Alireza Majidi,Afshin Amini,Masoumeh Tahmasebi
Alireza Majidi
The disclosure of bad news is one of the most difficult tasks of a physician. This study explores how physicians prefer to disclose bad news to patients with acute coronary disease in emergency centres in Iran, and to their families.
Benson O Igboin
Benson O Igboin
Everyday experience shows that there is a commonality between spirituality and medical practice. A text message I received from a friend recently read, "Please pray for me. I've been getting a mysterious headache for some days now. I will b...
Rohini Shukla
Rohini Shukla
Given its preoccupation with the doctor's agency in administering euthanasia, the legal discourse on euthanasia in India has neglected the moral relevance of the patient's suffering in determining the legitimate types of euthanasia. In this...
Knowledge and perceptions of research participants in Nigeria about clinical trials [0.03%]
尼日利亚临床试验参与者对临床试验的知识和认识
Babatunde Adewale,Lizette Schoeman,Theresa Roussouw
Babatunde Adewale
Benchmarks of ethical research in developing countries stipulate collaborative partnership, which necessitates the involvement of research participants and taking cognizance of their opinions in decisions regarding research activities. Litt...
Preventing ragging: outcome of an integrated programme in a medical faculty in Sri Lanka [0.03%]
防止辱虐：斯里兰卡一所医学院综合项目的成效
Sarath Lekamwasam,Mahinda Rodrigo,Madhu Wickramathilake et al.
Sarath Lekamwasam et al.
Ragging is prevalent in higher educational institutes in Sri Lanka and the deaths of some new entrants in the past have been directly linked to physical and emotional torture caused by cruel acts of ragging. Although there are general anti-...
Chandrashekhar Sohoni
Chandrashekhar Sohoni
Poornima Bhola,Ananya Sinha,Suruchi Sonkar et al.
Poornima Bhola et al.
Ethical dilemmas are inevitable during psychotherapeutic interactions, and these complexities and challenges may be magnified during the training phase. The experience of ethical dilemmas in the arena of therapy and the methods of resolving...
RTI v medical ethics: some questions arising from the recent decision of the Chief Information Commissioner under the RTI Act [0.03%]
从信息专员最近关于右-to-知 act的决定所引发的一些医学伦理问题
M R Hariharan Nair
M R Hariharan Nair
Medical ethics attaches the utmost priority to the confidentiality of medical records. Hence, the decision of the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) rendered on April 10, 2015 in Case No: CIC/KY/A/2014/001348SA Ms Jyoti Jeena v. PIO, Inst...
Trust and trust relations from the providers' perspective: the case of the healthcare system in India [0.03%]
来自提供者的视角的信任及信任关系：以印度医疗体系为例
Sumit Kane,Michael Calnan,Anjali Radkar
Sumit Kane
Commentators suggest that there is an erosion of trust in the relations between different actors in the health system in India. This paper presents the results of an exploratory study of the situation of providers in an urban setting in wes...
Development and testing of a scale to measure trust in the public healthcare system [0.03%]
公共卫生体系信任度测量量表的开发与测试
T N Anand,V Raman Kutty
T N Anand
Trust is an important factor in improving the performance of the healthcare system. This study aimed to develop a validated scale to measure trust in the public healthcare system. We adopted a sequential exploratory mixed study design, with...