Z Weil,D Gruber
Z Weil
This paper recognizes that, in medicine at least, there are at least two ways of looking at a problem, be it clinical or legal. The subject is approached from both viewpoints. Emphasis is placed on the background of legal concepts and their...
Review
Medicine and law. 2000;19(4):663-702. DOI: 2000
Health care legislative reforms in Armenia: preparations for a purchaser-provider split [0.03%]
亚美尼亚医疗改革立法:为支付方和提供方分离做准备
A den Exter
A den Exter
Armenia, the former Soviet republic, is switching its economy to a more market driven system. Where health care is concerned, the previous government planned to introduce an independent State Health Agency managing the available funds. At t...
Lord, now you are letting your servant depart in peace: a theoretical model, combining quality of life and years of life, which offers clues for the proper time to die with dignity [0.03%]
主说:我儿,现在我让你卸下重担,心满意足地离去:一个理论模型,结合生活质量与生命年限,为有尊严地离世的合适时机提供线索
I Dimoliatis
I Dimoliatis
"Lord, now you are letting your servant depart in peace according to your word" said Saint Symeon (New Testament, Luke 2, 29). But, which is this day? How can we know it? In this article we re-examine theoretically, using a "thought experim...
The "do not resuscitate" order; clinical and ethical rationale and implications [0.03%]
“不施行心肺复苏”指令:临床及伦理依据及其含义
M P Cotler
M P Cotler
This paper reviews the rationale for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and a "Do Not Resuscitate" order (DNR). It includes the confusion surrounding consent and related treatments; implications and misunderstandings for care givers, patie...
Review
Medicine and law. 2000;19(3):623-33. DOI: 2000
K Malmsten
K Malmsten
Within medical schools and within research concerning the ethical questions of health care, basic care and its allied participants have not been stressed enough. The aim of this paper is to emphasise the practice of basic care and some mora...
Children's rights: reasoning and their level of moral development: an empirical investigation [0.03%]
儿童权利:推理及其道德发展水平:实证研究
B J Peens,D A Louw
B J Peens
Children's reasoning about their rights is largely determined by their level of development. Since rights-reasoning concerns essentially moral issues, the best foundation to contextualise the developmental process mentioned would be to cons...
M Vasinova
M Vasinova
This paper examines briefly the rights and vulnerabilities of children and young people. It brings together themes relative to respect for individuals, maintaining trust and competence to make valid decisions. It also echoes discussion of c...
Humanities in medical education: revisiting the doctor-patient relationship [0.03%]
医学教育中的人文主义:重新审视医患关系
S C Weiss
S C Weiss
Medical students, overwhelmed by new information, rarely appreciate patients' complaints beyond their biomedical aspects. To encourage students to think more comprehensively about patients, I initiated a biweekly series of seminars in medic...
B Sadan
B Sadan
Patients' autonomy and rights have become inalienable values in most western countries. The instrument by which de facto patient autonomy in the healthcare system is practiced is the "informed consent" form. Despite the unquestionable impor...
Research on animal cloning technologies and their implications in medical ethics: an update [0.03%]
动物克隆技术的研究及其医学伦理意义的再思考
M Revel
M Revel
Reproduction by cloning has been achieved by transfer into enucleated oocytes of nuclei from embryonic cells and more recently from cells of adult animals. The efficiency at which embryos produced by such nuclear transfers will develop into...