weigh the costs of harms of her corrupt behavior to individuals who may generate future benefits for her. We hypothesize that actors who ha...

Ample research demonstrates that experiencing parental death or divorce harms children’s educational attainment. Less is known about variation herein, both between and across social contexts. We investigated how family nation

Moving toward a sustainable global society requires substantial change in both social and technological systems. This sustainability is dependent not only on addressing the environmental impacts of current systems, but also social, economic political harms that continue to be perpetuated through systematic forms oppression exclusion Black, Indigenous, people color (BIPOC) communities. To adequa...