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Affiliation For Publication: Requirement Or Optional
My opinion: Hippocrates of Kos, Father of Medicine, published theories and practices. The question is whether he documented affiliation to any ancient institution as pre-requirement before publication unless he himself rose to such status that his name had become an institution in itself. Alternatively, ancient institutions in the..
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Just Like HeLa Cells, Who Owns Banked Biomes?
My opinion: We grew up in developing countries and knew only about blood “component” banks. Then we moved to a developed country and were introduced to tissue “sperm” banks. Now we are expecting that the developed group of nations may be looking up to the developing group of nations for filling up poop “biome”..
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Conscientious Objection to The Necessity of Unnecessary Healthcare Bubble
My opinion: Sommer et al. should be congratulated for exploring multifaceted effects on patients secondary to cancellations/postponements of interventions [1]. However, the follow-up question should have been: If non-emergency interventions’ completion had been necessary within a certain stipulated time frames, they might not ha..
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COST CONSENT
My opinion: In medicine, patients’ consent for their medical management has evolved as a core ethical principle. One question arises: How responsibly do the patients give consent for their medical management [1-2]? Then the question comes: How can the patients responsibly give consent when they are not fully aware of what costs ..
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Legal death asks, "What's in a name?"
Abstract: Legal death asks, “What’s in a name?” Before defining death, we must understand what life is and, after understanding life, we must ponder why we are defining death. Essentially, death is the time-point when the body, as a whole, is ready to begin its irreversible decomposition and decay so that the elements form..
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Baby K. A Landmark Case In Futile Medical Care
Abstract : Baby K., an anencephalic child born without a cerebral cortex in 1992, is a landmark clinical and legal case of special importance to medical ethics because of the complex issues it raises with respect to the notions of dignity and personhood, the concept of brain death, and the question of medical futility. At issue w..
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Ventilator Allocation In A Pandemic: Discussion And A Model For Rationing Restricted Resources
Abstract : In a state of emergency, increased demands for limited resources force a shift in the standards of care. With preparation and thoughtful deliberation, we can ensure that these changes in care continue to be consistent with our ethical principles. In a respiratory infectious disease outbreak or other disaster, the deman..
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Clinical Bioethics In The Twenty First Century: An Integral Perspective
Abstract: My hypothesis is that the dominant theory and practice of clinical bioethics ignores one or more fundamental perspectives or methodologies, and is therefore often incomplete and ineffective.Offered as a corrective are the integral theories of philosopher Ken Wilber, also known as the AQAL (All Quadrants All Levels) app..
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Clinical Bioethics in the Twenty First Century: An Integral Perspective
Abstract: My hypothesis is that the dominant theory and practice of clinical bioethics ignores one or more fundamental perspectives or methodologies, and is therefore often incomplete and ineffective.Offered as a corrective are the integral theories of philosopher Ken Wilber, also known as the AQAL (All Quadrants All Levels) app..
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Euthanasia
My opinion: Euthanasia or mercy killing is a sensational issue all over the world. Is it a clean murder Or is it to alleviate the sufferings of a dying patient who cannot be cured This argument continues from the time of Francis Bacon who lived in 17th century.Euthanasia is classified in many ways.1. Voluntary , Non-voluntary and ..
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