Biomedical subjects

D E Aarons

Publications and source records attributed to D E Aarons.

7 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed2006

Issues in bioethics: ethics in health policy and guidelines in healthcare.

The development of policies in health and healthcare should incorporate ethical premises as well as thoughtful consideration of the values pertinent to the particular society and the goals to be achieved by specific policies. Social inequalities, changing values, and emergent challenges to traditional beliefs, add complexities that require a thorough analysis to compile policies that are fair and equitable. This article provides some recommendations for clinicians, health administrators, policy makers and technocrats who often grapple with complex health issues.

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PubMed2003

Issues in bioethics. Ethics and professional responsibilities.

The evolution of ethics in medicine has provided the concept of the learned physician who is trained in the scientific method (studying nature and philosophy), and who is wise, modest and humane. The physician's manner, deportment and character should be above reproach, and devotion to the productive art of medicine should supersede any desire for financial gain. Professionalism provides the organizational structure through which the medical doctor performs his/her healing role, and underscores the concept that medical professionals should be moral and devoted to the public good, displaying altruism at the expense of self-interest, and providing accountability. This article examines some of the obligations that arise within this milieu.

Bioethical Issues↗

PubMed2003

Issues in bioethics. Teaching research ethics.

All research should meet the highest ethical and scientific standards, and so persons who may be involved in conducting research should be fully conversant with the relevant ethical principles of biomedical research and its requirements. Further, scientists, academicians, physician-researchers, student-researchers, and members of research ethics committees should be able to distinguish between therapy and research, evaluate risk and benefit, be sensitive to various forms of conflicts of interest, and be fully aware of the special provisions necessary for vulnerable populations. This article recommends a number of subject areas that should be addressed as a part of this academic process.

Bioethics↗

PubMed2002

Issues in bioethics. Teaching medical ethics to health professionals.

New medical technologies, public concern about medical ethics, and the advent of numerous ethical dilemmas in healthcare have led many medical schools to increase their formal teaching of ethics. Ethical issues in healthcare may involve a complex mix of scientific, economic, social, cultural, religious, moral and legal issues. Education in medical ethics will therefore need to be on-going to accommodate changes that periodically occur in healthcare issues, policies, or the changing moral values of the society. This article proposes frameworks within which this process may occur.

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PubMed1999

Ethics, medicine and society: imperatives for the future.

Historically, medicine has been a caring profession and social factors have directly and indirectly affected clinical practice, yet the social roots of disease and suffering in patients and the ethics of patient care have often been left out of medical teaching and discussions at medical conferences. As health and social problems are inseparable, ethically, medicine and medical teaching need to respond to social suffering, and should help to solve the economic problems in health care. Further, since all intervention in the lives of human beings carries ethical content through the nature of care, ethical competence involving ethical analysis, critical thinking, and problem-solving should be developed in medical students and doctors simultaneously with clinical judgement and expertise.

Caribbean Region↗

PubMed1998

The impact of advanced technology on critical care. Dilemmas in the making.

Advanced technology has enhanced our ability to diagnose and treat critically ill patients, thereby assisting in prolonging life for many. However, its high cost has been prohibitive, and it may impose more burdens than benefits on some patients. Although technological advances have accelerated social change, many have also fuelled legal and ethical concerns. Consequently, the rationale for the use of advanced technology in the care of critically ill patients should be clear and ethically justified.

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Medicine and its alternatives. Health care priorities in the Caribbean.

In the Caribbean as in many other areas costly biomedical resources and personnel are limited, and more and more people are turning to alternative medicine and folk practitioners for health care. To meet the goal of providing health care for all, research on nonbiomedical therapies is needed, along with legal recognition of folk practitioners to establish standards of practice.

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