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On the Prospects for African Philosophy in Australia

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper grapples with the situation of people of African descent in Australia by working through the constitution of the body of academic philosophy in the country. It contends with the parochialism of the Australian philosophical community and the prospects for the cultivation of greater pluralism. Taking African philosophy as one possible
Bryan Mukandi
wiley   +1 more source

Artificial Intelligence to support ethical decision-making for incapacitated patients: a survey among German anesthesiologists and internists

open access: yesBMC Medical Ethics
Background Artificial intelligence (AI) has revolutionized various healthcare domains, where AI algorithms sometimes even outperform human specialists. However, the field of clinical ethics has remained largely untouched by AI advances.
Lasse Benzinger   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Working conditions of healthcare workers and clients’ satisfaction with care: study protocol and baseline results of a cluster-randomised workplace intervention

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2020
Background In the present investigation the study protocol and the results at baseline of a workplace intervention are reported. It is hypothesised that the reduction of the physical and psychosocial workload of healthcare workers increases 1 their self ...
Diego Montano   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

René Leriche and “Philosophy of Surgery” in the light of contemporary medical ethics

open access: yesTurkish Journal of Surgery, 2013
Prof. Dr. René Leriche was a famous French surgeon who lived between 1879 and 1955. After working as a vascular surgeon in Lyon, he was appointed professor at the University of Strasbourg in 1924 and later the Paris Collége de France in 1937. Leriche had proposed vascular patches as the ideal treatment for obliterated vascular segments and advocated ...
Tamer, Akça, Süha, Aydın
openaire   +3 more sources

Animal research in the UK: Regulation, implementation, welfare and development of new approach methodologies

open access: yesAnimal Models and Experimental Medicine, EarlyView.
Scientific research with animals in the UK is regulated by the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 with the National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research providing support for best practice and facilitating development of new approach methodologies.
Ewan St. John Smith   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

A QALY is [still] a QALY is [still] a QALY?

open access: yesBMC Medical Ethics
Despite clinical evidence of drug superiority, therapeutic modalities, like combination immunotherapy, are mostly considered cost-ineffective due to their high costs per life year(s) gained.
Hamideh Mahdiani   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Slathered, Zapped, Nipped, and Tucked: An Ethical Analysis of Cosmetic Dermatology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
It has become common practice for dermatologists to offer cosmetic enhancing products and procedures and to do so alongside the medically required services offered (e.g., annual skin checks, treatment of rashes, removal of pre-cancerous moles, etc.).
Lowe, Barbara
core   +1 more source

Can Doctors Maintain Good Character? An Examination of Physician Lives [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Can doctors maintain good character? This paper shifts the focus from patient care to ethical considerations that bear on the physician and impact her as a person.
Fatima, Saba
core   +1 more source

Embedding Chemistry and Pharmacy Into Sustainability

open access: yesAngewandte Chemie International Edition, EarlyView.
Chemistry and pharmacy provide products and processes that are indispensable for our high living standard. To understand their relationship with sustainability is important to allow them to contribute to sustainability in a sustainable manner. An integrated overview of green, circular, and sustainable chemistry and pharmacy is given and how they have t
Klaus Kümmerer
wiley   +1 more source

Book Reviews: Practicing Medicine and Ethics: Integrating Wisdom, Conscience, and Goals of Care [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Book review: - Practicing Medicine and Ethics: Integrating Wisom, Conscience, and Goals of Care, Lauris Christopher Kaldjian. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Best, Megan
core   +1 more source

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