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Background Whether surrogate decision makers regret decisions about the use of life support for incapacitated, critically ill patients remain uncertain.
Sarah K. Andersen +5 more
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A clinical model for decision-making [PDF]
Richard Martin's aim in this paper is to present a critical method of making ethical decisions in a medical context. He feels that such a reflective method provides the best means of making the appropriate decisions in given situations. It is based on Dr Martin's experience in applying ethical theory while collaborating with physicians in the daily ...
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Subjective but not objective numeracy influences willingness to pay for BRCA1/2 genetic testing
A positive test result for BRCA1/2 gene mutation is a substantial risk factor for breast and ovarian cancer. However, testing is not always covered by insurance, even for high risk women. Variables affecting willingness to pay (WTP) have implications for
Talya Miron-Shatz +4 more
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Objective: More than 30% of the German population suffers from mild to mode rate iodine deficiency causing goiter and other iodine deficiency diso rders (IDDs). The economic burden of iodine deficiency is still unclear.
Monika Schaffner +10 more
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Effects of Visual Priming and Event Orientation on Word Order Choice in Russian Sentence Production
Existing research shows that distribution of the speaker’s attention among event’s protagonists affects syntactic choice during sentence production. One of the debated issues concerns the extent of the attentional contribution to syntactic choice in ...
Mikhail Pokhoday +4 more
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Objectives To identify clinical indicators reflecting potentially treatment-modifiable prognostic factors associated with pain recovery in patients with non-specific neck pain and to develop a prototype clinical compass for visualising patient-specific ...
Martine J Verwoerd +4 more
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Background Follow-up programs for gynecological cancer patients are currently under revision. There is limited evidence that traditional follow-up and clinical examinations improve survival in an early-stage gynecological setting.
Stinne Holm Bergholdt +4 more
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Background and purpose — A lifetime perspective on revision risks is needed for optimal timing of arthroplasty in osteoarthritis (OA) patients, weighing the benefit of total hip arthroplasty/total knee arthroplasty (THA/TKA) against the risk of revision,
Maaike G J Gademan +4 more
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Conversational pragmatics: memory reporting strategies in different social contexts
Previous studies in conversational pragmatics have showed that the information people share with others heavily depends on the confidence they have in the correctness of a candidate answer.
Beatriz Martín-Luengo +2 more
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ABSTRACT Background Loneliness is associated with adverse physical and mental health outcomes and remains understudied in children and adolescents undergoing cancer therapy. Pediatric oncology patients may be at increased risk due to medical isolation and disruption of social networks.
Charlotte N. Stahlfeld +5 more
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