STATEMENT OF PROBLEM Deliberating the patients' rights is one of the major human ethical and legal principles which can be investigated through the agenda of professional and medical ethics.accordingly , the students of dentistry have to be educated about this issue and achieve the necessary skills in deliberating and concerning the patients' rights. PURPOSE The present study aimed to investi...

OBJECTIVES The human dimensions of healthcare--core values and skilled communication necessary for every healthcare interaction--are fundamental to compassionate, ethical, and safe relationship-centered care. The objectives of this paper are to: describe the development of the International Charter for Human Values in Healthcare which delineates core values, articulate the role of skilled commu...

Momcilovic v The Queen (2011) 85 ALJR 957; [2011] HCA 34 arose from a prosecution for drug trafficking brought under the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981 (Vic). The Australian High Court held that the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006 (Vic) (the Charter) validly conferred a power on the Victorian Supreme Court and Court of Appeal to interpret legislation in ...

Small states, the subject of my presentation today, comprise more than half the total membership of the United Nations. These states are constantly engaged in the search to fulfill the main purposes of the United Nations Charter viz: peace, security and development. Interestingly, it is those very Charter provisions which require the equitable participation of small states in international affa...

The paper reviews what is known of Peter Lowe's surgical education, practice and activities before he obtained the Royal Charter in the last year of the sixteenth century, founding what became the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. It attempts to separate probable fact from accumulated fiction then discusses briefly Lowe's possible contributions to the contents of the Charter.

Molecular Materials Centre, School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, The University of Manchester, PO Box 88, Sackville Street, Manchester M60 1QD, England, Process Engineering Group, PR&D, AstraZeneca, Silk Road Business Park, Charter Way, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK10 2NA, England, and Preformulation and Biopharmaceutics, PAR&D, AstraZeneca, Silk Road Business Park, Charter Way, M...

This study sought to: (a) examine the role of the Zimbabwe Patients’ Charter of Rights in enabling health care access by people with disabilities living with HIV and AIDS; and (b) explore policy translational issues influencing access to HIV and AIDS treatment and care services by people with disabilities living with HIV and AIDS. A survey approach was used to collect data in this study. A purp...

We study a maritime fleet renewal and deployment problem under demand and charter cost uncertainty. A decision-maker for an industrial bulk shipping company must determine a suitable fleet size, mix, and deployment strategy to satisfy stochastic demand over a given planning horizon. She may acquire vessels in two ways: time chartering and voyage chartering. Time charter vessels may be acquired ...

As the school choice options have evolved over recent years, it is important to have an understanding of what family and school factors are associated with enrollment decisions of households. In this paper, we use restricted-access data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS), which allows us to identify household location from a nationally representative sample of individuals and to...