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This case report presents the experience of a training course on bioethics for nurses and physicians of the Family Health Strategy in Santo André, SP. This study is based on problem-based learning and delibera ve bioethics, and aimed at presen ng the delibera on procedure as a means of handling ethical issues.

Author details Fiona J Stanley, FAFPHM, MFCCH, FRACP, Director1 Eric M Meslin, PhD, Director, Center for Bioethics; Assistant Dean for Bioethics; and Professor of Medicine; Medical and Molecular Genetics; and Philosophy 1 Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Centre for Child Health Research, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA. 2 Indiana University, Indianapolis, Ind, USA. Corre...

A familiar criticism of bioethics charges it with being more conceptual than practical--having little application to the "real world." In order to answer its critics and keep its feet on the ground, bioethics must utilize the social sciences more effectively. Empirical research can provide the bridge between conceiving a moral vision of a better world, and actually enacting it.

This is an electronic version of an article published in: Erik Malmqvist , A further lesson from existing kidney markets, 2014, American Journal of Bioethics, (14), 10, 27-29. American Journal of Bioethics is available online at informaworld: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2014.947799 Copyright: Taylor & Francis (Routledge): STM, Behavioural Science and Public Health Titles http://www.routl...

Perinatal Ethics Unit, Discipline of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Robinson Institute, The University of Adelaide, North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Department of Neonatal Medicine, Robinson Institute, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Children’s Bioethics Centre, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Centre for Health and Society, U...

October 2006 | Volume 3 | Issue 10 | e439 Over the past decade, several scholars have advocated for international standards in medical ethics and human rights [1–3]. Others have countered that such standards risk ignoring important cultural differences in the way people conceptualize medical decision-making [4–8]. Within this debate hangs a question for international bioethics: as developing co...

As is clear in the 2008 report of the President’s Council on Bioethics, the brain death debate is plagued by ambiguity in the use of such terms as “integration” and “wholeness.” Addressing this problem, I offer a plausible ontological account of organismal unity by drawing on the work of Hoffman and Rosenkrantz. I then apply that account to the case of brain death and conclude that a brai-dead ...

Pavel Dmitrievich Tishchenko, one of the founders Russian bioethics, turned 75 on January 10, 2022. Joining numerous congratulations, journal Bioethics publishes text discussion dedicated to this event. The was initiated by question history bioethics formation in perspective its simultaneous emergence Moscow, Volgograd, St. Petersburg, Kazan. participants exchanged opinions significance I.T. Fr...