Ethical And Legal Implications
Mostrando 13-21 de 21 artigos, teses e dissertações.
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13. Analysis of knowledge production about Eugenics in the Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem REBEn, 1932 a 2002. / "Análise da produção do conhecimento em eugenia na Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem - REBEn, 1932 a 2002"
This paper constitutes an analysis about the eugenic content produced by Brazilian nursing which was published in national periodical Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem (REBEn), during the period of 1932 to 2002. Considering the difficulty of finding nursing scientific papers about the configuration of new eugenic practices, positives and negatives, associa
Publicado em: 2004
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14. The ethical and legal implications of deactivating an implantable cardioverter‐defibrillator in a patient with terminal cancer
In this paper, the ethical and legal issues raised by the deactivation of implantable cardioverter‐defibrillators (ICDs) in patients with terminal cancer is considered. It is argued that the ICD cannot be well described either as a treatment or as a non‐treatment option, and thus raises complex questions regarding how rules governing deactivation should
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15. A note on nursing ethics in the USA.
In this note on nursing ethics, Mr Martin Bunzl, a philosopher who is involved in seminars on medical ethics at his university, describes the ethical dilemmas of the nurse in the USA. He sets out the arguments to support the view that a nurse ought always to follow the orders of the physician and critically evaluates them both from an ethical and a legal sta
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16. Changing practice on confidentiality: a cause for concern.
The dissemination of information about patients through computers and multidisciplinary teams involves departures from traditional tenets of confidentiality. This raises ethical problems, exemplified by current practices in child health. In multidisciplinary teams, problems may arise because different professions utilise different types of data. Some team me
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17. Rights
This article provides an overview of different types of rights to aid consideration of, and debate about, children and young people's rights in the context of paediatrics and child health. It demonstrates how children's rights may or may not differ from adult rights and the implications for practice. It shows that applying a children's rights framework can b
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18. Legal and ethical considerations in processing patient‐identifiable data without patient consent: lessons learnt from developing a disease register
The legal requirements and justifications for collecting patient‐identifiable data without patient consent were examined. The impetus for this arose from legal and ethical issues raised during the development of a population‐based disease register. Numerous commentaries and case studies have been discussing the impact of the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA
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19. A new ethical approach to abortion and its implications for the euthanasia dispute.
Mr Gardner, a practising gynaecologist who is necessarily involved with abortion, suggests a view of the fetus which is between the positions commonly held: the fetus is a mass of cells, the fetus is a person from the moment of conception. He considers that from the moment of conception there is established a maternal-fetal unity. In that state the previable
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20. Rights theory in a specific healthcare context: “Speaking ill of the dead”
Generally physicians have a legal and ethical obligation of keeping confidentiality regarding their communication with patients and it is clear that we all have rights. The application of rights theorem, which usually refers to the recognition of individual human rights, to the deceased offers possible answers to the problematic question of patient confident
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21. Opportunities at the Intersection of Bioinformatics and Health Informatics: A Case Study
This paper provides a “viewpoint discussion” based on a presentation made to the 2000 Symposium of the American College of Medical Informatics. It discusses potential opportunities for researchers in health informatics to become involved in the rapidly growing field of bioinformatics, using the activities of the Yale Center for Medical Informatics
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