Introduction Professional identity development is one of the fundamental concerns of nursing education.1 It has become one of the most important challenges in nursing education and providing nursing services due to the attempts to prepare nurses for professional roles in a changing healthcare environ ment.2 The university and students are at the core of scientific and practical elements of prof...

The increasing importance, recognised by WHO, of prospective randomised clinical trials has led to discussion of the needfor their careful regulation in the interests of maintaining high professional ethical standards. Ethical problems which do arisefor example where biomedical research in developing countries is sponsored from abroad-may best be handled by specially established professional sc...

This article provides a systematic analysis of the cognitive processes required for acquiring skill in practical ethical reasoning in a professional domain. We undertook this NSF-supported research project in part to study relationships between case-based instruction in professional ethics and cognitive analyses of ethical reasoning strategies. Using a web-based experimental design, we report s...

Ethics is key to the integrity of the veterinary profession. Despite its importance, there is a lack of applied research on the range of ethical challenges faced by veterinarians. A three round Policy Delphi with vignette methodology was used to record the diversity of views on ethical challenges faced by veterinary professionals in Ireland. Forty experts, comprising veterinary practitioners, i...

The ethical conduct of research is a mark of integrity in the academic and professional worlds. This paper, which draws upon discussions conducted in a panel at the 21 ICIS conference in Brisbane, Australia, examines ethical issues associated with three key components of the research process: design, data collection and analysis; writing; and reviewing. The implications of these issues for the ...

Treatment and support of a child with DSD calls for experience and expertise in diagnosis, surgical techniques, understanding of psychosocial issues, and recognizing and accepting the significance of individual values of children, families, and support groups. The range of what is considered "appropriate" care and treatment is still very broad and critics point at major gaps between ethical gui...

BACKGROUND Medical ethics is structured to guide doctors towards a better professional practice. However, its teaching in medical schools seems to be neglected. AIM To evaluate the perception of Federal University of Sergipe medical students about ethical conflicts during their academic practice, in two different periods of a medical course. MATERIAL AND METHODS A cross-sectional, analytic ...

R EGISTERED DIETITIAN NUTRItionists (RDNs) are regularly involved with activities requiring decision making with ethical implications. Typical and significant ethical decision-making activities are related to selecting medical food supplements and enteral and infant formula, and choosing the durable medical equipment (DME) vendor that will be providing the formulas in the home. At times and in ...