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Characterizing patients issued DNR orders who are ultimately discharged alive: a retrospective observational study in Japan

BMC Palliative Care, 2020
Background The present study aimed to characterize factors associated with patients issued DNR orders during hospitalization who are discharged alive without any instruction orders by physicians regarding end-of-life treatment, with a focus on the timing
Tomoari Mori, Katsumi Mori, Eisuke Nakazawa, Seiji Bito, Yoshiyuki Takimoto, Akira Akabayashi   +5 more
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Integrating ethics, health policy and health systems in low and middle income countries : case studies from Malaysia and Pakistan. [PDF]

, 2008
Scientific progress is a significant basis for change in public-health policy and practice, but the field also invests in value-laden concepts and responds daily to sociopolitical, cultural and evaluative concerns.
Akhtar, Tasleem, Ali, Joseph, Hyder, Adnan A, K.C Mani, Kulanthayan, Meritt, Maria, Tran, Nhan T   +5 more
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Where Do I Go to Wait? Ethical Considerations During the 90 Day Reflection Period for MAiD

Canadian Journal of Bioethics, 2023
Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) legislation changed in 2021; persons without a reasonably foreseeable natural death (RFND) could now be eligible for MAID and would have to wait at least 90 days before their intervention.
Kesi Disha, Andria Bianchi, Ruby Shanker, Nikolija Lukich   +3 more
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Use of record-linkage to handle non-response and improve alcohol consumption estimates in health survey data: a study protocol [PDF]

, 2013
<p>Introduction: Reliable estimates of health-related behaviours, such as levels of alcohol consumption in the population, are required to formulate and evaluate policies.
Gorman, E., Gorman, E., Gray, L., Gray, L., Katikireddi, S. V., Katikireddi, S. V., Leyland, A. H., Leyland, A. H., McCartney, G., McCartney, G., Rutherford, L., Rutherford, L., White, I. R., White, I. R.   +13 more
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The European Union and Public Health Emergencies: Expert Opinions on the Management of the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Suggestions for Future Emergencies

Frontiers in Public Health, 2021
Objective: The first wave of the coronavirus SARS-COV-2 pandemic has revealed a fragmented governance within the European Union (EU) to tackle public health emergencies.
Marie Gontariuk, Thomas Krafft, Cassandra Rehbock, David Townend, Loth Van der Auwermeulen, Eva Pilot   +5 more
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The ethics of distress: Toward a framework for determining the ethical acceptability of distressing health promotion advertising [PDF]

, 2014
© 2014 International Union of Psychological Science. Distressing health promotion advertising involves the elicitation of negative emotion to increase the likelihood that health messages will stimulate audience members to adopt healthier behaviors ...
Advertising Standards Authority, Advertising Standards Authority, Advertising Standards Authority, Albarracín, Ayers, Baron, Batra, Berke, Borland, Brown, Brown, Buchanan, Calder, Childress, Council, Critical, Duke, Durkin, Ehring, Emery, Freeman, Guttman, Hammond, Harris, Hastings, Hill, Holmes, Janis, Kass, Kessels, Kleim, Kok, Kromhout, Liberman, Peters, Peters, Peters, Phillips, Riskind, Ruiter, Slater, Thompson, Turoldo, Webb, Will, Williams, Witte, Witte   +47 more
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Reproductive decision-making following the diagnosis of an inherited metabolic disorder via newborn screening in Japan: a qualitative study

Frontiers in Reproductive Health, 2023
IntroductionThe aim of the study was to describe the factors influencing the reproductive decision-making of carrier parents after the diagnosis of an inherited metabolic disorder in newborn screening in Japan.MethodsWe conducted a semi-structured ...
Kana Hiromoto, Masakazu Nishigaki, Shinji Kosugi, Takahiro Yamada   +3 more
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Public Health Ethics Related Training for Public Health Workforce: An Emerging Need in the United States [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2012
Background: Ethics is a discipline, which primarily deals with what is moral and immoral behavior. Public Health Ethics is translation of ethical theories and concepts into practice to address complex multidimensional public health problems.
A Kanekar, A Bitto
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Values and value conflicts in implementation and use of preconception expanded carrier screening - an expert interview study

BMC Medical Ethics, 2019
Background Endeavors have been made to found and incorporate ethical values in most aspects of healthcare, including health technology assessment. Health technologies and their assessment are value-laden and could trigger problems with dissemination if ...
Amal Matar, Mats G. Hansson, Anna T. Höglund   +2 more
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Blogging for learning ethical practice [PDF]

, 2007
This poster was presented at the UK Public Health Conference (UKPHA) in March 2007.In considering the UK’s Public Health Competency Framework (Skills for Health), specifically adjunct Competency 10 ‘Ethical Management of Self’, it could be argued that ...
Corincigh, GR
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