Patient Selection - Ethics
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Methodological challenges in evaluating the effectiveness of women's crisis houses compared with psychiatric wards: findings from a pilot patient preference RCT.

29 Sep 2009 There are several methodological difficulties to address when evaluating acute psychiatric services. This study explored potential methods in evaluating the effectiveness of women's crisis houses compared with psychiatric wards in a pilot patient ... Read more...

Primigravid women's views of being approached to participate in a hypothetical term cephalic trial of planned vaginal birth versus planned cesarean birth.

30 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: Several papers have called for a trial of planned cesarean section versus planned vaginal birth for low-risk women-a recommendation that is fiercely debated. Although proponents of a trial have voiced their support, evidence suggests ... Read more...

Restarting the clock...again: ethical considerations in retransplantation.

30 Aug 2009 Cardiac and pulmonary transplantation has revolutionized end-stage heart and lung therapy. With the advent of cyclosporine and other immunosuppressive therapies, many patients lead productive lives. Unfortunately, other patients who have undergone ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Patient Selection - Ethics'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Male circumcision for prevention of HIV transmission. 29 Oct 2009
• Male circumcision for prevention of HIV transmission. 29 Oct 2009
• Male circumcision and risk of HIV in women. 29 Oct 2009
• Methodological challenges in evaluating the effectiveness of women's crisis houses compared with psychiatric wards: findings from a pilot patient preference RCT. 29 Sep 2009
• Primigravid women's views of being approached to participate in a hypothetical term cephalic trial of planned vaginal birth versus planned cesarean birth. 30 Aug 2009
• Restarting the clock...again: ethical considerations in retransplantation. 30 Aug 2009
• Ethical analysis of non-medical fetal ultrasound. 30 Aug 2009
• Clinical trials and methodological problems in prion diseases. 30 Aug 2009
• Informed recruitment in partner studies of HIV transmission: an ethical issue in couples research. 25 Aug 2009
• Kidney transplantation in the elderly. 30 Jul 2009
• Challenges in researching racially sensitive topics in HMOs. 29 Jun 2009
• Ethical issues of facial transplantation. 11 Jun 2009
• What ethical guidance is there for dismissing a patient from a practice? 30 May 2009
• Methodological challenges in quality of life research among Turkish and Moroccan ethnic minority cancer patients: translation, recruitment and ethical issues. 30 May 2009
• Dealing with socially constructed concepts in an ontology. 30 May 2009
• Inclusion of women, minorities, and children in clinical trials: opinions of research ethics board administrators. 30 May 2009
• Ethical issues in psychiatric research. 30 May 2009
• When, why, and how to conduct research in child and adolescent psychiatry: practical and ethical considerations. 30 May 2009
• Pre-referral artesunate in severe malaria. 21 May 2009
• Number-8-wire ethics: a New Zealand ethics committee's response to lengthy international clinical trial information sheets. 22 Apr 2009

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Technical information about 'Patient Selection'

Definition: Criteria and standards used for the determination of the appropriateness of the inclusion of patients with specific conditions in proposed treatment plans and the criteria used for the inclusion of subjects in various clinical trials and other research protocols.

Descriptor UI: D018579

Alternative terms: Patient Selection; Patient Selections; Selection, Patient; Selections, Patient; Research Subject Recruitment; Recruitment, Research Subject; Recruitments, Research Subject; Research Subject Recruitments; Subject Recruitment, Research; Subject Recruitments, Research; Research Subject Selection; Research Subject Selections; Selection, Research Subject; Selections, Research Subject; Subject Selection, Research; Subject Selections, Research; Selection for Treatment; Selection for Treatments; Treatment, Selection for; Treatments, Selection for; Selection of Subjects; Subjects Selection; Subjects Selections; Patient Recruitment; Patient Recruitments; Recruitment, Patient; Recruitments, Patient; Selection Criteria; Criteria, Selection;

Related Mesh Headings: Health Care Rationing;

Allowable Qualifiers: ethics;

Tree Number: E05.581.500.653; N04.590.731;

History Note: 1995; for SELECTION FOR TREATMENT use HEALTH CARE RATIONING 1991-2000