Category / Medical Ethics
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Medical Ethics – Confidentiality and Privacy Issues in Healthcare
Confidentiality and privacy issues in healthcare
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Medical Ethics – Narrative Ethics
Narrative ethics help tell the story and provide a framework for ethical decision making.
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Medical Ethics – Difficult Provider-Patient Relationships
Relationships between a healthcare provider and a patient can be difficult.
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Medical Ethics – Ethics and Complementary Medicine
Ethical issues abound in alternative and complementary medicine.
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Medical Ethics – Managed Care
Are there ethical arguments for or against managed care?
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Medical Ethics – Ethical Issues in Healthcare of Persons with Developmental Disabilities
Ethical Issues in Healthcare of Persons with Developmental Disabilities A Threat to Disabled Persons? On the Genetics Approach to Developmental Disabilities This essay by Hans S. Reinders explores the claim that the genetics approach to intellectual disability does not imply a negative evaluation of disabled persons because there is a distinction between the person and…
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Medicare Prospective Payment
The principles of bioethics indicate that Prospective Payment has a moral dimension.
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The Real Caregivers in the Nursing Home – Certified Nursing Assistants
The Real Caregivers in the Nursing Home – Certified Nursing Assistants Certified nursing assistants are integral to maintaining the quality of nursing homes because they have the most extensive contact with residents. Low wages, stressful work, demanding residents, and little recognition often lead to high turnover rates. With these premises, this article asserts…
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Beyond the Law: A Philosophical Note
Beyond the Law – A Philosophical Note Hans Uffelmann, co-founder of the Center, asserts that the laws of society reflect its moral values and therefore, an application of those laws to specific cases is a matter of both legal and ethical decision making.
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The Case of Russell: Adults with Disabilities as Essential Partners in Their Healthcare
A man who went through many unfavorable health circumstances that result in him being an advocate for his health.
