BACKGROUND eHealth can positively impact the efficiency and quality of healthcare services. Its potential benefits extend to the patient, healthcare provider, and organization. Primary healthcare (PHC) settings may particularly benefit from eHealth. In these settings, healthcare provider readiness is key to successful eHealth implementation. Accordingly, it is necessary to explore the potential...

In 1900 Sir William Osler, who was the dominant figure in medicine at the beginning ofthis century, stated that medicine is distinguished from other professions 'by its singular beneficence'.' In the title of this address, a question mark has been added because 100 years after Osler made this comment, it is worth reflecting on whether medicine has lived up to his views, and what future medicine...

In this era of transnational migration, it is necessary to recognize the signs times regarding religion. During globalization Korean society, migration cannot be avoided, and as such, Korea should look towards hospitality with practical themes religion religious people aiming for peace. Therefore, study examines concept ‘conscience’ in Daesoon Thought because understanding conscience connects t...

the main purpose of this research is investigation of foundations and principles of islamic ethics concerning the relationship of teacher with students. to achieve this goal, the analytical - inferential method was used. based on the results, at first eight ethical principles related to the relationship of teacher with students were deducted from religious and educational texts of islam. these ...

A widely accepted component of any answer to the question 'What is it to do good medical ethics?' is the commitment to benefit people's health, in principlist terminology, 'beneficence'. This paper addresses deliberate maleficence and the cultural otherness with which it is associated, focusing on the activities of the serial killer Dr Harold Shipman. It finds an uncanny 'fit' between the norma...

Numerous ethical issues such as the appropriate initiation or withdrawal of dialysis are inherent when one cares for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Conflicts concerning decisions to withhold or withdraw dialysis often involve particularly vulnerable CKD patients such as the elderly, those with cognitive impairment, or those who come from different cultural backgrounds. Issues relat...