Development of a core outcome set for informed consent for therapy: An international key stakeholder consensus study
300 million operations and procedures are performed annually across the world, all of which require a patient ’s informed consent. No standardised measure of the consent process exists in current clinical pract... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - August 9, 2022 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Liam J. Convie, Joshua M. Clements, Scott McCain, Jeffrey Campbell, Stephen J. Kirk and Mike Clarke Tags: Research Source Type: research
Do biomedical researchers differ in their perceptions of plagiarism across Europe? Findings from an online survey among leading universities
Existing research on perceptions of plagiarism and cultural influences mainly focuses on comparisons between the Western World and the Eastern World. However, possible differences within the Western World have... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - August 8, 2022 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Nannan Yi, Benoit Nemery and Kris Dierickx Tags: Research Source Type: research
Where the public health principles meet the individual: a framework for the ethics of compulsory outpatient treatment in psychiatry
Compulsory treatments represent a legal means of imposing treatment on an individual, usually with a mental illness, who refuses therapeutic intervention and poses a risk of self-harm or harm to others. Compul... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - July 25, 2022 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: S érgio M. Martinho, Bárbara Santa-Rosa and Margarida Silvestre Tags: Debate Source Type: research
Ethics knowledge, attitudes, and experiences of tertiary care pediatricians in Ethiopia
Pediatricians in developing countries face different ethical dilemmas than do doctors working in settings with more resources. There are very few studies from developing countries analyzing pediatricians ’ know... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - July 22, 2022 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Atnafu Mekonnen Tekleab and John D. Lantos Tags: Research Source Type: research
Junior Medical Officers ’ knowledge of advance care directives and substitute decision making for people without decision making capacity: a cross sectional survey
For the benefits of advance care planning to be realised during a hospital admission, the treating team must have accurate knowledge of the law pertaining to implementation of advance care directives (ACDs) an... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - July 18, 2022 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Jamie Bryant, Amy Waller, Alison Bowman, Robert Pickles, Carolyn Hullick, Emma Price, Ben White, Lindy Willmott, Anne Knight, Mary-Ann Ryall and Rob Sanson-Fisher Tags: Research Source Type: research
(Re)Conceptualising ‘good’ proxy decision-making for research: the implications for proxy consent decision quality
People who are unable to make decisions about participating in research rely on proxies to make a decision based on their wishes and preferences. However, patients rarely discuss their preferences about resear... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - July 18, 2022 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Victoria Shepherd Tags: Debate Source Type: research
Junior medical doctors ’ decision making when using advance care directives to guide treatment for people with dementia: a cross-sectional vignette study
Junior medical doctors have a key role in discussions and decisions about treatment and end-of-life care for people with dementia in hospital. Little is known about junior doctors ’ decision-making processes wh... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - July 14, 2022 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Amy Waller, Jamie Bryant, Alison Bowman, Ben P. White, Lindy Willmott, Robert Pickles, Carolyn Hullick, Emma Price, Anne Knight, Mary-Ann Ryall, Mathew Clapham and Rob Sanson-Fisher Tags: Research Source Type: research
Justification for requiring disclosure of diagnoses and prognoses to dying patients in saudi medical settings: a Maqasid Al-Shariah-based Islamic bioethics approach
In Saudi clinical settings, benevolent family care that reflects strongly held sociocultural values is commonly used to justify overriding respect for patient autonomy. Because the welfare of individuals is co... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - July 13, 2022 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Manal Z. Alfahmi Tags: Debate Source Type: research
Ambivalence toward euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide has decreased among physicians in Finland
Debates around euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide (PAS) are ongoing around the globe. Public support has been mounting in Western countries, while some decline has been observed in the USA and Eastern E... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - July 11, 2022 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Reetta P. Piili, Pekka Louhiala, Jukka V änskä and Juho T. Lehto Tags: Research Source Type: research
Ethical values and principles to guide the fair allocation of resources in response to a pandemic: a rapid systematic review
The coronavirus 2019 pandemic placed unprecedented pressures on healthcare services and magnified ethical dilemmas related to how resources should be allocated. These resources include, among others, personal ... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - July 7, 2022 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Lydia O ’Sullivan, Edelweiss Aldasoro, Áine O’Brien, Maeve Nolan, Cliona McGovern and Áine Carroll Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Consent in organ transplantation: putting legal obligations and guidelines into practice
Consent in medical practice is a process riddled with layers of complexities. To some extent, this is inevitable given that different medical conditions raise different sets of issues for doctors and patients.... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - July 5, 2022 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Farrah Raza and James Neuberger Tags: Research Source Type: research
Practice of code of ethics and associated factors among health professionals in Central Gondar Zone public hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia, 2021: a mixed-method study design
Ethics is the science of moral and ethical rules recognised in human life and attempts to verify what is morally right and wrong. Healthcare ethics is seen as an integrated part of the daily activities of heal... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - July 1, 2022 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Gebreyohannes Yeshineh, Amsalu Feleke, Chalie Tadie, Asebe Hagos, Wubshet Debebe, Getachew Teshale and Lake Yazachew Tags: Research Source Type: research
Ethical issues in oncology practice: a qualitative study of stakeholders ’ experiences and expectations
Clinical Ethics Support Services (CESS) have been established to support healthcare professionals in addressing ethically sensitive issues in clinical practice and, in many countries, they are under developmen... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - June 30, 2022 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Chiara Crico, Virginia Sanchini, Paolo G. Casali and Gabriella Pravettoni Tags: Research Source Type: research
“Everything has been tried and his heart can’t recover…”: A Descriptive Review of “Do Everything!” in the Archive of Ontario Consent and Capacity Board
We examined instances of the phrase “do... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - June 27, 2022 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Holly Yim, Syeda Shanza Hashmi, Brian Dewar, Claire Dyason, Kwadwo Kyeremanteng, Susan Lamb and Michel Shamy Tags: Research Source Type: research
On the person in personal health responsibility
In this paper, we start by comparing the two agents, Ann and Bob, who are involved in two car crashes. Whereas Ann crashes her car through no fault of her own, Bob crashes as a result of reckless driving. Unli... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - June 25, 2022 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Joar R økke Fystro, Bjørn Hofmann and Eli Feiring Tags: Research Source Type: research
