Biomedical subjects
R M Hare
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The ethics of medical involvement in torture: commentary.
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An ambiguity in Warnock.
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Health.
Many practical issues in medical ethics depend on an understanding of the concept of health. The main question is whether it is a purely descriptive or a partly evaluative or normative concept. After posing some puzzles about the concept, the views of C Boorse, who thinks it is descriptive, are discussed and difficulties are found for them. An evaluative treatment is then suggested, and used to shed light on some problems about mental illness and to compare and contrast it with physical illness and with political and other deviancies which are not illnesses.
The electrical hazards of fixed abdominal retractors.
Abdominal retractors that are fixed to the operating table provide an electrical pathway to earth and are unsafe. Modifications to ensure the electrical safety of two table mounted abdominal retractors by the incorporation of insulators are described. Results of electrical testing show that the insulators provide high levels of insulation to direct current, 50 Hz alternating current and 400 kHz radio frequency current.
Australian Society of Anaesthetists. Presidential Address 1982. Anaesthetists--sell yourselves.
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Abortion and the golden rule.
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Euthanasia: a Christian view.
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The abnormal child--moral dilemmas of doctors and parents.
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