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An introduction to ethical theory for healthcare assistants [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This article will explore and summarise the four main ethical theories that have relevance for healthcare assistants. These are utilitarianism, deontology, virtue ethics, and principlism.
Blackshaw, Bruce P., Rodger, Daniel
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Ethical and Policy Issues in Human Fetal Tissue Transplants

open access: yesCell Transplantation, 1995
A review of human fetal tissue policies over the past 40 years reveals an increasing awareness that the use of this tissue raises unique ethical and policy issues.
Dorothy E. Vawter, Karen G. Gervais
doaj   +1 more source

Polygenic risk scoring of human embryos: a qualitative study of media coverage

open access: yesBMC Medical Ethics, 2021
Background Current preimplantation genetic testing (PGT) technologies enable embryo genotyping across the whole genome. This has led to the development of polygenic risk scoring of human embryos (PGT-P).
Tiny Pagnaer   +3 more
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Sharing behavior and health care utilization following direct-to-consumer genetic testing: a systematic review [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]

open access: yesOpen Research Europe
Background Direct-to-consumer genetic testing (DTC-GT) which provides genetic information directly to the public, has become widely available at a moderate cost.
Maria Siermann   +5 more
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Cancer and COVID-19: ethical issues concerning the use of telemedicine during the pandemic

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2022
The lockdown imposed in France during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc with access to healthcare. From March 2020 onwards, the oncologists of Foch Hospital, like many others at hospitals throughout the world, were obliged to adapt to
Lucas Huret   +4 more
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Values, quality, and evaluation in ethics consultation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Background: The American Society for Bioethics and Humanities has recommended regular evaluation of the quality of health care ethics consultation. This article discusses the impact of ethics consultation on clinicians' perceptions of a patient's plan of
Molnar, Elizabeth   +2 more
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Locating Care Ethics Beyond the Global North [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
In care ethics, caring is seen to be embedded in practice and locally contingent. However, despite a large and thriving literature on care practices as they vary across the globe, the implications of the different meanings and geohistories of care for ...
Raghuram, Parvati
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Why and When Are Evidence‐Based Interventions Adopted in Paediatric Supportive Care? A Qualitative Exploration of the Determinants of Photobiomodulation Implementation

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Oral mucositis is a common and debilitating side effect of childhood cancer and stem cell transplant treatments. It affects the quality of life of children and young people (CYP) and places a strain on services. Photobiomodulation is recommended for oral mucositis prevention in international guidance but is poorly implemented in UK ...
Claudia Heggie   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Patient experience of communication consistency amongst staff is related to nurse–physician teamwork in hospitals

open access: yesNursing Open, 2020
Aim To investigate whether nurse reported teamwork with physicians was associated with patient perceived consistency in staff‐to‐patient communication. Design A cross‐sectional survey design was used, drawing on data collected from two surveys in England.
Mia vonKnorring   +4 more
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Gendered Violence and the Ethics of Social Science Research [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The issue of ethical conduct in research settings is important and complex. As tenure-track researchers who study gendered violence, we found Clark and Walker’s discussion provocative, thoughtful, and interesting.
Hlavka, Heather R, Mulla, Sameena A.
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