Ethics, Clinical
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Managing medical errors.

29 Sep 2009 A patient with severe arthritis of the hip and shortening of the ipsilateral extremity undergoes hip replacement surgery with correction of the limb-length discrepancy. At the time of the postoperative examination, he is found to have a complete ... Read more...

[Careful planning of the decision-making process in neonatology: ethical orientation]

12 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: Many decisions in neonatology are complex and demanding. Consequently, the involved persons can expect guidance which is provided to them by specialist organisations of the scientific community. Their documents deal with such substantial ... Read more...

Regulatory and ethical considerations for linking clinical and administrative databases.

30 May 2009 Clinical data registries are valuable tools that support evidence development, performance assessment, comparative effectiveness studies, and the adoption of new treatments into routine clinical practice. Although these registries do not have ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Ethics, Clinical'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Going off-label without venturing off-course: evidence and ethical off-label prescribing. 24 Oct 2009
• Managing medical errors. 29 Sep 2009
• Swine flu vaccine: what is fair? 30 Aug 2009
• Quiet moments. 30 Aug 2009
• [Careful planning of the decision-making process in neonatology: ethical orientation] 12 Aug 2009
• Bioethics and the foot and ankle surgeon. 29 Jun 2009
• [Ethics in practice: an injured pig] 29 Jun 2009
• [Ethics in practice: an injured pig] 29 Jun 2009
• Clinical ethics and the dynamics of group decision-making: applying the psychological data to decisions made by ethics committees. 30 May 2009
• Regulatory and ethical considerations for linking clinical and administrative databases. 30 May 2009
• Surgical task shifting in Sub-Saharan Africa. 17 May 2009
• Moral distress in rehabilitation professionals: results from a hospital ethics survey. 29 Apr 2009
• [Ethics in practice: an injured pig] 29 Apr 2009
• Terminating your professional relationship with a patient. 30 Mar 2009
• Pregnancy after renal transplantation: prospects and concerns. 30 Mar 2009
• Understanding the scope of clinical ethics. 30 Mar 2009
• Professional integrity and screening tests. 30 Mar 2009
• Unnecessary time pressure in refusal of life-sustaining therapies: fear of missing the opportunity to die. 30 Mar 2009
• Global health ethics for students. 30 Mar 2009
• Developing "ethical mindfulness" in continuing professional development in healthcare: use of a personal narrative approach. 30 Mar 2009

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Technical information about 'Ethics, Clinical'

Definition: The identification, analysis, and resolution of moral problems that arise in the care of patients. (Bioethics Thesaurus)

Descriptor UI: D026690

Alternative terms: Ethics, Clinical; Clinical Ethics;

Related Mesh Headings: Ethicists; Ethics Committees, Clinical; Ethics Consultation;

Allowable Qualifiers: education; history;

Tree Number: K01.316.070.500; K01.316.333.132; N05.350.200.500; N05.350.340.162;

History Note: 2002; use ETHICS, MEDICAL 1993-2001

Technical Notes: general; prefer specifics such as ETHICS, MEDICAL for ethics in relation to the physician. Do not use routinely; reserve for discussions of clinical ethics as a topic in its own right; specify geographic term if pertinent