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Refusal to treat AIDS and HIV positive patients. [PDF]
BMJ, 1987 This report discusses the ethical considerations of refusal to treat AIDS patients. Empirical evidence indicates that risk to doctors and other health care workers of occupational acquisition of AIDS virus infection is of very low probability. However the perception of risk on the part of the health care worker is an important factor which must be ...
R Gillon
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Conscientious Objection and Other Motivations for Refusal to Treat in Hastened Death: A Systematic Review. [PDF]
Healthcare (Basel), 2023 Background: Conscientious objection (CO) in the context of health care arises when a health care professional (HCP) refuses to participate in a certain procedure because it is not compatible with their ethical or moral principles.
Martins-Vale M +3 more
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Is clinician refusal to treat an emerging problem in injury compensation systems? [PDF]
BMJ Open, 2016 Objective The reasons that doctors may refuse or be reluctant to treat have not been widely explored in the medical literature. To understand the ethical implications of reluctance to treat there is a need to recognise the constraints of doctors working ...
Brijnath B +6 more
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Ethics of refusal to treat patients as a social statement [PDF]
Journal of Vascular Surgery, 2004 As a menber of a large vascular surgery group prastice in a mid-sized city, you are approached by a woman seeking surgery for varicose veins. Her father, a prominent state legislator, is a leading opponent of malpratice reform in your state, one of those hardest hit by soaring insurance preniums and the exodus of many physicians to more hospitable ...
Jones, James W. +2 more
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COMBINING STIMULUS FADING, REINFORCEMENT, AND EXTINCTION TO TREAT FOOD REFUSAL [PDF]
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1998 The food refusal of a 6‐year‐old girl with destructive behavior was treated using stimulus fading, reinforcement, and escape extinction. Intake increased and compliance with prompting procedures remained relatively stable despite the increased consumption requirement.
K A, Freeman, C C, Piazza
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To treat or not to treat: the legal, ethical and therapeutic implications of treatment refusal. [PDF]
Journal of Medical Ethics, 1991 Health professionals faced with refusal of life-saving treatment may wish to override a person's wishes, especially if that person suffers from a mental disorder. Mental illness does not automatically mean a patient is incapable of making decisions of this nature.
A N, Wear, D, Brahams
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Cohort Multiple Randomised Controlled Trials (cmRCT) design: efficient but biased? A simulation study to evaluate the feasibility of the Cluster cmRCT design [PDF]
BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2016 Background The Cohort Multiple Randomised Controlled Trial (cmRCT) is a newly proposed pragmatic trial design; recently several cmRCT have been initiated.
Alexander Pate +4 more
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Evaluation of biases present in the cohort multiple randomised controlled trial design: a simulation study [PDF]
BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2017 Background The cohort multiple randomised controlled trial (cmRCT) design provides an opportunity to incorporate the benefits of randomisation within clinical practice; thus reducing costs, integrating electronic healthcare records, and improving ...
Jane Candlish +4 more
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Refusing to Treat Sexual Dysfunction in Sex Offenders [PDF]
Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, 2016 Abstract:This article examines one kind of conscientious refusal: the refusal of healthcare professionals to treat sexual dysfunction in individuals with a history of sexual offending. According to what I call the orthodoxy, such refusal is invariably impermissible, whereas at least one other kind of conscientious refusal—refusal to offer abortion ...
T. Douglas
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Royal Society Open Science, 2023 Protest in response to unequal reward distribution is thought to have played a central role in the evolution of human cooperation. Some animals refuse food and become demotivated when rewarded more poorly than a conspecific, and this has been taken as ...
Rowan Titchener +5 more
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