Bioethical Dilemmas in Conflict Zones: An Ethicist's Perspective Based on Lessons Learned from Gaza
Summary: Health care practitioners practicing in conflict zones, more often than not, face ethical conundrums that are more urgent and extreme than those faced by their colleagues working in regular medical settings. Indeed, field physicians can attest to the fact that, oftentimes, medical ethics in war time is quite different, and that indeed they ought to be different. This strain is sensed only by those who have witnessed wars and practiced health care in times of conflict. Undeniably, physicians might reco urse to what I call contrived medical ethics, which allows their medicine as well as moral compass to remain via...
Source: Seminars in Nephrology - June 30, 2020 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Thalia Arawi Source Type: research
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To Tweet or Not to Tweet, That Is the Question
Summary: In the past 20 years, a variety of social media platforms have significantly changed how we interact, communicate, learn, and engage. Social media use by physicians and physicians in training has expanded dramatically and evolved in recent years. Here, we focus on the use of Twitter by medical professionals (#medtwitter) and analyze Twitter's role as a new tool for learning, teaching, networking, professional development, mentorship/sponsorship, and advocacy within medicine. We discuss principles of adult learning theory to support the effectiveness of the use of Twitter as an educational tool, and share best prac...
Source: Seminars in Nephrology - April 30, 2020 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Avital Y. O'Glasser, Rebecca C. Jaffe, Michelle Brooks Source Type: research
