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Today's mystery bird for you to identify | @GrrlScientist
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Parents with chick? Subspecies? One species or two? Or ... ?Mystery Birds photographed at Lake Washington, Seattle, Washington (USA). [I will identify these birds for you in 48 hours]Image: Doug Schurman, 22 January 2012 (with permission) [velociraptorize].Canon 7D with the Canon 400mm f5.6 lens Question: These common North American mystery birds are strikingly different in size despite having the same colours and patterns. Why? Are these parent birds with one of their chicks? Are they different subspecies or are they two different species? Can you identify the taxonomic family and species for these birds?The Rules:1. Keep...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 6, 2012 Category: Science Authors: GrrlScientist Tags: Science guardian.co.uk Blogposts Source Type: news
Science Weekly podcast: Transplants and the future of intensive careEmail this article to a colleague.
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This week, we're focusing on some pivotal stories from the history of science and medicine. First up are human-to-human transplants and intensive care medicine. These are among the greatest successes of post-war medicine, but they also raise some of the most profound ethical questions. Ahead of a discussion at the Royal Institution in London, Kevin Fong, an anaesthetist and physiology lecturer at University College London, and medical historian Richard Barnett came into the studio to discuss how these important medical interventions started and, crucially, where they are heading. The debates will be held at the Royal Insti...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 6, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Alok Jha, Iain Chambers, Kevin Fong, Robin McKie Tags: Medical research Anthropology Science Health Society Bird flu Ethics guardian.co.uk Editorial Source Type: news
Bill Gates backs climate scientists lobbying for large-scale geoengineeringEmail this article to a colleague.
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Other wealthy individuals have also funded a series of reports into the future use of technologies to geoengineer the climate• What is geo-engineering?• Scientists criticise handling of geoengineering pilot projectA small group of leading climate scientists, financially supported by billionaires including Bill Gates, are lobbying governments and international bodies to back experiments into manipulating the climate on a global scale to avoid catastrophic climate change.The scientists, who advocate geoengineering methods such as spraying millions of tonnes of reflective particles of sulphur dioxide 30 miles above earth...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 6, 2012 Category: Science Authors: John Vidal Tags: Geoengineering Climate change Environment Science Bill Gates Technology World news The Guardian Source Type: news
Ethical Questions Surround `Electrical Thinking Cap' that Improves Mental FunctionsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Child using transcranial direct current stimulation What if a drug could improve learning and cognition and had no untoward medical consequences? Wouldn t it be justified to make it widely available? A group of scientists concluded three years ago that it would be. [More] (Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed)
Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed - February 6, 2012 Category: Science Tags: Mind & Brain Source Type: research
Would You Have "Pity Sex" With Someone Who Loves You?Email this article to a colleague.
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Pity sex happens when people have sex with other people because they feel sorry for them. Is it worth the effort? Do people on both sides feel good during such sex, and how they feel afterward? And what is the difference between pity sex and charity sex? read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - February 5, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Aaron Ben-Zeév, Ph.D. Tags: Ethics and Morality Gender Philosophy Relationships Sex charity element emotional interaction faked orgasm genital stimulation girlfriend guilt love mercy sex night sex night stand occurrence one thing physical activity Source Type: news
Today's mystery bird for you to identify | @GrrlScientistEmail this article to a colleague.
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This handsome Ethiopian mystery bird is placed into several taxonomic families, depending upon which authority you refer toMystery Bird photographed at Lalibela, northern Ethiopia (Africa). [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours]Image: Dan Logen, 9 February 2011 (with permission) [velociraptorize].Nikon D300s, 200-400 mm lens at 400, f/5.6, 1/800 sec, ISO 800 Question: This handsome African mystery bird is endemic to Ethiopia and Eritrea. It also is placed into several taxonomic families, depending upon which authority you are referring to. Can you identify this mystery bird's taxonomic family(ies) and species?The ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 5, 2012 Category: Science Authors: GrrlScientist Tags: Science guardian.co.uk Blogposts Source Type: news
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The Super Bowl is compelling, but in ways that you may not imagine.read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - February 5, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Mark Banschick, M.D. Tags: Ethics and Morality Politics Relationships Sport and Competition athleticism bill belichick cheat divorce elie manning fairness Football football game grand scheme of things homo ludens human beings hunziger legitimacy li Source Type: news
Brain Injury Rate 7 Times Greater among U.S. PrisonersEmail this article to a colleague.
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A car accident, a rough tackle, an unexpected tumble. The number of ways to bang up the brain are almost as numerous as the people who sustain these injuries. And only recently has it become clear just how damaging a seemingly minor knock can be. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is no longer just a condition acknowledged in military personnel or football players and other professional athletes. Each year some 1.7 million civilians will suffer an injury that disrupts the function of their brains, qualifying it as a TBI. [More] (Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed)
Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed - February 4, 2012 Category: Science Tags: Mind & Brain,Ethics,Mind Brain,Society Policy,Everyday Science,More Science,Language Linguistics,Language Linguistics,Addiction Recovery,Neurological Disorders,Neuroscience,Psychiatry,Psychology,Thought Cognition,Biology,Health Source Type: research
Using Formative Assessment in Active Learning Environments: Transitioning from Preclinical to Clinical Training (Linda Chang PharmD)Email this article to a colleague.
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Many medical students struggle as they enter the clinical setting because they have difficulty in integrating and applying what they have learned in the preclinical classroom. In order to address this challenge, active learning activities were added to the Essentials of Patient Care course for second year medical students. This PowerPoint was presented at the 38th Annual STFM Conference on Medical Student Education and presents 1) the structure of the course that encompasses cultural competency, health policy, preventive medicine, epidemiology/evidence-based medicine, and medical ethics; 2) examples of the active learning ...
Source: Family Medicine Digital Resources Library (FMDRL) Recently Uploaded - February 4, 2012 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
[Correspondence] Editorial code of conductEmail this article to a colleague.
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I fully agree with Syed Wamique Yusuf that the governance of journals should be taken seriously. This is one of the functions of the Committee on Publication Ethics ( COPE). Since 2003, COPE has promoted a Code of Conduct among our members (which now number almost 7000 journal editors worldwide). If anybody feels that a member has not followed this code, they can bring a complaint against them which COPE will consider. The code states that journals should “preclude business needs from compromising intellectual standards” and goes on to state that “editors should make decisions on which articles to publish based on qu...
Source: LANCET - February 4, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Elizabeth Wager Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research
[World Report] Regulation failing to keep up with India's trials boomEmail this article to a colleague.
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Ethical violations in clinical trials in India have exposed gaping holes in the country's regulatory system, which has struggled to oversee the booming industry. Amy Yee reports from New Delhi. (Source: LANCET)
Source: LANCET - February 4, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Amy Yee Tags: World Report Source Type: research
Islam and New Kinship, Reproductive Technologies and the Shariah in Lebanon – By Morgan ClarkeEmail this article to a colleague.
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Source: Bioethics - February 3, 2012 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: VARDIT RISPLER‐CHAIM Source Type: research
Rotterdam 2012: the next world congress of bioethicsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Source: Bioethics - February 3, 2012 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: RUTH CHADWICK Source Type: research
The substance view: a critiqueEmail this article to a colleague.
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ABSTRACTAccording to the theory of intrinsic value and moral standing called the ‘substance view,’ what makes it prima facie seriously wrong to kill adult human beings, human infants, and even human fetuses is the possession of the essential property of the basic capacity for rational moral agency – a capacity for rational moral agency in root form and thereby not remotely exercisable. In this critique, I cover three distinct reductio charges directed at the substance view's conclusion that human fetuses have the same intrinsic value and moral standing as adult human beings. After giving consideration to defenders of...
Source: Bioethics - February 3, 2012 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: ROB LOVERING Source Type: research
DIY science: should you try this at home?Email this article to a colleague.
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When Richard Handl was arrested for attempting to split the atom on his stove, he joined a growing band of home experimenters cooking up all kinds of trouble behind the kitchen doorÄngelholm is a pretty southern Swedish town, famed for its clay cuckoo manufacturing, a clay cuckoo being a kind of ocarina, which is a kind of flute. The crime rate here is practically zero. Except one of its residents was last year arrested for trying to split the atom in his kitchen. His name is Richard Handl and he buzzes me into his first-floor flat.I wanted to meet Richard because I keep seeing reports of home science experimenters clashi...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 3, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Jon Ronson Tags: Science Physics Chemistry Health & wellbeing Life and style The Guardian Features Source Type: news
Psychological Diagnosis: Dangerous, Desirable, or Both?Email this article to a colleague.
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Assigning a psychological diagnostic label to yourself or others can harm your emotional health. It can tarnish your relationships. At the same time, diagnostic clarity also can be a great benefit. Proceed with caution!read more (Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center)
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - February 3, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Susan Heitler, Ph.D. Tags: Anxiety Depression Ethics and Morality Parenting Personality Resilience Self-Help Therapy anger anxious person creativity derpession diagnostic categories diagnostic labels emotional health exercise regime fancy word fata Source Type: news
A Time for UnityEmail this article to a colleague.
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Although the US public remains for the most part favorably disposed to scientists, politically inspired efforts to discredit some kinds of science continue and could gain traction during what is likely to be an angry election year. Researchers, especially those working in fields that do not seem to offer the near-term promise of profitable products, have good reason to be apprehensive about their funding. Budget anxieties are driving up pressure on legislators to enact substantial cuts, and the brinksmanship on Capitol Hill suggests that ill-considered measures could be enacted through political grandstanding. Researchers ...
Source: AIBS BioScience Editorials - February 3, 2012 Category: Biology Authors: BioScience Source Type: news
Who Is Left Out of the DSM-5 Debate? Of Course, ConsumersEmail this article to a colleague.
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To my ears, the current DSM-5 debate comes down to the question of who has the right to decide when an individual and a family have suffered enoughread more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - February 3, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Victoria Costello Tags: Ethics and Morality Parenting Psychiatry bipolar bipolar disorder congressional hearings dsm 5 DSM-5 early intervention fever pitch health care choices insurance reimbursement mental health care petitions precipice psychiatri Source Type: news
[Book Review] When Do Incentives Corrupt?Email this article to a colleague.
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Analyzing incentives in terms of power rather than as trades, Grant concludes that their use to further desired social and political goals raises some ethical concerns.Author: Tyler Cowen (Source: Science: Current Issue)
Source: Science: Current Issue - February 3, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Tyler Cowen Source Type: research
Today's mystery bird for you to identify | @GrrlScientistEmail this article to a colleague.
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This distinctive Australian mystery bird is named for one of its life history traitsMystery Bird photographed in New South Wales, Australia. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours]Image: Marie-Louise Ng, 24 December 2011 (with permission) [velociraptorize].Nikon D7000 Question: This distinctive Australian mystery bird is named for one of its life history traits. What trait is that? Can you identify this bird's taxonomic family and species?The Rules:1. Keep in mind that people live in zillions of different time zones, and some people are following on their smart phones. So let everyone play the game. Don't spoil it ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 3, 2012 Category: Science Authors: GrrlScientist Tags: Science guardian.co.uk Blogposts Source Type: news
Is It Ethical to Own an iPhone?Email this article to a colleague.
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Recent media reports and ongoing protests over the reportedly abhorrent working conditions at factories where Apple's iPhones are produced have left socially conscious Americans with a dilemma: Is it ethical to own an iPhone? [More] (Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed)
Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed - February 3, 2012 Category: Science Tags: Technology,Communications,Consumer Electronics,Society & Policy Source Type: research
Penn State defies Facebook campaign calling for it to drop climate lecture | Leo HickmanEmail this article to a colleague.
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University cites its First Amendment commitment in supporting its climate scientist Michael Mann's right to give lectureIn an uncharacteristically angry post at the New York Times's Dot Earth blog, Andy Revkin has hit out at a "shameful attack on free speech". It relates to a Facebook campaign which is calling on Pennsylvania State University to "disinvite" Professor Michael E. Mann, the director of its Earth System Science Center, from giving a lecture next week entitled: "Confronting the Climate Change Challenge."The Facebook campaign has been initiated by a seemingly conjoined group called the Common Sense Movement/Secu...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 3, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Leo Hickman Tags: Environment Climate change Climate change scepticism Hacked climate science emails Pennsylvania Education guardian.co.uk Blogposts Source Type: news
The Science of Concussion and Brain InjuryEmail this article to a colleague.
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How medicine, sports and society are trying to heal and protect the brains of millions amidst the growing awareness of the long-lasting effects of traumatic head injury [More] (Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed)
Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed - February 3, 2012 Category: Science Tags: Mind & Brain,Ethics,Mind Brain,Physics,Society Policy,Everyday Science,More Science,Science Education,Language Linguistics,Addiction Recovery,Neurological Disorders,Neuroscience,Psychiatry,Psychology,Thought Cognition,Biology,Health Source Type: research
How would you support a child trying to live healthier?Email this article to a colleague.
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Every month the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) publishes an article called Clinical Crossroads, where a patient case is presented and medical professionals are invited to share their thoughts on how they might treat that person. A few weeks later the case is presented again, this time with commentary from an expert who specializes in the medical condition profiled in the article.
The most recent Clinical Crossroads was written by David Ludwig, MD, PhD, director of the New Balance Foundation Obesity Prevention Center Boston Children’s Hospital. Ludwig’s case focuses around ...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - February 3, 2012 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Tripp Underwood Tags: All posts Childhood obesity Children's in the news Exercise Healthful eating Research David Ludwig JAMA New Balance Foundation Obesity Prevention Center Source Type: news
Guardian Open Weekend: two days of smashing science and technologyEmail this article to a colleague.
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We're throwing open our doors on 24 and 25 March to host talks and debates about the frontiers of particle physics, neuroscience and the law, and host masterclasses on podcasting, journalism, web tools and photographyDo you have a burning question about the Higgs boson, supersymmetry or the standard of the coffee in the canteen at the home of the Large Hadron Collider near Geneva? On Sunday 25 March as part the Guardian's Open Weekend, three scientists at the cutting edge of physics will be on hand to answer all the most basic or esoteric questions that may have built up in your mind (where they might well be burning a hol...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 3, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Alok Jha Tags: Cern Particle physics Neuroscience Law Technology guardian.co.uk Blogposts Source Type: news
Improving test properties for neonatal cystic fibrosis screening in the Netherlands before the nationwide start by May 1st 2011Email this article to a colleague.
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Abstract When new technical possibilities arise in health care, often attunement is needed between different actors from the perspectives
of research, health care providers, patients, ethics and policy. For cystic fibrosis (CF) such a process of attunement in
the Netherlands started in a committee of the Health Council on neonatal screening in 2005. In the balancing of pros and cons
according to Wilson and Jungner criteria, the advantages for the CF patient were considered clear, even though CF remains
a severe health problem with treatment. Nevertheless, screening was not started then, mainly since the spec...
Source: Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease - February 3, 2012 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease Source Type: research
A Working Relationship Model That Reduces Homelessness Among People With Mental IllnessEmail this article to a colleague.
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We applied grounded theory methodology to generate a working relationship model that influences motivation for stable housing among homeless people with serious mental illness, to understand the role of a working relationship in critical service transitions. We focused on practitioners’ perspectives and practices in Critical Time Intervention (CTI), a community intervention aimed to reduce homelessness through providing support during the transition from institutional to community living. We found a working relationship that highlighted "nonauthoritative" and "humanistic" features. Workers respected client autonomy a...
Source: Qualitative Health Research - February 3, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Chen, F.-p., Ogden, L. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Sneaking Hebephilia Into DSM 5Email this article to a colleague.
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Dr. Ray Blanchard, of the DSM 5 sexual disorders work group, has written a misleading blog that portrays the introduction of 'Hebephilia' into DSM 5 as no more than a minor change. In his rendering, DSM IV already permits the diagnosis of pedophilia if victims are 13 or younger and DSM 5 is just raising the age threshold to 14. No big deal. read more (Source: Psychology Today Sex Center)
Source: Psychology Today Sex Center - February 2, 2012 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Allen J. Frances, M.D. Tags: Ethics and Morality Evolutionary Psychology Law and Crime Sex 13 years criterion dr ray dsm 5 dsm iv fantasies forensic psychiatry forensic psychology forensics fundamental misunderstanding hebephilia pedophilia prepubescen Source Type: news
Flap over Designer Sperm in IndiaEmail this article to a colleague.
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An ad for sperm from “tall and fair” technology students sparks a debate in India about designer babies.read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - February 2, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Marcy Darnovsky, Ph.D. Tags: Ethics and Morality Parenting Politics Race and Ethnicity Social Life absolute rubbish apartheid assisted reproduction assisted reproductive technologies bad habits blogs cars caste caste system chennai debates designer bab Source Type: news
Research ethics: Coercive citation in academic publishingEmail this article to a colleague.
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Scientists have examined the unethical practices of some journal publications, articulating results from their research to show that some editors coerce authors into adding unnecessary citations to articles in the same journal that is considering publishing the submitted work. Journal editors want to increase the number of times articles within their journals are cited by researchers -- because it raises the journal ranking and is used to make claims of prestige and importance. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - February 2, 2012 Category: Science Source Type: news
Exercise is medicine: some cautionary remarks in principle as well as in practiceEmail this article to a colleague.
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Abstract On the basis of extensive research on the relationship between physical activity, exercise and health, as well as strong support
from policymakers and practitioners, the “Exercise is Medicine” initiative has become something of a linchpin in the agenda
for modern healthcare reform and reflects a broader acceptance that the philosophy of health politics must shift from social
engineering to performativity. However, in spite of the avowed commitment to encouraging individuals to take on a more reflexive
relation to their health, it remains unclear as to whether an initiative such as this is, unamb...
Source: Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy - February 2, 2012 Category: Medical Ethics Tags: Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy Source Type: research
Today's mystery bird for you to identify | GrrlScientistEmail this article to a colleague.
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This southeast Asian mystery bird is atypical amongst those species with similar habitsMystery Bird photographed at the Phu Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary, Chaiyaphum, Thailand. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours]Image: Alex Vargas, 10 January 2012 (with permission) [velociraptorize].Nikon D5000, Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G ED-IF AF-S VR 1/10s f/5.6 at 420.0mm iso500, With a Kenko 1.4X Teleconverter on. This southeast Asian mystery bird is atypical amongst those species with similar habits. Can you tell me in what way it is atypical? Can you identify this mystery bird's taxonomic family and species? The Rules:1. Keep in mind...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 2, 2012 Category: Science Authors: GrrlScientist Tags: Science Zoology Birds Wildlife Animals guardian.co.uk Blogposts Source Type: news
Flirtation, Ambiguity and SuspenseEmail this article to a colleague.
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Innocent flirtation can be energizing, both for the one doing the flirting and the person on the receiving end. Flirtation’s inherent ambiguity has its pluses, not least of which is “sizzle.” But ambiguity can also fuel miscommunication, self-deception and manipulation. read more (Source: Psychology Today Sex Center)
Source: Psychology Today Sex Center - February 2, 2012 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Caroline J. Simon, Ph.D. Tags: Ethics and Morality Sex Social Life ambiguity ambiguous situations craig eye contact flirt flirtation humiliation manipulation men and women miscommunication nature new romance plausible deniability recipient risk rsvp Source Type: news
A systematic review of peer review for scientific manuscriptsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Conclusions The criteria for submission will vary, but our systematic review provides a comprehensive overview of what reviewers expect
from authors. Our systematic review also highlighted ethical considerations for both authors and reviewers during the peer-review
process. Although the topic of peer review is expansive and its process may vary from journal to journal, the understanding
of the themes outlined in this paper will help authors recognize how to write a more successful paper. Also, more research
must be carried out to establish the efficacy of the different styles of peer review, and it would be ...
Source: Hand - February 2, 2012 Category: Surgery Tags: Hand Source Type: research
Reexamination of the ethics of placebo use in clinical practiceEmail this article to a colleague.
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ABSTRACTA placebo is a substance or intervention believed to be inactive, but is administered by the healthcare professional as if it was an active medication. Unlike standard treatments, clinical use of placebo usually involves deception and is therefore ethically problematic. Our attitudes toward the clinical use of placebo, which inevitably includes deception or withholding information, have a tremendous effect on our practice regarding truth‐telling and informed consent. A casual attitude towards it weakens the current practice based on shared decision‐making and mutual trust between patients and healthcare profess...
Source: Bioethics - February 2, 2012 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: ATSUSHI ASAIYASUHIRO KADOOKA Source Type: research
Moral fiction or moral fact? the distinction between doing and allowing in medical ethicsEmail this article to a colleague.
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ABSTRACTOpponents of physician‐assisted suicide (PAS) maintain that physician withdrawal‐of‐life‐sustaining‐treatment cannot be morally equated to voluntary active euthanasia. PAS opponents generally distinguish these two kinds of act by positing a possible moral distinction between killing and allowing‐to‐die, ceteris paribus. While that distinction continues to be widely accepted in the public discourse, it has been more controversial among philosophers. Some ethicist PAS advocates are so certain that the distinction is invalid that they describe PAS opponents who hold to the distinction as in the grip of ...
Source: Bioethics - February 2, 2012 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: THOMAS S. HUDDLE Source Type: research
Disputing the ethics of research: the challenge from bioethics and patient activism to the interpretation of the declaration of helsinki in clinical trialsEmail this article to a colleague.
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ABSTRACTIn this paper we argue that the consensus around normative standards for the ethics of research in clinical trials, strongly influenced by the Declaration of Helsinki, is perceived from various quarters as too conservative and potentially restrictive of research that is seen as urgent and necessary. We examine this problem from the perspective of various challengers who argue for alternative approaches to what ought or ought not to be permitted. Key themes within this analysis will examine these claims and argue they have implications for the interests of the research subject, research governance and regulation. Us...
Source: Bioethics - February 2, 2012 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: SIMON WOODSPAULINE MCCORMACK Source Type: research
‘ethics is for bad guys!’ putting the ‘moral’ into moral enhancementEmail this article to a colleague.
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Source: Bioethics - February 2, 2012 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: JOHN HARRIS Source Type: research
Risk for attempted suicide in children and youths after contact with somatic hospitals: a Danish register based nested case-control studyEmail this article to a colleague.
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Conclusions
Based on the results of the study a strategy to minimise the risk of attempted suicide among children and youths must be implemented. The strategy should mainly focus on children at high risk—that is, children from families with low socioeconomic status, and children with a psychiatric history, a history of previous suicide attempts and with an unstable somatic disease subsequently causing many admissions. (Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health)
Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health - February 2, 2012 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Christiansen, E., Stenager, E. Tags: Epidemiologic studies, Case-control studies, Suicide (psychiatry), Ethics of abortion, Suicide (public health) Child and infant health Source Type: research
Educating non‐medical prescribersEmail this article to a colleague.
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SummaryIntroduction: The decade has seen developments in non‐medical prescribing with the introduction of prescribing rights for healthcare professionals. In this article, we focus on the education, training and practice of non‐medical prescribers in the UK. There are around 20,000 nurse independent prescribers, 2,400 pharmacist supplementary/independent prescribers, several hundred allied health professional supplementary prescribers and almost 100 optometrist supplementary/independent prescribers. Many are active prescribers managing chronic conditions or acute episodes of infections and minor ailments.Aims: Ke...
Source: British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology - February 2, 2012 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Derek StewartKatie MacLureJohnson George Source Type: research
Canadian Original: A doctor with a patient's perspectiveEmail this article to a colleague.
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A Canadian doctor who is being hailed for his work in medical ethics comes by his knowledge honestly -- as a Parkinson's disease patient whose experience with the health-care system hasn't always been positive. (Source: CTV Health)
Source: CTV Health - February 1, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Maternal outcome monitoring: induction of labor versus spontaneous onset of labor—a retrospective data analysisEmail this article to a colleague.
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Conclusions This study suggests that induction is associated with a higher risk for secondary cesareans and abnormally adherent placentas.
The exact time of induction seems to be irrelevant between expected date of delivery and the next 10 days.
Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Maternal-Fetal MedicinePages 1-5DOI 10.1007/s00404-012-2239-0Authors
Barbara Kiesewetter, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Feto-maternal Medicine and Obstetrics, Medical University Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, AustriaRainer Lehner, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division...
Source: Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics - February 1, 2012 Category: OBGYN Tags: Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics Source Type: research
Concussion Is a Serious Problem for Child AthletesEmail this article to a colleague.
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The dangers of life in the National Football League made headlines in 2009, when a study commissioned by the NFL found that retired players were 19 times more likely than other men of similar ages to develop severe memory problems. The obvious culprit: continued play after repeated head injuries. Indeed, head injury can imitate many types of neurodegenerative disease, including Parkinson’s disease and, as journalist Jeffrey Bartholet reports in “The Collision Syndrome,” on page 66, perhaps even amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly referred to as Lou Gehrig’s disease. [More] (Source: Scientific Am...
Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed - February 1, 2012 Category: Science Tags: Health,Mind & Brain,Ethics,More Science,Neurological Disorders,Neuroscience,Biology,Society Policy Source Type: research
Building a Muscular EmpathyEmail this article to a colleague.
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Bullying at schools has become a huge issue. In looking for innovative solutions, Canadian educators turned to a unique classroom program called Roots of Empathy.read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - February 1, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Viral Mehta Tags: Ethics and Morality Neuroscience Relationships Spirituality aggression Aravind canadian educators catalyst classroom program coates emotions empathy feelings fundamental connection helping kids humility ian percy IDEO I Source Type: news
2nd Annual Achieving Clinical & Regulatory Excellence In Turkey, The Middle East & North Africa Conference, 11-14 June 2012, Istanbul, TurkeyEmail this article to a colleague.
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NextLevel Pharma's "Advancing clinical research in Turkey, the Middle East and North Africa" conference will bring together the local regulators and ethics committees, alongside experienced investigators and study personnel, as well as clinical trial experts from pharma and CROs. It will examine in detail, the key regulatory, clinical, outsourcing and environmental factors which impact the clinical trials. Particular and specific attention will be given to Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the Gulf States, Jordan & Lebanon via separate, focused, conference sessions... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 1, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Conferences Source Type: news
Liver-based in vitro technologies for drug biotransformation studies - a review.Email this article to a colleague.
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Early understanding of the metabolic pathway and potential interaction of new drug candidates with other drugs is one of the goals of preclinical studies in the drug discovery process. Although other body organs are involved in drug biotransformation, the liver is the predominant organ of metabolism for a wide range of endogenous compounds and xenobiotics. The set of enzymes contained in the cytochrome P450 superfamily present predominantly in the liver have been identified as the single most important agent of drug metabolism and have formed the bedrock of most matured technologies for in vitro drug biotr...
Source: Current Drug Metabolism - February 1, 2012 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Fasinu P, Bouic PJ, Rosenkranz B Tags: Curr Drug Metab Source Type: research
The effectiveness of a standardised preoperative preparation in reducing child and parent anxiety: a single‐blind randomised controlled trialEmail this article to a colleague.
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Conclusions. Preoperative preparation was more efficient on parent than child. Although the preoperative preparation had limited effect on child anxiety, it permitted to decrease pain experience in the postoperative period.Relevance to clinical practice. Parents should be actively involved in their child preoperative preparation. (Source: Journal of Clinical Nursing)
Source: Journal of Clinical Nursing - February 1, 2012 Category: Nursing Authors: Wendy FincherJane ShawAnne‐Sylvie Ramelet Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Publication Ethics: Its Importance to Readers, Authors, and the ProfessionEmail this article to a colleague.
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(Source: Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing)
Source: Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing - February 1, 2012 Category: Nursing Authors: Elizabeth PosterGeraldine S. PearsonCharon Pierson Source Type: research
Functions and Outcomes of a Clinical Medical Ethics Committee: A Review of 100 Consults.Email this article to a colleague.
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Conclusion: PCCS availability and growth throughout the hospital may have influenced EC consult requests. EC consults regarding family opposition to withdrawing LST and EC recommendations for patient/family support declined.
PMID: 22302457 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Pain Physician)
Source: Pain Physician - February 1, 2012 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Moeller JR, Albanese TH, Garchar K, Aultman JM, Radwany S, Frate D Tags: HEC Forum Source Type: research
The punishment that sustains cooperation is often coordinated and costly.Email this article to a colleague.
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Experiments are not models of cooperation; instead, they demonstrate the presence of the ethical and other-regarding predispositions that often motivate cooperation and the punishment of free-riders. Experimental behavior predicts subjects' cooperation in the field. Ethnographic studies in small-scale societies without formal coercive institutions demonstrate that disciplining defectors is both essential to cooperation and often costly to the punisher.
PMID: 22289309 [PubMed - in process] (Source: The Behavioral and Brain Sciences)
Source: The Behavioral and Brain Sciences - February 1, 2012 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Bowles S, Boyd R, Mathew S, Richerson PJ Tags: Behav Brain Sci Source Type: research
