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Teachable moments : practical suggestions for teaching ethics across the curriculum

Authors: Raritan Valley Community College ; New Jersey Center for Advanced Technological Education
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: Developed through a National Science Foundation Grants, this is a collection of essays from faculty of the Raritan Valley Community College explaining how they developed an ethics component for inclusion into their regular coursewor...
Year: 1996

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

Ethics in Action

Authors: Cox-White, Becky ; Connolly, Peggy ; Leever, Martin G. ; Keller, David R.
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: This is a collection of case studies covering ethical dilemmas drawn from personal and professional experience, and media accounts. The cases were developed for the Ethics Bowl, a competition similar to College Bowl where teams of u...
Year: 2009

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-07-20 13:00

Ethical and regulatory aspects of clinical research : readings and commentary

Authors: Emanuel, Ezekiel J.
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: A collection of essays including the following: U.S. medical researchers, the Nuremberg doctors trial, and the Nuremberg Code: a review of findings of the Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments -- The Jewish Chronic Dise...
Year: 2003

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-10-08 14:09

Google Health

Authors: Carr, Sarah ; Dillard, Brenda ; Funke, Rhiannon Dodds ; Boxall, Susanna Flavia ; Diaz-Sprague, Raquel ; Carr, Edward ; Potthast, Adam ; Elliott, Deni ; Funke, Michael Brian ; Price, Connie
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Google Health allows users to create their own electronic medical records online, with the capability to enter and managed health information and access it online from anywhere. Experts have touted electronic medical records as a w...
Year: 2009
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Google%20Health.pdf

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-03-09 12:10

APACHE and Emergency Treatment

Authors: Robert Ladenson
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Dr. William Knees has invented a computerized system called APACHE that can estimate the probability that a critically ill patient will live or die. This system has been used to evaluate the performance of different hospitals and v...
Year: 1996
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/APACHE%20and%20Emergency%20Treatment.pdf

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-03-23 15:12

Mobile-Centric Ambient Intelligence in Health- and Homecare—Anticipating Ethical and Legal Challenges

Authors: Kosta, Eleni ; Pitkänen, Olli ; Niemelä, Marketta ; Kaasinen, Eija
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science & Engineering Ethics
Abstract: Ambient Intelligence provides the potential for vast and varied applications, bringing with it both promise and peril. The authors discuss five scenarios that demonstrate forthcoming MINAmI-based applications focusing on healthcare,...
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-009-9150-5

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-06-07 11:47

Does Clinical Decision Analysis Change the Subject?

Authors: Douard, John W.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Professional Ethics: A Multidisciplinary Journal
Abstract: The article looks at the increasing phenomenon of using technical resources of decision theory for medical decision-making in a effort to rationalize physician practice patterns. The author explores epistemological, metaphysical, an...
Year: 1993

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-05-21 16:32

Brain-Computer Interface Devices: Risks and Canadian Regulations

Authors: Alpert, Sheri
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Accountability in Research: Policies & Quality Assurance
Abstract: Implantable Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) devices are currently in clinical trials in the U.S., and their introduction into the Canada could follow in the next few years. This article provides an overview of the research, developme...
Year: 2008
DOI: 10.1080/08989620701783774

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-09-20 16:32

Therac-25

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Therac-25 was a medical linear accelerator, a device used to treat cancer. What made Therac-25 unique at the time of its use was the software. Not only did the software ease the laborious set-up process, but it also monitored the sa...
Year: 2000
URL: http://computingcases.org/case_materials/therac/therac_case_intro.html

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-10-29 16:28

Technology and the future

Authors: Teich, Albert H.
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: An anthology looking at how controversial technologies affect society, and how society shapes the development of technology. Part I: Thinking About Technology. -- 1. Does Improved Technology Mean Progress? / Leo Marx -- 2. How Socie...
Year: 2008

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-11-10 17:42

Privacy and Security for Electronic Health Records

Authors: Sharpe, Virginia A.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: The article discusses issues on privacy and security for electronic health records and improvements on health information technology in the U.S. Means for the Health Technology to Enhance Quality Bill to reduce healthcare costs, imp...
Year: 2005

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-11-18 16:53

e-Medicine: Policy to Shape the Future of Health Care

Authors: Crigger, Bette-Jane
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Discusses concerns on the emergence of e-medicine, an approach which uses electronic communication in delivering clinical services. Clinical needs that could be met through e-medicine services; Potential implication of the approach ...
Year: 2006
DOI: 10.1353/hcr.2006.0006

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-11-18 15:32

Ethics, Schmethics

Authors: Munro, Neil
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Communications of the ACM
Abstract: The article focuses on the issue of unethical acts of companies to accumulate financial benefits of an unethical innovation. Ethical debates have little significance, other than to enshroud sometimes unpleasant ambitions of scientis...
Year: 2000
DOI: 0.1145/348941.348961

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-02-07 16:05

The Technological Tether : An Introduction to Ethical and Social Issues in High-tech Home Care

Authors: Arras, John D.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Introduces a series of five articles from the book `Bringing the Hospital Home: Ethical and Social Implications of High-Tech Home Care,' edited by John Arras. The book is the product of a project of the Division of Bioethics, Montef...
Year: 1994

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-11-18 15:06

Vocation and Service Learning: Fostering Reflection and Citizenship in an Informatics Course

Authors: Brown, Nathaniel J. ; Buerck, John P. ; Wall, Anji E.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Teaching Ethics
Abstract: This paper proposes a new definition of vocation that puts service at the center of this definition and seeing it as a bridge between a student's core values and their embodiment in community life. After exploring this concept, the ...
Year: 2010
URL: http://www.uvu.edu/ethics/seac/Brown-Wall-Buerck.pdf

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-01-14 11:55

Information Privacy: A Case Study and Commentary

Authors: McFarland, Michael S.J. ; Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, Santa Clara University
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This lengthy paper discusses when conflicts arise over the collection and use of personal data. The author looks at the case of a fictional development of a national AIDS registry and the threats to privacy posed by computers and co...
Year: 2012
URL: http://www.scu.edu/ethics/practicing/focusareas/technology/internet/privacy/medical-records-privacy.pdf

Biblio - KBL781 - 2012-07-18 14:43