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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"healthcare ethics"”.
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Solidarity with the Vulnerable: Global Healthcare Ethics in Spiritan Perspective
<p>This dissertation focuses on global healthcare ethics from a Spiritan perspective. As the Spiritan Congregation developed over centuries, its core charism has been implemented in a variety of ministries articulated in terms of solidarity with the vulnerable (SWV). There has been very little …
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Healthcare virtues and professional education
… thesis emerged from a long-standing interest in healthcare ethics and professional education and is the result of conceptual and literature-based research. It began with: a nagging doubt about the possibility of teaching professional ethics; with an interest in the gap between what is known and …
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Forced sterilization in the 21st century: A qualitative analysis of women's experiences in Canada
… attention to the systemic failures in Canadian healthcare ethics and practice, the psychological and cultural consequences of NCS, and the demand for justice by survivors. Feminist bioethics provides a critical framework, emphasizing the importance of intersecting social identities.
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The Future of Medical Futility in Ontario
… the present dominance of patient autonomy in healthcare ethics suggests medical futility has no place in treatment decision-making. In Cuthbertson v Rasouli, the Supreme Court was tasked with deciding whether physicians have unilateral authority to withhold or withdraw futile treatment from an …
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How are Ethical Problems Resolved in a Paediatric Intensive Care?
Few studies have explored how medical ethics works in practice specifically in terms of the social processes that result in a decision regarding an ethical problem. This is particularly so in the case of children’s intensive care. More than a decade of teaching healthcare ethics to both nurses and …
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The Contribution of Ethical Reasoning Skills in Forensic Science
… regarding how the principles and reasoning in bioethics contributes to ethical reasoning skills in forensic science.</p> <p>The dissertation begins by exploring the criminal investigation process along with using a sexual assault investigation to explore paths where bioethics can guide practice. …
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An Ethical Model for Mandatory Reporting to Avoid Preventable Adverse Harm in Health Care
… the dissertation is to undertake an analysis in healthcare ethics that focuses upon organizational ethics to resolve problems related to medical error in the U.S. The ethical argument focuses upon justifying a model of mandatory reporting nationally. While countless others have argued in favor of …
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The Contribution of African Traditional Medicine For a Model of Relational Autonomy in Informed Consent
… the analysis in this dissertation examines the ethics of care movement in Western bioethics which also advocates a relational approach to informed consent. This movement presents a concept of persons as relational beings who are socially embedded, thereby interpreting patient autonomy in their …
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The Ethical Analysis of the Connection between Hope and Fertility Preservation
… is hope. When discussing fertility preservation, healthcare professionals present several options, but choosing which type of fertility preservation to pursue is a difficult decision. This dissertation will argue not only that hope is one of the basic drivers for making a decision regarding …
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The Ethical Right to Healthcare in the Affordable Care Act
… Act, It has been questioned whether the right to healthcare in it can be ethically justified. The objection to a right to healthcare in general has been prominent over many decades in the U.S. The concern over higher personal taxes, quality care, and national debt steered the opposition. …
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Autonomy, Paternalism, and the Moral Foundations of the Fiduciary Relationship
… and thus an inappropriate model for the healthcare professional-patient relationship, with its ethos of promoting patient autonomy. Chapter 1 addresses the problem of equivocation by arguing that the fiduciary relationship is a moral relationship, fostering social harmony by enabling …
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The Ethical Justification of Increasing Awareness of Preventive Medicine among Healthcare Professionals, Patients and the General Public in the United States
… the lack of proper and adequate knowledge among healthcare professionals, patients, and the general public. Reintroducing preventive medicine through proper education is the necessary step required to reduce high rate of preventable diseases and increase individual quality of life. The first step …
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Context-specific challenges, opportunities, and ethics of drones for healthcare delivery in the eyes of program managers and field staff: a multi-site qualitative study
… as drones have significant potential in the healthcare field. Ethical and practical concerns, challenges, and complexities of using drones for specific and diverse healthcare purposes have been minimally explored to date. This thesis aims to document, and advance awareness of diverse …