ABSTRACT This article challenges the claim that conscientious refusal and conscientious provision in healthcare are mutually exclusive and thus asymmetrical. While US law protects healthcare providers who refuse to perform medical services on moral or religious grounds, it offers no equivalent protections to those who feel morally compelled to provide ...
Tzofit Ofengenden
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Ethical competences for the development of nursing care
Objective: To present an analysis of the nursing ethos based on the disciplinary foundations of nursing to propose a definition of ethical competences for nursing training.
Josephine Karla Anna Bratz +1 more
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Unreasonable adjustments: medical education, mental disorder, disability discrimination and public safety [PDF]
Recently the Civil and Administrative Tribunal of New South Wales found that the University of Newcastle had discriminated against a medical student with borderline personality disorder and bipolar disorder on the grounds of her disability.
Parker, Malcolm
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Medically Assisted Dying Practices: What Role for Clinical Ethicists?
ABSTRACT Medically assisted dying (AD) practices have been legalized in several jurisdictions throughout the world over the last two decades. Because of this increased trend, more individuals now have access to a self‐chosen death. Despite its legalization and the diversity of frameworks governing AD, it remains fraught with ethical challenges. However,
Vanessa Finley‐Roy +3 more
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A Scientific and Socioecononic Review of Betel Nut Use in Taiwan with Bioethical Reflections [PDF]
This article addresses the ethics of betel nut use in Taiwan. It first presents scientific facts about the betel quid and its consumption and the generally accepted negative health consequences associated with its use: oral and esophageal cancer ...
Sem, Geoffrey +3 more
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Liminal Bioethics for Liminal Statuses: A New Method for Analysing Novel Biological Entities
ABSTRACT Novel biological entities such as cell lines and organoids do not typically fit into established conceptual categories, such as ‘human’ or ‘nonhuman’, ‘gift’ or ‘property’. This makes developing robust ethical principles or policy solutions difficult.
Michael Wee, Ilina Singh
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‘Out of My Hands’: Palestinian Referral Care in East Jerusalem After October 7, 2023
ABSTRACT This paper examines the moral experiences of Palestinian healthcare professionals working at a specialised referral hospital in East Jerusalem during the early months of the Gaza War. Drawing on semi‐structured interviews with hospital staff providing oncology care, it analyses how understandings of what constitutes “good” care in a context of
Pieter Dronkers, Zeina Amro
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Recommendations for the care of geriatric patients in the emergency department
As global populations age, the Emergency Department (ED) increasingly becomes critical for addressing geriatric patients' complex needs. These patients often present with unique vulnerabilities, including multimorbidity, cognitive impairment, and social ...
Alessandra Colantoni +3 more
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Research, education, ethics consultation: evaluating a Bioethics Unit in an Oncological Research Hospital [PDF]
Ludovica De Panfilis +6 more
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A Confucian Perspective on Public Health Ethics
ABSTRACT Debates in public health ethics have been dominated by the assumptions of Western liberalism: a priority given to liberty and autonomy over other values, an individualistic view of social ontology, a focus on personal responsibility, a minimal set of obligations (only created through consent), and a marginalization of social, cultural, and ...
Kathryn Muyskens, Angus Dawson
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