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Contextualising Mental Privacy in South Africa: Legal, Ethical, and Socio‐Cultural Considerations With Policy Recommendations

Developing World Bioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Mental privacy is a growing concern as neurotechnologies and digital mental health tools collect and process sensitive brain‐related data. In South Africa, cultural and religious diversity adds complexity to protecting mental privacy, with traditional healing practices, communal decision‐making, and spiritual beliefs influencing mental health ...
Marietjie Botes, Melodie Labuschaigne, Camille Casteleyn, Becky Inkster, Mark Sheppard   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ethical concerns in caring for persons with anorexia nervosa: content analysis of a series of documentations from ethics consultations

BMC Medical Ethics
Background Caring for patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) is associated with high levels of moral distress among healthcare professionals. The main moral conflict has been posited to be between applying coercion to prevent serious complications such as ...
Anna Lisa Westermair, Stella Reiter-Theil, Sebastian Wäscher, Manuel Trachsel   +3 more
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Ethical Dilemma in Diabetes Wound Care: A Literature Review

Babali Nursing Research
Background: One of the main complications of diabetes is diabetic foot ulcer (DFU), which often requires intensive care and involves collaboration between various disciplines.
Harsah Bahtiar Zainudin, Tantut Susanto
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Ethics and the Use of Coercion in the Treatment of Psychiatric Patients [PDF]

, 2014
Involuntary psychiatric treatment occurs under such conditions as the medicating or placing in treatment facilities of patients without their consent. Such involuntary treatment has been litigated in the Supreme Court; however, the Court’s rulings have ...
Rushforth, Jen
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Health Diplomacy and Ethical Considerations for Deployed Military Clinicians Managing Tensions Between Local National Groups

Developing World Bioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Military clinicians in disaster relief must treat health diplomacy not just as an operational tool but as a potential ethical obligation that actively prevents the political misuse of healthcare in situations of acute ethical tension. In settings where host nation military actors may threaten vulnerable populations, clinicians assume dual ...
Janet Kelly, Tom Falconer‐Hall, John Whitaker   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Moral challenges in managed care

South African Journal of Bioethics and Law, 2015
Managed health care in South Africa is faced with complex moral challenges, where different stakeholders appeal to different ethics principles to guide decision making.
Leandri Hattingh
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Current Literature [PDF]

, 1988
Material appearing below is thought to be of particular interest to Linacre Quarterly readers because of its moral, religious, or philosophic content. The medical literature constitutes the primary but not the sole source of such material.
Catholic Physicians\u27 Guild
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Ethics and equity in access to disease‐modifying therapies and newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy: A scoping review

Developmental Medicine &Child Neurology, EarlyView.
Outcomes of children with cerebral palsy receiving long‐term respiratory support. Aim To review barriers to ethical and equitable access to disease‐modifying therapies (DMTs) and newborn screening (NBS) for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). Method We searched PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, EBSCOhost, the Cochrane Library, Google Scholar, and Primo for ...
Serini Murugasen, Mariana Kruger, Marc Blockman, Jo M. Wilmshurst   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Perception of professional ethics by Iranian occupational therapists working with children

Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine, 2016
Ethics are related to the structure and culture of the society. In addition to specialized ethics for every profession, individuals also hold their own personal beliefs and values.
Minoo Kalantari, Mohammad Kamali, Soodabeh Joolaee, Mehdi Rassafiani, Narges Shafarodi   +4 more
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Medical professionals as victims of human rights violation

Annals of Medical Science and Research
Medical practice has changed a lot with the passage of time. The concept of an ideal human being in the form of a doctor is rare nowadays. This evolution is obvious, so as to keep pace with the modern society. The principles of Medical Ethics still holds
Saurabh Chattopadhyay
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