Deception
Mostrando 25-35 de 35 artigos, teses e dissertações.
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25. Scientific deception
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26. Malingering and Illness Deception
The Royal Society of Medicine.
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27. The Omnipotent Self: A Study in Self-deception and Cure
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28. Ethical problems in the management of some severely handicapped children.
This paper examines some of the arguments advanced and acted upon by doctors concerned in decisions about whether severely handicapped patients should live or die. It criticises the view that 'selective treatment' is morally preferable to infanticide and shows how the standard arguments advanced for this preference fail to sustain it. It argues that the self
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29. When can ants discriminate the sex of brood? A new aspect of queen-worker conflict.
The stage in preimaginal ontogeny at which the sexes can first be distinguished has important implications for queen-worker conflict in social insects. If workers are unable to sex larvae at an early instar, their opportunity to control colony reproductive strategies may be limited. In addition, by concealing the sex of her sons for some portion of developme
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30. Placebos: the nurse and the iron pills
In sub‐Saharan Africa, a nurse gives iron pills as placebos to terminally ill patients. She tells them, acting in what she believes is in their best interests, “these will make you feel better”. The patients believe it will help their AIDS and their well‐being improves. Do the motive and the patient's positive outcome in well‐being make the deceit
BMJ Group.
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31. Paternity fraud and compensation for misattributed paternity
Claims for reimbursement of child support, the reversal of property settlements and compensation can arise when misattributed paternity is discovered. The ethical justifications for such claims seem to be related to the financial cost of bringing up children, the absence of choice about taking on these expenses, the hard work involved in child rearing, the e
BMJ Group.
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32. Is respect for autonomy defensible?
Three main claims are made in this paper. First, it is argued that Onora O'Neill has uncovered a serious problem in the way medical ethicists have thought about both respect for autonomy and informed consent. Medical ethicists have tended to think that autonomous choices are intrinsically worthy of respect, and that informed consent procedures are the best w
BMJ Group.
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33. In the psychiatrist's chair: how neurologists understand conversion disorder
Conversion disorder (‘hysteria’) was largely considered to be a neurological problem in the 19th century, but without a neuropathological explanation it was commonly assimilated with malingering. The theories of Janet and Freud transformed hysteria into a psychiatric condition, but as such models decline in popularity and a neurobiology of conversion has
Oxford University Press.
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34. Do we believe the tobacco industry lied to us? Association with smoking behavior in a military population
Despite the dangers of smoking, tobacco companies continue to impede tobacco control efforts through deceptive marketing practices. Media campaigns that expose these practices have been effective in advancing anti-industry attitudes and reducing smoking initiation among young people, yet the association between knowledge of industry practices and smoking ces
Oxford University Press.
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35. Flat lizard female mimics use sexual deception in visual but not chemical signals
Understanding what constrains signalling and maintains signal honesty is a central theme in animal communication. Clear cases of dishonest signalling, and the conditions under which they are used, represent an important avenue for improved understanding of animal communication systems. Female mimicry, when certain males take on the appearance of females, is
The Royal Society.