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A idade como critério de limitação terapêutica. A evidência e os enviesamentos

open access: yesRevista Portuguesa de Pneumologia, 2005
Resumo: A idade como critério de limitação de determinadas intervenções terapêuticas tem estado na origem de um dos debates bioéticos da actualidade. O aumento da esperança média de vida à nascença e o crescente envelhecimento da população, por um lado ...
Filipe Monteiro
doaj   +1 more source

Disability ethics in the coronavirus crisis

open access: yesJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2020
The disability viewpoint is fundamental for understanding and advancing social justice for everyone in the population. Despite this fact, it is regularly dismissed by public health experts and policymakers.
Satendra Singh
doaj   +1 more source

The Relationship Between Board Diversity and Corporate Environmental Performance: A Meta‐Analysis

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The association between corporate governance mechanisms and corporate environmental performance has gained increasing academic engagement; however, existing empirical studies provide inconsistent results. This study aims at empirically summarizing the results of previous research on the relationship between different characteristics of board ...
My Hanh Doan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hands on the Patient with Eyes on the Budget

open access: yesVoices in Bioethics, 2014
In 1993, Marcia Angell wrote an article highlighting the growing trend of doctors being asked to function as “double agents,” meaning physicians had to weigh their duty to patient care against the social costs of medical services.[1]  This situation of ...
Sebastian Agredo
doaj   +1 more source

Symbolic Versus Substantive ESG Practices: A Systematic Review and Integrative Framework

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT ESG reporting is widespread, but symbolic commitments do not always reflect substantive practices. This study conducts a systematic literature review of 62 empirical articles published between 2021 and 2025 to synthesize the main determinants and consequences of this disclosure–performance misalignment in ESG reporting (commonly referred to as
Cristina Alexandrina Ştefănescu   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Welfarism and extra-welfarism: a critical overview

open access: yesCadernos de Saúde Pública, 2017
: Rules and principles for guiding decision-making in the health care sector have been debated for decades. Here, we present a critical appraisal of the two most important paradigms in this respect: welfarism and extra-welfarism.
Brayan Viegas Seixas
doaj   +1 more source

Production of bioethanol from residual barley and utilization of fermentation co‐products in animal nutrition

open access: yesEnvironmental Progress &Sustainable Energy, EarlyView.
Abstract The search for sustainable alternatives for bioethanol production has encouraged the valorization of agro‐industrial residues. This study evaluated the use of residual barley as a feedstock for bioethanol production and as a potential ingredient for ruminant feed.
Gabrielle Fusiger Berwian   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rationing of Health Care in Medicine

open access: yesJournal of the Royal College of Physicians of London, 1993
A conference on 'Rationing of health care in medicine' was organised by the Royal College of Physicians and the Institute of Health Services Management on 11 November 1992. In his opening remarks the President, Professor Leslie Turnberg, declared it an opportune time to be hosting a conference on such a topical subject.
openaire   +2 more sources

Inconsistent Transcriptomic Responses to Hexabromocyclododecane in Japanese Quail: A Comparative Analysis of Results From Four Different Study Designs

open access: yesEnvironmental Toxicology and Chemistry, EarlyView.
Abstract Efforts to use transcriptomics for toxicity testing have classically relied on the assumption that chemicals consistently produce characteristic transcriptomic signatures that are reflective of their mechanism of action. However, the degree to which transcriptomic responses are conserved across different test methodologies has seldom been ...
Paul Béziers   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Realocar a oferta do SUS para atender problemas do futuro: o caso do trauma no Brasil

open access: yesSaúde em Debate
RESUMO Este artigo analisa o perfil dos recursos físicos de saúde disponíveis no Brasil, utilizando o exemplo do trauma de alta complexidade para subsidiar o debate da reorganização da rede de serviços de saúde.
Luisa Regina Pessôa   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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