Psychometric evaluation of the Persian version of the perception of conscience questionnaire in Iranian nurses
J Med Ethics Hist Med. 2023 Dec 30;16:16. doi: 10.18502/jmehm.v16i16.14615. eCollection 2023.ABSTRACTConscience is defined as the cornerstone of ethics and is considered a valuable asset. There is, however, little evidence about how Iranian nurses perceive conscience. The purpose of this study was to psychometrically evaluate the Persian version of the Perception of Conscience Questionnaire (PCQ) in Iranian nurses. In this cross-sectional and descriptive study, a psychometric evaluation of the PCQ was conducted on Iranian nurses in 2022. A total of 300 nurses participated in this study to validate the PCQ. At first, the in...
Source: Medical History - March 4, 2024 Category: History of Medicine Authors: Seyed Alireza Hasani Roghieh Nazari Hooman Shahsavari Tayeb Ramim Kurosh Jodaki Source Type: research
Moral distress and moral courage among Iraqi nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study
J Med Ethics Hist Med. 2023 Dec 30;16:19. doi: 10.18502/jmehm.v16i19.14618. eCollection 2023.ABSTRACTIn the years following its outbreak in 2019, COVID-19 changed the health-care system structures, the context of professional activity, and nurses' moral performance. The present study aimed to examine the moral distress and moral courage of Iraqi nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic. This cross-sectional and correlational study was conducted in 2021 on 168 nurses selected by convenience sampling methods. Data were collected by self-reported instruments including a demographic questionnaire, the Professional Moral Courage (PM...
Source: Medical History - March 4, 2024 Category: History of Medicine Authors: Layth Hussein Hashim Hthelee Afsaneh Sadooghiasl Sima Mohammadkhan Kermanshahi Source Type: research
Examining the criteria of human dignity
J Med Ethics Hist Med. 2023 Dec 30;16:14. doi: 10.18502/jmehm.v16i14.14613. eCollection 2023.ABSTRACTOne of the critical aspects in discussing human dignity is the establishment of its criterion, a standard unique to humans. This criterion should effectively create a fundamental and structural distinction from other creatures. Initially, our focus was on the endeavors of biologists to differentiate the human species from others, emphasizing the physical aspects. However, physical and genetic differences lack the necessary characteristics to serve as a criterion for dignity. Subsequently, we explored the notion of this crit...
Source: Medical History - March 4, 2024 Category: History of Medicine Authors: Seyed Abdosaleh Jafari Behin Araminia Hanieh Tavasoli Nafiseh Tavasoli Soheil Abedi Ahmad Fayaz Bakhshe Source Type: research
Evaluation of medical sciences students' awareness of the patients' rights charter: a cross-sectional study
This study aimed to assess the awareness of medical sciences students regarding the patients' rights charter. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted, involving all final-year medical sciences students at Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Iran (n=370). Samples were selected using convenience sampling, and data were collected through a questionnaire designed to evaluate awareness of the patients' rights charter. The study included 269 students. The results indicated that over half of the students possessed a moderate level of awareness about the patients' rights charter. Analysis of specific domains revealed ...
Source: Medical History - March 4, 2024 Category: History of Medicine Authors: Mahsa Khedmatizare Maedeh Moosavipour Nastaran Saeedi Maryam Aghabarary Source Type: research
Psychometric properties of the Persian version of the nursing moral disengagement scale
This study aims to determine the psychometric properties of the Nursing Moral Disengagement scale. In this methodological study, 440 nurses working in hospitals of Mashhad were selected by the availability sampling method. The translation was carried out using the forward-backward method. The final version of the tool was psychometrically tested for validity (exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis) and reliability (internal consistency and relative stability). Four factors were extracted in the exploratory factor analysis, and since the factor loadings of all the tool items were higher than 0.3, they were all retaine...
Source: Medical History - March 4, 2024 Category: History of Medicine Authors: Ali Mohammadpour Hoda Salehi Mahdi Basiri Moghaddam Source Type: research
Negotiating Shanghai Mercy Hospital: Philanthropy, Business and Control of Madness in Republican China
This study examines the initiation and administration of Mercy Hospital in Republican Shanghai. It explains the protracted negotiations that underpinned the collaboration between the Chinese founder Lu Bohong, the Shanghai Municipal Council (SMC) of the International Settlement and the Municipal Administration (FMA) of the French Concession. Despite mutual needs for a psychiatric hospital, the collaboration was undermined by disputes over funding shares and administrative direction. While Lu expected a symbolic modern philanthropy, the SMC and FMA saw it as an economic tool to relieve the responsibility of regulating refug...
Source: Medical History - February 21, 2024 Category: History of Medicine Authors: Jinping Ma Source Type: research
Negotiating Shanghai Mercy Hospital: Philanthropy, Business and Control of Madness in Republican China
This study examines the initiation and administration of Mercy Hospital in Republican Shanghai. It explains the protracted negotiations that underpinned the collaboration between the Chinese founder Lu Bohong, the Shanghai Municipal Council (SMC) of the International Settlement and the Municipal Administration (FMA) of the French Concession. Despite mutual needs for a psychiatric hospital, the collaboration was undermined by disputes over funding shares and administrative direction. While Lu expected a symbolic modern philanthropy, the SMC and FMA saw it as an economic tool to relieve the responsibility of regulating refug...
Source: Medical History - February 21, 2024 Category: History of Medicine Authors: Jinping Ma Source Type: research
Negotiating Shanghai Mercy Hospital: Philanthropy, Business and Control of Madness in Republican China
This study examines the initiation and administration of Mercy Hospital in Republican Shanghai. It explains the protracted negotiations that underpinned the collaboration between the Chinese founder Lu Bohong, the Shanghai Municipal Council (SMC) of the International Settlement and the Municipal Administration (FMA) of the French Concession. Despite mutual needs for a psychiatric hospital, the collaboration was undermined by disputes over funding shares and administrative direction. While Lu expected a symbolic modern philanthropy, the SMC and FMA saw it as an economic tool to relieve the responsibility of regulating refug...
Source: Medical History - February 21, 2024 Category: History of Medicine Authors: Jinping Ma Source Type: research
Negotiating Shanghai Mercy Hospital: Philanthropy, Business and Control of Madness in Republican China
This study examines the initiation and administration of Mercy Hospital in Republican Shanghai. It explains the protracted negotiations that underpinned the collaboration between the Chinese founder Lu Bohong, the Shanghai Municipal Council (SMC) of the International Settlement and the Municipal Administration (FMA) of the French Concession. Despite mutual needs for a psychiatric hospital, the collaboration was undermined by disputes over funding shares and administrative direction. While Lu expected a symbolic modern philanthropy, the SMC and FMA saw it as an economic tool to relieve the responsibility of regulating refug...
Source: Medical History - February 21, 2024 Category: History of Medicine Authors: Jinping Ma Source Type: research
Negotiating Shanghai Mercy Hospital: Philanthropy, Business and Control of Madness in Republican China
This study examines the initiation and administration of Mercy Hospital in Republican Shanghai. It explains the protracted negotiations that underpinned the collaboration between the Chinese founder Lu Bohong, the Shanghai Municipal Council (SMC) of the International Settlement and the Municipal Administration (FMA) of the French Concession. Despite mutual needs for a psychiatric hospital, the collaboration was undermined by disputes over funding shares and administrative direction. While Lu expected a symbolic modern philanthropy, the SMC and FMA saw it as an economic tool to relieve the responsibility of regulating refug...
Source: Medical History - February 21, 2024 Category: History of Medicine Authors: Jinping Ma Source Type: research
Negotiating Shanghai Mercy Hospital: Philanthropy, Business and Control of Madness in Republican China
This study examines the initiation and administration of Mercy Hospital in Republican Shanghai. It explains the protracted negotiations that underpinned the collaboration between the Chinese founder Lu Bohong, the Shanghai Municipal Council (SMC) of the International Settlement and the Municipal Administration (FMA) of the French Concession. Despite mutual needs for a psychiatric hospital, the collaboration was undermined by disputes over funding shares and administrative direction. While Lu expected a symbolic modern philanthropy, the SMC and FMA saw it as an economic tool to relieve the responsibility of regulating refug...
Source: Medical History - February 21, 2024 Category: History of Medicine Authors: Jinping Ma Source Type: research
Negotiating Shanghai Mercy Hospital: Philanthropy, Business and Control of Madness in Republican China
This study examines the initiation and administration of Mercy Hospital in Republican Shanghai. It explains the protracted negotiations that underpinned the collaboration between the Chinese founder Lu Bohong, the Shanghai Municipal Council (SMC) of the International Settlement and the Municipal Administration (FMA) of the French Concession. Despite mutual needs for a psychiatric hospital, the collaboration was undermined by disputes over funding shares and administrative direction. While Lu expected a symbolic modern philanthropy, the SMC and FMA saw it as an economic tool to relieve the responsibility of regulating refug...
Source: Medical History - February 21, 2024 Category: History of Medicine Authors: Jinping Ma Source Type: research
Negotiating Shanghai Mercy Hospital: Philanthropy, Business and Control of Madness in Republican China
This study examines the initiation and administration of Mercy Hospital in Republican Shanghai. It explains the protracted negotiations that underpinned the collaboration between the Chinese founder Lu Bohong, the Shanghai Municipal Council (SMC) of the International Settlement and the Municipal Administration (FMA) of the French Concession. Despite mutual needs for a psychiatric hospital, the collaboration was undermined by disputes over funding shares and administrative direction. While Lu expected a symbolic modern philanthropy, the SMC and FMA saw it as an economic tool to relieve the responsibility of regulating refug...
Source: Medical History - February 21, 2024 Category: History of Medicine Authors: Jinping Ma Source Type: research
Negotiating Shanghai Mercy Hospital: Philanthropy, Business and Control of Madness in Republican China
This study examines the initiation and administration of Mercy Hospital in Republican Shanghai. It explains the protracted negotiations that underpinned the collaboration between the Chinese founder Lu Bohong, the Shanghai Municipal Council (SMC) of the International Settlement and the Municipal Administration (FMA) of the French Concession. Despite mutual needs for a psychiatric hospital, the collaboration was undermined by disputes over funding shares and administrative direction. While Lu expected a symbolic modern philanthropy, the SMC and FMA saw it as an economic tool to relieve the responsibility of regulating refug...
Source: Medical History - February 21, 2024 Category: History of Medicine Authors: Jinping Ma Source Type: research
The Religious Dimensions of Epidemic Disease: Cholera, the Ghost Rite, and Missionary Medicine in Nineteenth-Century Korea
This study finds that even after the introduction of Western biomedicine, the Korean people persisted with a religious-based etiology of cholera and other infectious diseases until the twentieth century.PMID:38325345 | DOI:10.1093/jhmas/jrae001 (Source: Medical History)
Source: Medical History - February 7, 2024 Category: History of Medicine Authors: Shin Kwon Kim Source Type: research
