Formal clinical ethics review first developed in the USA and most hospitals there have structures in place. This is often a clinical ethics committee. Developments have been slower in the UK, where there has been uncertainty and variability about the role of clinical ethics committees. Even in the USA, their exact role is uncertain. Although we now have a good idea of the mechanisms for ethical...

Research ethics review is an important process, designed to protect participants in medical research. However, it is increasingly criticised for failing to meet its aims. Here, two researchers reflect on their experiences of applying for ethical approval of observational research in clinical settings. They highlight some problems faced by reviewers and researchers and propose a two-stage ethica...

an active area of public health policy in the united states is policy meant to promote healthy eating, reduce overconsumption of food, and prevent overweight/obesity. public discussion of such obesity prevention policies includes intense ethical disagreement. we suggest that some ethical disagreements about obesity prevention policies can be seen as rooted in a common concern with equality or w...

Often ethical concerns are limited to issues like informed consent, confidentiality patients rights etc. However ethical concern includes all areas of doctor-patient relationship? This paper will highlight ethical issues m everyday clinical practice. Clear-cut guidelines are not available in these areas but the purpose is to sensitise the profession of the need to carefully scrutinise very acti...

The goal of this work is to contribute to ethical reflection in the dental profession through the example of a survey of ethical reflection and ethical issues in dentistry conducted at the dental school of Toulouse. A written survey was given to the heads of departments and to the sixth-year students and also to the dental faculty at the hospital dental clinic in order to estimate their level o...

background: ethical leadership represents the leader's proactive efforts to influence followers' ethical and unethical behavior and follower work attitudes such as perceived organizational support, affective commitment and normal behaviors. the purpose of this research was to test the relationship of ethical leadership and ethical context with affective commitment that mediating the r...