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Bioethics in the language of the law

Authors: Schneider, Carl E.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Argues that law provides a rich language for thinking about bioethical issues but the language of the law fails to achieve its desired effect. The doctrine of autonomy; Drawbacks of analyzing bioethical problems in legal terms; The ...
Year: 1994

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-11-18 16:48

The hospital-based attorney as patient advocate

Authors: Herb, Alice
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Discusses the legal and ethical issues concerning a hospital-based legal services for HIV-infected patients. Significance of providing legal services within the clinical context; Role of a hospital-based attorney; Key factors to con...
Year: 1995

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-11-18 16:01

Facts, values, and expert testimony

Authors: Capron, Alexander Morgan
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Focuses on the value of expert testimonies in court cases. Court's refusal to admit unpublished epidemiologic reanalyses in the `Daubert v. Merell Dow' case; People's concern with statutory interpretation; Qualification of a testimo...
Year: 1993

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-11-18 15:23

Convention Boycott on Cincinnati

Authors: Keller, David R. ; Hinman, Lawrence ; Leever, Martin ; Robert Ladenson ; Cox-White, Becky ; Connolly, Peggy
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: You are the Executive Director of a large professional association planning your organization's annual convention. While the association's board approved your earlier recommendation that he be held in Cincinnati,in the intervening m...
Year: 2002
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Convention%20Boycott%20on%20Cincinnati.pdf

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-01-06 15:13

The Role of Litigation in Human Research Accountability

Authors: De Ville, Kenneth
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Accountability in Research: Policies & Quality Assurance
Abstract: Examines the dramatic series of personal injury lawsuits instituted against individuals and institutions conducting human research. Functions of tort litigation in fulfilling the goals of accountability in the context of human resea...
Year: 2002
DOI: 10.1080/08989620210355

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-01-25 17:44

Judicial Restraints on Professional Self-Regulation

Authors: Robert Ladenson ; Malin, Martin H.
Publication Type: Web Article
Secondary Title: Perspectives on the Professions
Abstract: Discusses why professional associations must be careful of the degree to which courts will oversee its program of professional self-regulation and its potential resulting liability to a member who has been disciplined. The author pr...
Year: 1981
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/perspective/v1n1%20perspective.pdf

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-05-02 13:17

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

Professional Ethics in a Country in Crisis : The Peruvian Experience

Authors: Hermoza, Luis A. Piscoya ; Davis, Michael
Publication Type: Web Article
Secondary Title: Perspectives on the Professions
Abstract: This article discusses the status of professional ethics in Peru, and how, though professions are required to adopt codes of ethics, these codes are of a practical orientation and avoid theoretical definitions or preciseness. The ar...
Year: 1992
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/perspective/v12n1%20perspective.pdf

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-05-20 16:53

Faculty Lesson Plans with a Green Perspective

Publication Type: Syllabi
Abstract: This is a collection of syllabi and lesson plans produced by faculty from many different departments at Miami Dade College that all explore issues of environmental ethics in some way....
Year: 9999
URL: http://www.mdc.edu/environethics/Lessonplans.asp

Biblio - Anonymous - 2011-08-31 13:40

Cooperative Beneficence and Professional Obligations

Authors: Weiner, Rory B.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Professional Ethics: A Multidisciplinary Journal
Abstract: Article tries to answer the question "is cooperative behavior to benefit others obligatory or supererogatory (i.e., Heroic)?" The author discusses the difference between obligatory and supererogatory behaviors, and explains why the ...
Year: 1994

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

Christian Scientists and Medical Care for Children

Authors: Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions, Illinois Institute of Technology ; Robert Ladenson
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: In 1989 eleven year old Ian Lundman died from diabetes. Ian's mother, a Christian Scientist, who believes in the power of prayer to heal physical illness, tried to cure him by praying, as he went into a coma, rather than by having t...
Year: 1996
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Lundman.pdf

Biblio - Anonymous - 2011-08-02 14:28

Infertility and IVF

Authors: Henderson, Macey ; Heurer, Kelly ; Nelson, James Lindemann ; Hedahl, Marcus ; American Society for Bioethics + Humanities ; Reider, Travis ; Whyte, Kyle ; Georgetown University Undergraduate Bioethics Society
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: (Page 6 of PDF) Anna and George, a married couple who for years were unable to have a baby, are considering in-vitro fertilization (IVF) as an alternative way of conceiving. However, the couple is familiar with some common risks to ...
Year: 2013
URL: http://nubc2013.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/BB-Cases-Nos-1-14-Final.pdf

Biblio - KBL781 - 2013-05-20 15:09

A New Disease Outbreak: Potential Global Health Epidemic

Authors: Henderson, Macey ; Heurer, Kelly ; Nelson, James Lindemann ; Hedahl, Marcus ; American Society for Bioethics + Humanities ; Reider, Travis ; Whyte, Kyle ; Georgetown University Undergraduate Bioethics Society
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: (See Case 1 in PDF) In January of 2003, health officials in the central African coutnry of Zambabba-Mubanda reported an outbreak of a new, pandemic disease that is resistant to conventional antibiotics. Called SAKS (severe acute kid...
Year: 2013
URL: http://nubc2013.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/BB-Cases-Nos-1-14-Final.pdf

Biblio - KBL781 - 2013-05-20 14:15