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Advance care planning in Norwegian nursing homes – limited awareness of the residents’ preferences and values? A qualitative study

open access: yesBMC Geriatrics, 2019
Background 52% of all deaths in Norway occur in nursing homes. Still advance care planning (ACP) is scarce and heterogeneous. To improve the implementation and practice of ACP in nursing homes, knowledge about health care professionals’ views on ACP is ...
Lisbeth Thoresen   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

What is a good health check? An interview study of health check providers’ views and practices

open access: yesBMC Medical Ethics, 2017
Background Health checks identify (risk factors for) disease in people without symptoms. They may be offered by the government through population screenings and by other providers to individual users as ‘personal health checks’.
Yrrah H. Stol   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Medical ethics and the trolley Problem

open access: yesJournal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine, 2019
The so-called Trolley Problem was first discussed by Philippa Foot in 1967 as a way to test moral intuitions regarding the doctrine of double effect, Kantian principles and utilitarianism. Ever since, a great number of philosophers and psychologists have
G. Andrade
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Simultaneous inhibition of TRIM24 and TRIM28 sensitises prostate cancer cells to antiandrogen therapy, decreasing VEGF signalling and angiogenesis

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
TRIM24 and TRIM28 are androgen receptor (AR) coregulators which exhibit increased expression with cancer progression. Both TRIM24 and TRIM28 combine to influence the response of castrate‐resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) cells to AR inhibitors by mediating AR signalling, regulation of MYC and upregulating VEGF to promote angiogenesis. Castrate‐resistant
Damien A. Leach   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development of Strategies for Advancement of Medical Ethics Education in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences [PDF]

open access: yesمجله ایرانی آموزش در علوم پزشکی, 2013
Introduction: Medical ethics is an analytical attempt that deals with various aspects of ethical decision making in medicine. According to the importance and goals of medical ethics, this study is an endeavor to evaluate strengths and weaknesses ...
Parisa Malekahmadi, Parinaz parsa
doaj  

The Role of Compassion in Medical Ethics and Its Reintegration in Modern Practice [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Compassion has been an integral part of medical ethics since its origins, but as medicine progressed, compassion slowly disappeared from practice.
Borchers, Hannah E
core   +1 more source

EMT‐associated bias in the Parsortix® system observed with pancreatic cancer cell lines

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
The Parsortix® system was tested for CTC enrichment using pancreatic cancer cell lines with different EMT phenotypes. Spike‐in experiments showed lower recovery of mesenchymal‐like cells. This was confirmed with an EMT‐inducible breast cancer cell line.
Nele Vandenbussche   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Código de ética do estudante de medicina: uma análise qualitativa

open access: yesRevista Bioética
Este trabalho objetivou comparar os códigos de ética do estudante de medicina existentes no Brasil. Tratou-se de um estudo com abordagem qualitativa utilizando o Código de Ética Médica e o Código de Ética do Estudante de Medicina do Distrito Federal como
Larissa Lisboa, Liliane Lins
doaj  

A Study of the Components of Medical Ethics in Ancient Persian Literature and Its Comparison with Modern Medical Ethics [PDF]

open access: yesArmaghane Danesh Bimonthly Journal
Background & aim: Findings from ancient Persian literary texts indicate that the issue of professional medical ethics and the correct and logical relationship between a doctor and a patient has not been hidden from the eyes of writers and poets.
A Ebrahimi Mehr
doaj  

Teaching medical ethics and medical professionalism in Saudi public and private medical schools.

open access: yesPLoS ONE
Medical ethics and professionalism are two essential parts of building up the identity of a competent physician. This study was conducted to determine the nature, content, and methods of medical ethics and professionalism education in Saudi public and ...
Mohammed AlRukban   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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