Spanish psychometric properties of the moral distress scale —revised: a study in healthcare professionals treating COVID-19 patients
Moral distress appears when a healthcare professional is not able to carry out actions in accordance with their professional ethical standards. The Moral Distress Scale-Revised is the most widely used to asses... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - May 12, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: L Galiana, C Moreno-Mulet, A Carrero-Planells, C L ópez-Deflory, P García-Pazo, M Nadal-Servera and N Sansó Tags: Research Source Type: research
Medical staff ’s sense of awareness of informed consent for adolescent cancer patients and the need for decision-making support practiced from the perspective of trauma-informed approach
It has not been established how to assess children ’s and adolescents’ decision-making capacity (DMC) and there has been little discussion on the way their decision-making (DM). The purpose of this study was to... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - May 6, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Kyoko Tanaka, Maoko Hayakawa, Makiko Mori, Naoko Maeda, Masako Nagata and Keizo Horibe Tags: Research Source Type: research
Clinical ethics consultation documentation in the era of open notes
In 2021, federal rules from the 21st Century Cures Act mandated most clinical notes be made available in real-time, online, and free of charge to patients, a practice often referred to as “open notes.” This le... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - May 3, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Chad Childers, Jonathan Marron, Elaine C. Meyer and Gregory A. Abel Tags: Review Source Type: research
Project DECIDE, part II: decision-making places for people with dementia in Alzheimer ’s disease: supporting advance decision-making by improving person-environment fit
The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and the reformed guardianship law in Germany, require that persons with a disability, including people with dementia in Alzheimer ’s disease (PwAD),... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - April 28, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Janina Florack, Christina Abele, Stefanie Baisch, Simon Forstmeier, Daniel Garmann, Martin Grond, Ingmar Hornke, Tarik Karakaya, Jonas Karneboge, Boris Knopf, Gregor Lindl, Tanja M üller, Frank Oswald, Nathalie Pfeiffer, David Prvulovic, Aoife Poth & hel Tags: Study Protocol Source Type: research
Severity as a moral qualifier of malady
The overarching aim of this article is to scrutinize how severity can work as a qualifier for the moral impetus of malady. While there is agreement that malady is of negative value, there is disagreement about pr... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - March 31, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Carl Tollef Solberg, Mathias Barra, Lars Sandman and Bj ørn Hoffmann Tags: Debate Source Type: research
Mapping ethical issues in the use of smart home health technologies to care for older persons: a systematic review
The worldwide increase in older persons demands technological solutions to combat the shortage of caregiving and to enable aging in place. Smart home health technologies (SHHTs) are promoted and implemented as... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - March 29, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Nadine Andrea Felber, Yi Jiao (Angelina) Tian, F élix Pageau, Bernice Simone Elger and Tenzin Wangmo Tags: Research Source Type: research
Ethical concerns when recruiting children with cancer for research: Swedish healthcare professionals ’ perceptions and experiences
Research is crucial to improve treatment, survival and quality of life for children with cancer. However, recruitment of children for research raises ethical challenges. The aim of this study was to explore an... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - March 14, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Kajsa Norb äck, Anna T. Höglund, Tove Godskesen and Sara Frygner-Holm Tags: Research Source Type: research
The impact on patients of objections by institutions to assisted dying: a qualitative study of family caregivers ’ perceptions
Voluntary assisted dying became lawful in Victoria, the first Australian state to permit this practice, in 2019 via the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017 (Vic). While conscientious objection by individual health ... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - March 13, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Ben P. White, Ruthie Jeanneret, Eliana Close and Lindy Willmott Tags: Research Source Type: research
Personal health monitoring in the armed forces – scouting the ethical dimension
The field of personal health monitoring (PHM) develops rapidly in different contexts, including the armed forces. Understanding the ethical dimension of this type of monitoring is key to a morally responsible ... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - March 9, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Dave Bovens, Eva van Baarle and Bert Molewijk Tags: Research Source Type: research
Citizen attitudes to non-treatment decision making: a Norwegian survey
Decisions about appropriate treatment at the end of life are common in modern healthcare. Non-treatment decisions (NTDs), comprising both withdrawal and withholding of (potentially) life-prolonging treatment are ... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - March 8, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: David Wikst øl, Morten Andreas Horn, Reidar Pedersen and Morten Magelssen Tags: Research Source Type: research
Experience and perspectives of end-of-life care discussion and physician orders for life-sustaining treatment of Korea (POLST-K): a cross-sectional study
This study aimed to identify the healthcare providers ’ experience and perspectives toward end-of-life care decisions focusing on end-of-life discussion and physician’s order of life-sustaining treatment docume... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - March 7, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Hyeon-Su Im, Insook Lee, Shinmi Kim, Jong Soo Lee, Ju-Hee Kim, Jae Young Moon, Byung Kyu Park, Kyung Hee Lee, Myung Ah Lee, Sanghoon Han, Yoonki Hong, Hyeyeoung Kim, Jaekyung Cheon and Su-Jin Koh Tags: Research Source Type: research
Physician-reported characteristics, representations, and ethical justifications of shared decision-making practices in the care of paediatric patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness
Despite consensus about the importance of implementing shared decision-making (SDM) in clinical practice, this ideal is inconsistently enacted today. Evidence shows that SDM practices differ in the degree of i... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - March 7, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Vinurshia Sellaiah, Federica Merlo, Roberto Malacrida, Emiliano Albanese and Marta Fadda Tags: Research Source Type: research
Biases in bioethics: a narrative review
This article provides an overview of potentially relevant bia... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - March 6, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Bj ørn Hofmann Tags: Review Source Type: research
Emergency separation of conjoined twins in a tertiary hospital in Indonesia: three case reports
Emergency separation of conjoined twins is performed when one twin is already dead or dying and threatens the survival of the other. The particular decision to perform an emergency separation of conjoined twin... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - February 25, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Andi Ade Wijaya Ramlan, Raihanita Zahra, Kshetra Rinaldhy, Christopher Kapuangan, Rahendra, Komang Ayu Ferdiana and Ahmad Yani Tags: Case report Source Type: research
Patients acceptance and comprehension to written and verbal consent (PAC –VC)
Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) research is challenging as it requires enrollment of acutely ill patients. Patients are generally in a suboptimal state for providing informed consent. Patients ’ understanding... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - February 23, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Rabia Kashur, Justin Ezekowitz, Shane Kimber and Robert C. Welsh Tags: Research article Source Type: research
