Combining rules and dialogue: exploring stakeholder perspectives on preventing sexual boundary violations in mental health and disability care organizations
Sexual boundary violations (SBV) in healthcare are harmful and exploitative sexual transgressions in the professional –client relationship. Persons with mental health issues or intellectual disabilities, especi... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - May 3, 2022 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Charlotte Kr öger, Eva van Baarle, Guy Widdershoven, Roland Bal and Jan-Willem Weenink Tags: Research Source Type: research

Travelling to die: views, attitudes and end-of-life preferences of Israelis considering receiving aid-in-dying in Switzerland
Following the increased presence of the Right-to-Die Movement, improved end-of-life options, and the political and legal status of aid-in-dying around the globe, suicide tourism has become a promising alternat... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - April 30, 2022 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Daniel Sperling Tags: Research Source Type: research

Travelling to die: views, attitudes and end-of-life preferences of Israeli considering receiving aid-in-dying in Switzerland
Following the increased presence of the Right-to-Die Movement, improved end-of-life options, and the political and legal status of aid-in-dying around the globe, suicide tourism has become a promising alternat... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - April 30, 2022 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Daniel Sperling Tags: Research Source Type: research

Asking the right questions: towards a person-centered conception of shared decision-making regarding treatment of advanced chronic kidney disease in older patients
An increasing number of older patients have to decide on a treatment plan for advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD), involving dialysis or conservative care. Shared decision-making (SDM) is recommended as the ... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - April 27, 2022 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Wouter R. Verberne, Anne M. Stiggelbout, Willem Jan W. Bos and Johannes J. M. van Delden Tags: Debate Source Type: research

Ethical considerations around volunteer payments in a malaria human infection study in Kenya: an embedded empirical ethics study
Human Infection Studies (HIS) have emerged as an important research approach with the potential to fast track the global development of vaccines and treatments for infectious diseases, including in low resourc... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - April 20, 2022 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Primus Che Chi, Esther Awuor Owino, Irene Jao, Philip Bejon, Melissa Kapulu, Vicki Marsh and Dorcas Kamuya Tags: Research Source Type: research

Gender differences in response to medical red packets (Hongbao, monetary gifts): a questionnaire study on young doctors in China
In this study, we focus on the gender differences in accepting red... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - April 19, 2022 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Mengci Yuan and Hanhui Xu Tags: Research Source Type: research

Ethical decision-making climate, moral distress, and intention to leave among ICU professionals in a tertiary academic hospital center
Commentators believe that the ethical decision-making climate is instrumental in enhancing interprofessional collaboration in intensive care units (ICUs). Our aim was twofold: (1) to determine the perception o... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - April 19, 2022 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Henry Silverman, Tracey Wilson, Samuel Tisherman, Raya Kheirbek, Trishna Mukherjee, Ali Tabatabai, Karen McQuillan, Rachel Hausladen, Melissa Davis-Gilbert, Eunsung Cho, Kerri Bouchard, Samantha Dove, Julie Landon and Michele Zimmer Tags: Research Source Type: research

Participant recall and understandings of information on biobanking and future genomic research: experiences from a multi-disease community-based health screening and biobank platform in rural South Africa
We report on the findings o... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - April 18, 2022 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Manono Luthuli, Nothando Ngwenya, Dumsani Gumede, Resign Gunda, Dickman Gareta, Olivier Koole, Mark J. Siedner, Emily B. Wong and Janet Seeley Tags: Research Source Type: research

Situational judgment using ethical reasoning in Saudi undergraduate pharmacy students
There is a paramount need for moral development for pharmacists and pharmacy students to practice the patient-centered profession. We aimed to explore the current situational judgment utilizing ethical reasoni... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - April 12, 2022 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Fahad Saleh Alkhuzaee, Majid Ali, Khang Wen Goh, Yaser Mohammed Al-Worafi and Long Chiau Ming Tags: Research Source Type: research

What ethical approaches are used by scientists when sharing health data? An interview study
Health data-driven activities have become central in diverse fields (research, AI development, wearables, etc.), and new ethical challenges have arisen with regards to privacy, integrity, and appropriateness o... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - April 11, 2022 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Jennifer Viberg Johansson, Heidi Beate Bentzen and Deborah Mascalzoni Tags: Research Source Type: research

Ethical and practical considerations for cell and gene therapy toward an HIV cure: findings from a qualitative in-depth interview study in the United States
HIV cure research involving cell and gene therapy has intensified in recent years. There is a growing need to identify ethical standards and safeguards to ensure cell and gene therapy (CGT) HIV cure research r... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - April 9, 2022 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Karine Dub é, John Kanazawa, Hursch Patel, Michael Louella, Laurie Sylla, Jeff Sheehy, Lynda Dee, Jeff Taylor, Jen Adair, Kim Anthony-Gonda, Boro Dropulić, John A. Sauceda, Michael J. Peluso, Steven G. Deeks and Jane Simoni Tags: Research Source Type: research

Dealing with sexual boundary violation in mental healthcare institutions by government policies: the case of Flanders, Belgium
To prevent sexual boundary violations (SBV) in mental health care institutions overall governments require these institutions to report SBV incidents to a central registry and to develop institutional guidelin... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - April 9, 2022 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Lara Vesentini, Kim Dewilde, Frieda Matthys, Dirk De Wachter, Hubert Van Puyenbroeck and Johan Bilsen Tags: Research Source Type: research

Patient-centred care and patient autonomy: doctors ’ views in Chinese hospitals
Patient-centred care and patient autonomy is one of the key factors to better quality of service provision, hence patient outcomes. It enables the development of patients ’ trusts which is an important element ... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - April 8, 2022 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Zhanming Liang, Min Xu, Guowei Liu, Yongli Zhou and Peter Howard Tags: Research Source Type: research

Pursuing impact in research: towards an ethical approach
Research proactively and deliberately aims to bring about specific changes to how societies function and individual lives fare. However, in the ever-expanding field of ethical regulations and guidance for rese... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - April 6, 2022 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Kristine B ærøe, Angeliki Kerasidou, Michael Dunn and Inger Lise Teig Tags: Debate Source Type: research

‘I feel that injustice is being done to me’: a qualitative study of women’s viewpoints on the (lack of) reimbursement for social egg freezing
During the last decade, the possibility for women to cryopreserve oocytes in anticipation of age-related fertility loss, also referred to as social egg freezing, has become an established practice at fertility... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - March 29, 2022 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Michiel De Proost, Gily Coene, Julie Nekkebroeck and Veerle Provoost Tags: Research Source Type: research