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Applying an Ethical Lens to the Treatment of People With Multiple Sclerosis. [PDF]

open access: yesAnn Clin Transl Neurol
ABSTRACT The practice of neurology requires an understanding of clinical ethics for decision‐making. In multiple sclerosis (MS) care, there are a wide range of ethical considerations that may arise. These involve shared decision‐making around selection of a disease‐modifying therapy (DMT), risks and benefits of well‐studied medications in comparison to
Udawatta M, Mateen FJ.
europepmc   +2 more sources

To resuscitate or not to resuscitate? The crossroads of ethical decision-making in resuscitation in the emergency department [PDF]

open access: yesClinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine, 2023
Emergency physicians (EPs) working in low-resource settings, where patients mainly bear the cost of healthcare delivery, face many challenges. Emergency care is patient-centered and ethical challenges are numerous in situations where patient autonomy and
Nirdosh Kumar   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Nonmaleficence in Sports Medicine [PDF]

open access: yesVirtual Mentor, 2014
Enabling an athlete to harm herself, even in the pursuit of sporting success, is not acceptable behavior for a doctor.
David H, Sohn, Robert, Steiner
openaire   +3 more sources

The “Four Principles” of Western Medical Bioethics and the Bioethics of Shīʿī Islam in Iran—Is the Claim of Universality by Both Justified?

open access: yesReligions, 2022
The four principles of Western medical bioethics, i.e., autonomy, nonmaleficence, beneficence and justice, published by Beauchamps and Childress in their seminal ‘Principles of Biomedical Ethics’, are understood as universal.
Ursula Plöckinger, Ulrike Auga
doaj   +1 more source

Autonomy limitations in public health law: Compulsory childhood vaccination [PDF]

open access: yesZbornik Radova: Pravni Fakultet u Novom Sadu, 2016
It needs to be stressed that the opponents of compulsory vaccination programmes for children, which are nowadays preferred by many states, are not unanimous in their arguments against such policies.
Tucak Ivana
doaj   +1 more source

Love Without Food: Supporting Families End-of-Life Care Decisions for Critically Ill Late-Stage Cancer Patients

open access: yesCanadian Journal of Bioethics, 2023
In some families, there is an inseparable connection between showing love, caring, and providing food. These conceptual connections can create tension between families and care teams over end-of-life care for critically ill late-stage cachexic patients ...
Amitabha Palmer
doaj   +1 more source

An Ethics Framework for Medical Assistance in Dying: Supporting Ethical Decision-Making in the Practice of MAiD. [PDF]

open access: yesBioethics
ABSTRACT This paper presents an Ethics Framework for MAiD (Medical Assistance in Dying) to support the integration of evidence‐informed, values‐based, inclusive and transparent ethical decision‐making into everyday MAiD practice. As with other areas of clinical practice, ethical decision‐making is an intrinsic part of MAiD.
Frolic AN, Holland T.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Care and Do Not Harm: Possible Misunderstandings With Quaternary Prevention (P4); Comment on “Quaternary Prevention, an Answer of Family Doctors to Over Medicalization” [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2015
The discussion between general practitioners (GPs) and healthcare delivery organizations necessitates a common language. The presentation of the 4 types of GP’s activities, opens dialogue but can lead to possible misunderstandings between the micro- and ...
Daniel Widmer
doaj   +1 more source

Physicians’ behavior regarding non-acceptance of oral restriction (nil per os) by dysphagic patient with risk of laryngotracheal aspiration

open access: yesEinstein (São Paulo), 2020
Objective: To define physician´s behavior in the face of a mentally capable elderly dysphagic patients at risk of pulmonary aspiration, who do not accept oral restriction.
Frederico de Lima Alvarenga   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Nurses’ sickness presenteeism: Benefit or burden?

open access: yesNursing Practice Today, 2023
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Yusrita Zolkefli
doaj   +1 more source

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