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Vanquishing virtue: the impact of medical education

Authors: Williams, PC ; Coulehan, J
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Academic Medicine
Abstract: This article discusses the moral commitments of North American physicians. Though many bring to their owrk a broad view of social responsibility, medical education in North America tends to favor traditional values of doctoring-empa...
Year: 2001

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-07-13 15:09

Unethical and unprofessional conduct observed by residents during their first year of training

Authors: Daugherty, SR ; Baldwin, DC Jr ; Rowley, BD
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Academic Medicine
Abstract: The authors surveyed over 550 first-year residents on their personal observations of unethical and unprofessional conduct in medicine during their first year of training. Of the group around seventy-four percent reported seeing mis...
Year: 1998

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-07-10 15:37

Reclaiming the Medical Profession: The Military Profession as a Model

Authors: Whitman, Jeffrey P.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Professional Ethics: A Multidisciplinary Journal
Abstract: This article examines some of the challenges facing the professional ethic and autonomy of physicians (such as the increased emphasis on patient autonomy and the rise of managed care) and draws an analogy between these challenges to...
Year: 1995

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-05-21 16:43

Ethics and Aged-Care Managers

Authors: Gardiner, Chris
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Professional Ethics: A Multidisciplinary Journal
Abstract: This paper reports on a project undertaken by the Aged Services Association of New South Wales to explore the potential for a program of professional development in the area of ethics for senior aged-care managers. Researchers on th...
Year: 1999

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-05-21 16:34

Encyclopedia of science, technology, and ethics

Authors: Mitcham, Carl
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: This encyclopedia considers both the professional ethics of science and technology, and the social, ethical, and political issues raised by science and technology. An extremely good starting point for anyone interested in a specific...
Year: 2005

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-12-03 12:42

Medicine Is a Humane Art The Basic Principles of Professional Ethics in Chinese Medicine

Authors: Zhang, Daqing ; Cheng, Zhifan
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Looks at the value system of medical ethics in China. Discussion of the medical ethics in ancient China; Basic principles of medical ethics; Characteristics of Chinese traditional medical ethics; Changes in the country's medical sys...
Year: 2000

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-11-18 17:09

How Professional Values are Developed and Applied in Medical Practice in China

Authors: Peng, Ricong
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Discusses the application of professional values in traditional Chinese medicine. Accomplishments of Chinese health care; Medical ethics in China since 1949; Aspects of the efforts to develop professional values in medical practice....
Year: 2000

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-11-18 16:38

Doctors of Interrogation

Authors: Marks, Jonathan H.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Focuses on the involvement of physicians in governmental investigations. Contours of physician participation in interrogation; Protections that the Geneva Conventions give to detainees; Principle of medical ethics adopted by the Uni...
Year: 2005
DOI: 10.1353/hcr.2005.0044

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-11-18 16:20

A Day Too Long: Rethinking Physician Work Hours

Authors: Mercurio, Mark R.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: The article deals with the long hours worked by resident physicians and the mandated reduction of those hours. Presumably, the reduction is aimed at protecting patients from the mistakes that exhausted physicians are likelier to mak...
Year: 2008
DOI: 10.1353/hcr.0.0033

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-11-10 17:36

Do we Need a Special Ethics for Research?

Authors: Hansson, Sven Ove
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science & Engineering Ethics
Abstract: Research is subject to more stringent ethical requirements than most other human activities, and a procedure that is otherwise allowed may be forbidden in research. Hence, risk-taking is more restricted in scientific research than i...
Year: 2011
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-009-9186-6

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-03-07 17:26

Professional Ethics in Egypt

Authors: Segerstrale, Ullica ; Dessouki, Ali E. Hallal
Publication Type: Web Article
Secondary Title: Perspectives on the Professions
Abstract: Discusses the status of professional ethics in Egypt, mainly for lawyers and physicians. Though all professional societies in Egypt have codes of ethics, there is a wide gap between theory and practice. The lack of free press in the...
Year: 1991
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/perspective/v11n1%20perspective.pdf

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-05-06 15:32

Professional Regulations and Technological Innovations in Costa Rica

Authors: Segerstrale, Ullica ; Camacho, Luis
Publication Type: Web Article
Secondary Title: Perspectives on the Professions
Abstract: This article discusses some of the ethical issues surrounding how professional associations function in Costa Rica, where most practitioners of professions, such as lawyers, physicians, engineers, and journalists are required to joi...
Year: 1991
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/perspective/v11n1%20perspective.pdf

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-05-06 15:32

Principles and practice of clinical research

Publication Type: Book
Abstract: A historical perspective on clinical research / John I. Gallin -- Ethical principles in clinical research / Christine Grady -- Researching a bioethical question / Ezekiel J. Emanuel -- Integrity in research: individual and instituti...
Year: 2002
URL: Materials specified: Publisher descriptionhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/els031/2001096789.html

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-06-21 15:30

A Pharmacist Refuses to Fill a Prescription for Birth Control : An Ethics Case Study

Authors: McLean, Margaret R. ; Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, Santa Clara University
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: In this case study, a student goes to get her prescription for oral contraceptives filled and the only pharmacist on duty refuses to fill it, explaining that to do so would be against his religious beliefs. Case includes commentary....
Year: 2011
URL: http://www.scu.edu/ethics/practicing/focusareas/medical/conscientious-refusals.html

Biblio - KBL781 - 2012-02-15 10:35

Statistics is Essential for Professional Ethics

Authors: Hutton, Jane L.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Journal of Applied Philosophy
Abstract: All professional ethics are dependent on the epistemology of the profession. The possibility of following a code of ethics, whether the official one or an alternative code, is dependent on being able to obtain knowledge and understa...
Year: 1995
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5930.1995.tb00137.x

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-11-21 11:24

Ethical issues in professional life

Authors: Callahan, Joan C.
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: This anthology includes a large number of readings covering topics such as the moral foundations of professional ethics, models of the professional-client relationship, deception, informed consent, privacy and confidentiality, profe...
Year: 1988

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-09-14 13:03