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Medical Ethics in Qiṣāṣ (Eye-for-an-Eye) Punishment: An Islamic View; an Examination of Acid Throwing [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Physicians in Islamic countries might be requested to participate in the Islamic legal code of qiṣāṣ, in which the victim or family has the right to an eye-for-an-eye retaliation.
Dabbagh, Hossein   +2 more
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Integrative analysis of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) and exosomes from small‐cell lung cancer (SCLC) patients: a comprehensive approach

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
This study simultaneously investigated circulating tumor cells (CTCs) and exosomes from small‐cell lung cancer (SCLC) patients. The elevated expression of JUNB and CXCR4 in CTCs was a poor prognostic factor for SCLC patients, whereas exosomal overexpression of these biomarkers revealed a high discrimination ability of patients from healthy individuals,
Dimitrios Papakonstantinou   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Implementing advance care planning in nursing homes – study protocol of a cluster-randomized clinical trial

open access: yesBMC Geriatrics, 2018
Background Close to half of all deaths in Norway occur in nursing homes, which signals a need for good communication on end-of-life care. Advance care planning (ACP) is one means to that end, but in Norwegian nursing homes, ACP is not common.
Trygve Johannes Lereim Sævareid   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ethical dilemmas in medical humanitarian practice: cases for reflection from Médecins Sans Frontières. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an independent medical humanitarian organisation working in over 70 countries. It has provided medical assistance for over 35 years to populations vulnerable through conflict, disease and inadequate health systems.
Shah, T, Sheather, J
core   +2 more sources

The accumulation of myeloid‐derived suppressor cells participates in abdominal infection‐induced tumor progression through the PD‐L1/PD‐1 axis

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
This study explores how sepsis affects GC progression by creating an immunosuppressive environment. Our findings reveal that sepsis promotes immune dysregulation, enhancing tumor growth and metastasis. Targeting the PD‐1/PD‐L1 pathway with monoclonal antibodies shows potential for restoring immune function and improving outcomes in cancer patients ...
Yiding Wang   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Disclosure of Medical Errors in Oman : Public preferences and perceptions of current practice

open access: yesSultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 2015
Objectives: This study aimed to provide insight into the preferences for and perceptions of medical error disclosure (MED) by members of the public in Oman.
Mark I. K. Norrish
doaj  

The Medical Ethics of Miracle Max [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Miracle Max, it seems, is the only remaining miracle worker in all of Florin. Among other things, this means that he (unlike anyone else) can resurrect the recently dead, at least in certain circumstances.
Brendan, Shea
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The relationship between medical law and good medical ethics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
In the UK, medical ethics and law are often thought of and taught together, but while ‘good medical ethics’ is often reflected in law–the need to obtain a patient's adequately informed consent, for example—this is not necessarily the case.
Jackson, Emily
core   +1 more source

The PTTG1/VASP axis promotes oral squamous cell carcinoma metastasis by modulating focal adhesion and actin filaments

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
VASP was found to be overexpressed in metastatic oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) tissues. Notably, PTTG1‐ and VASP‐deficient OSCC cells demonstrated suppressed metastatic properties by disrupting the interaction between the cytoskeleton and focal adhesion (FAs) in the filopodia region.
Suyeon Park   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparison of the Medical Ethics Approaches according to Professional Experience and the Source of Medical Ethics Training: A Survey Study

open access: yesErciyes Medical Journal, 2020
Objective: This study aimed to compare the perspective on, the standard of knowledge and perceptions of medical ethics in the sixth-grade medical faculty students of a university hospital and the residents and academics working in the same hospital ...
Türev Demirtaş
doaj   +1 more source

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