J Blustein
J Blustein
S D Edwards
S D Edwards
This paper is an attempt to provide a critical evaluation of the theory of disability put forward by Lennart Nordenfelt. The paper is in five sections. The first sets out the main elements of Nordenfelt's theory. The second section elaborat...
M Wreen
M Wreen
This paper is a critical analysis of Tristram Engelhardt's attempts to avoid unrestricted nihilism and relativism. The focus of attention is his recent book, The Foundations of Bioethics (Oxford University Press, 1996). No substantive or "c...
Competing conceptions of diagnostic reasoning--is there a way out? [0.03%]
诊断推理的 competing conceptions -- 是否有解决之道？
R Førde
R Førde
Diagnostic errors are more frequently a result of the clinician's failure to combine medical knowledge adequately than of data inaccuracy. Diagnostic reasoning studies are valuable to understand and improve diagnostic reasoning. However, mo...
T Koch,M Ridgley
T Koch
US court decisions guaranteeing life-sustaining care to anencephalic infants have been viewed with disfavor, and sometimes disbelief, by some ethicists who do not believe in the necessity of life-sustaining support for those without cogniti...
C Melley
C Melley
Thesis: Since Socrates, western philosophy has been concerned with the study of humankind, with a strong emphasis on how we ought to live and why. Philosophy, in its multiple forms and expressions, has enabled many to pursue their lives wit...
E H Loewy
E H Loewy
Decision-making through dialogue: reconfiguring autonomy in genetic counseling [0.03%]
通过对话进行决策：遗传咨询中自主性的重构
M T White
M T White
Nondirective genetic counseling developed as a means of promoting informed and independent decision-making. To the extent that it minimizes risks of coercion, this counseling approach effectively respects client autonomy. However, it also p...
F W Markham
F W Markham
Chaos theory is beginning to find applications in the field of medicine. The theory of chaos should be introduced to students to help them as they make the transition from learning the scientific literature to actually applying this newly a...