Issue Health Economics Volume 8, Issue 8, pages 735–736, December 1999 Additional Information How to Cite Williams, A. (1999), The ethical QALY. Ethical issues in healthcare resource allocations by Andrew Edgar, Sam Salek, Darren Shickle and David Cohen. Euromed Communications, Haslemere, UK...
The advancements in technology and science have directly translated Premium Ethics Health care Medicine 1197 Words 5 Pages Better Essays Read More Ethical Issue: Abortion ETHICAL ISSUE: ABORTION INTRODUCTION The root question to ethics is whether abortion is considered murder ...
Another ethical issue in some health care facilities is the population's access to critical care. Critical care staff need to be trained in assessing the most critical cases and providing sufficient medical care for patients who may recover. Teaching Ethics Directors and managers of ICU units have...
The articles in this issue will be especially interesting to anyone who is concerned with the varying lenses through which healthcare may be seen as empowering to those able to access it, frustrating to those who confront bias and stigmatization, and in need of a constant refocusing to assure ...
Immunisation and the public funding of health care Justice in the allocation of public funds for health care is a second major ethical issue dominating discussion of vaccine programmes. Although the cost of developing vaccines has increased enormously, vaccines are still among the most cost-effective...
Unresolved ethical issues may also contribute to team members’ burnout, compassion fatigue, and moral distress affecting recruitment and retention of healthcare team members. Methods, Intervention, & Analysis To assist nurses managing with these additional challenges the nursing leadership teams on the ...
Medical research databases—collections of health information stored for the purpose of research—are an important mechanism by which artificial intelligence (AI) is trained on healthcare data [1,2,3].Footnote 1 Databases may contain identifiable patient information and, depending on the type in ques...
The articles by Brooks-Gunn, Fisher, Hoagwood, Liss and Scott-Jones (all in this issue) present a panoply of real-world ethical issues in conducting scientific research on risky behaviors of children, adolescents, and their parents, particularly those from vulnerable populations. The universal, et...
There must be minimal bias in developing AI systems in healthcare, both in the algorithm and the data used for training. Furthermore, if known, the sources of bias must also be disclosed to ensure transparency and prevent inappropriate use. The issue of human autonomy when developing generative...
Ethical accompaniment offers the following contributions to end-of-life care, the companion can function as a healthcare proxy, offers a viable alternative to physician-assisted suicide, and overcomes the loss of meaning associated with death through the Christian narrative. Issue Section: Original ...