In the 25th year of bioethics publishing: new challenges of the post-truth era [0.03%]
生物伦理出版的第25年：后真相时代的新的挑战
Amar Jesani
Amar Jesani
As IJME enters its 25th year of publication, all of us closely associated with the journal look back on this journey with a degree of satisfaction. Not only has the only bioethics journal published from India survived for 24 years, it has a...
Miran Epstein
Miran Epstein
This paper draws attention to a current trend of masked conditional-nationalist living kidney donation in Israel, to which the local transplant system has been turning a blind eye. The paper seeks to make the international transplant and bi...
Mohaddeseh Mohsenpour,Mohammadali Hosseini,Abbas Abbaszadeh et al.
Mohaddeseh Mohsenpour et al.
Nursing errors are complex and take place frequently in the care of patients. However, despite their significance, they have not been properly defined or addressed in the literature. This integrative review of the literature explored the co...
Human papillomavirus vaccines, complex regional pain syndrome, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, and autonomic dysfunction - a review of the regulatory evidence from the European Medicines Agency [0.03%]
人乳头瘤病毒疫苗、复杂区域疼痛综合症、体位性心动过速综合征和自主神经功能障碍——欧洲药品管理局监管证据回顾式审查
Tom Jefferson,Lars Jørgensen
Tom Jefferson
Recent concerns about a possible association between exposure of young women to human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines and two "dysautonomic syndromes" (a collection of signs and symptoms thought to be caused by autoimmunity) - complex regiona...
Palliative care in Pakistan [0.03%]
巴基斯坦的姑息治疗
Robyna Irshad Khan
Robyna Irshad Khan
Pakistan is a developing country of South East Asia, with all the incumbent difficulties currently being faced by the region. Insufficient public healthcare facilities, poorly regulated private health sector, low budgetary allocation for he...
Cosmetic limb lengthening in a patient of normal stature: ethical considerations [0.03%]
正常身高的患者进行美容性肢体延长：伦理思考
Karthik Vishwanathan,Somashekhar Nimbalkar
Karthik Vishwanathan
Recently, a 23-year-old male patient underwent cosmetic limb lengthening, despite the fact that his height was that of the average Indian male (5 feet 7 inches). The patient's parents and the media criticised the orthopaedic surgeon who had...
Instilling fear makes good business sense: unwarranted hysterectomies in Karnataka [0.03%]
以恐吓获利：卡纳塔克邦的滥用摘除子宫手术事件
Teena Xavier,Akhila Vasan,Vijayakumar S
Teena Xavier
This paper uses data from two fact-finding exercises in two districts of Karnataka to trace how government and private doctors alike pushed women to undergo hysterectomies. The doctors provided grossly unscientific information to poor Dalit...
Ladan Naseh,Mohammad Heidari
Ladan Naseh
One of the most common morally controversial issues in endof-life care is euthanasia. Examining the attitudes of nursing students to this issue is important because they may encounter situations related to euthanasia during their clinical c...
Ramesh P Aacharya,Sanjeeb Tiwari,Tirtha M Shrestha
Ramesh P Aacharya
The Nepal earthquake was one of the biggest natural calamities of the year 2015. This paper attempts to explore the ethical issues involved in the humanitarian services rendered during the crisis and thereafter. The four principles of biome...
Anupama Sukhlecha
Anupama Sukhlecha
Incentives, pay hikes and timely promotions enhance the job performance of an employee. In medical institutes, too, satisfied teachers would train students in a better way leading to better equipped doctors and ultimately, greater patient s...