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Vasectomy provider decision-making balancing autonomy and non-maleficence: qualitative interviews with providers [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

open access: yesGates Open Research, 2023
Background Male sterilization, or vasectomy, is 99.9% effective at preventing pregnancy with less than a 2% risk of complications. Despite the high efficacy, low risk, low cost, and gender equity benefits of vasectomy, just 2% of women reported that they
Alison T. Hoover   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Principlism: bioethics as procedure? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
In their book Principles of Biomedical Ethics, Tom Beauchamp and James Childress offer an account of bioethics, called “Principlism”, by way of specifying and balancing four clusters of principles.2 These principles are found, as the author state, in a ...
Pereira Sáez, Carolina
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MRI for Lung Cancer Management: Any Closer to Clinical Application?

open access: yesJournal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Volume 63, Issue 6, Page 1546-1561, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Management of lung cancer (LC) encompasses screening, diagnosis, staging, radiotherapy planning and guidance, therapy monitoring and surveillance. Across these domains, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) offers a range of morphological and functional imaging capabilities—including diffusion‐weighted imaging (DWI), dynamic contrast‐enhanced (DCE)
Juergen Biederer   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Response to LiPuma and DeMarco’s Article on “Hastening Death”

open access: yesHealth Services Insights, 2017
The paper “Palliative care and patient autonomy: moving beyond prohibitions against hastening death” by LiPuma and DeMarco deals with an aspect of end of life care which is the source of considerable disagreement.
Julia Zenz
doaj   +1 more source

Beliefs and Attitudes of Medical Students from Public and Private Universities in Malaysia towards Individuals with HIV/AIDS [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
We describe the findings from a survey assessing the beliefs regarding testing, confidentiality, disclosure, and environment of care and attitudes towards care of people with HIV/AIDS (PLHWA), in 1020, 4th and 5th year medical students, from public and ...
Choy, K. K., Khan, S. A., Rene, T. J.
core   +3 more sources

Implementation and Evaluation of a Pediatric Pain Assessment Educational Program (PPAEP) for Nurses in a Resource‐Limited Setting: A Pilot Study

open access: yesPaediatric and Neonatal Pain, Volume 8, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Nurses play a vital role in pediatric pain assessment and management. However, nurses' limited competencies in pain management have been identified as one of the barriers to optimal pediatric pain care. Therefore, this study aimed to implement and evaluate an educational program and changes in nurses' pediatric pain assessment knowledge and ...
Abigail Kusi Amponsah   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Educational Strategies for Managing Moral Distress in Student Nurses: A Scoping Review

open access: yesJournal of Advanced Nursing, Volume 82, Issue 6, Page 5701-5726, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Aims To explore what content, teaching and learning activities are advocated by nurse educators to mitigate moral distress and related concepts in student nurses. Design Scoping review. Review Methods The review was conducted according to Joanna Briggs Institute guidelines.
Rebecca Timmins, Chris Kite
wiley   +1 more source

The meaning of evidence and nonmaleficence: cases from nursing

open access: yesOnline Journal of Health Ethics, 2016
In our increasingly diverse environment, nurses are obligated to question the meaning of “evidence†when history has shown that our emphasis on the empirical and quantitative data has shaped our biases against knowledge unknown to us. This bias has limited our ability to provide patient or person-centered care, and can be harmful to patients. Nurses
Ong-Flaherty, Chenit, DNP   +3 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Ethical Challenges of Acute Pain Management: A Scoping Review

open access: yesHealth Science Reports, Volume 9, Issue 5, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Acute pain significantly impairs patients' quality of life and well‐being. Its management frequently presents complex ethical dilemmas for healthcare professionals, particularly when dealing with diverse patient populations, raising critical questions about practice and equity.
Mehdi Azimian Zavareh   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Euthanizing people who are 'tired of life' [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
In Belgium and the Netherlands, a debate is developing about people who express a desire to end their lives although they do not suffer from an incurable, life-threatening disease.
Cohen-Almagor, Raphael
core   +1 more source

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