Ethics
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the reliability, content validity, and factor structure of dyspnea sensory quality descriptor ratings in emergency department (ED) patients with exacerbated chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).…
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Despite spectacular twentieth century scientific and technological progress, the world is more inequitable than it was fifty years ago. This is evident both in terms of access to health care for individuals, and in relation to the health of whole…
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In terms of Aristotle's intellectual virtues, the process of clinical reasoning and the discipline of clinical medicine are often construed as techne (art), as episteme (science), or as an amalgam or composite of techne and episteme. Although…
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Positions on the ethics of human enhancement technologies can be (crudely) characterized as ranging from transhumanism to bioconservatism. Transhumanists believe that human enhancement technologies should be made widely available, that individuals…
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We analyze the ethics of human genetic enhancements from a transhumanist perspective. Transhumanism claims that we ought to develop and make available technological options for individuals to extend healthy lifespan and improve cognitive, emotional,…
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Fast forward 50 years into the future. A look back at what occurred in the field of bioethics since 2010 reveals that a conference in 2050 commemorated the death of bioethics. In a steady progression over the years, the field became increasingly…
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Geht um eine distribution von sovereignty und damit indirekt auch um eine limitation um das system gerechter zu machen
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The relevance of the Aristotelian concept of phronesis-practical wisdom-for medicine and medical ethics has been much debated during the last two decades. This paper attempts to show how Aristotle's practical philosophy was of central importance to…
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Deutsche bersetzung: Singer 2007
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As a result of increased interest in global health, more and more medical students and trainees from the 'developed world' are working and studying in the 'developing world'. However, while opportunities to do this important work increase, there has…
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Benatar and colleagues argue that the world has changed profoundly since the birth of modern bioethics in the 1960s, and that bioethics needs to address today's global health problems.
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Current pharyngeal deglutition theory has stressed the role of the pharyngeal constrictors as producing a peristaltic wave responsible for bolus propulsion through the pharynx. This thesis presents data obtained using manofluorography which supports…
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Theorists have spent considerable time discussing the concept of responsibility. Their discussions, however, have generally focused on the question of who counts as responsible, and for what. But as Gary Watson has noted, Responsibility is a triadic…
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In World Poverty and Human Rights, Thomas Pogge presents a range of attractive policy proposals-limiting the international resource and borrowing privileges, decentralizing sovereignty, and introducing a "global resources dividend"-aimed at…
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