Physicians - Ethics
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

[Effects of the Internet on the dissemination of medical information: some thoughts on applied ethics]

17 Sep 2009 Learned and professional societies as well as health authorities must attempt to provide free access to their databases for physicians, by a simple repertory of key words and, if necessary, by portals. Although information available for physicians ... Read more...

Winds of change: growing demands for transparency in the relationship between doctors and the pharmaceutical industry.

5 Sep 2009 The relationship between medicine and the pharmaceutical industry in the United States is undergoing rapid and momentous change; US Senator Grassley has alleged inadequate disclosure of earnings from industry and lack of acknowledgement of conflicts ... Read more...

Doctors with disabilities: licensed to practice?

30 Jul 2009 Doctors deal with patient's disabilities every day but many in the profession have been nonplussed to see the focus of the disability rights lobbies shift from the recipients of care to the carers themselves. Until recently the number of practising ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Physicians - Ethics'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Should we maintain an open mind about homeopathy? 30 Oct 2009
• [Medical information: the duty to inform lies with the physician] 27 Oct 2009
• The Israeli Medical Association and doctors' complicity in torture. 5 Oct 2009
• When a patient chooses death: divided attitudes. 29 Sep 2009
• [Effects of the Internet on the dissemination of medical information: some thoughts on applied ethics] 17 Sep 2009
• Money in biomedicine: The senator's sleuth. 15 Sep 2009
• Trust, but verify. 15 Sep 2009
• Winds of change: growing demands for transparency in the relationship between doctors and the pharmaceutical industry. 5 Sep 2009
• Controversies abound in end-of-life decisions. 30 Aug 2009
• Doctors with disabilities: licensed to practice? 30 Jul 2009
• Publication bias: calling academic physicians to account. 30 Jul 2009
• Physicians fight back against disclosure rules. 28 Jul 2009
• Can the relationship between doctors and drug companies ever be a healthy one? 19 Jul 2009
• A review of the federal guidelines that inform and influence relationships between physicians and industry. 8 Jul 2009
• Negotiating medical virtues: toward the development of a physician mistake disclosure model. 29 Jun 2009
• The physician-industry relationship: lessons from the Minnesota experience. 29 Jun 2009
• American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists and American College of Endocrinology position statement on physician/industry relationships. 29 Jun 2009
• The relationship between the pharmaceutical industry and the medical profession--have we lost our way? 29 Jun 2009
• Conflict of interest rules seen by some as too stringent. 29 Jun 2009
• A higher bar--Vermont's new law on marketing prescribed products. 8 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Physicians'

Definition: Individuals licensed to practice medicine.

Descriptor UI: D010820

Alternative terms: Physicians; Physician;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; organization & administration; standards; supply & distribution; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics; psychology;

Tree Number: M01.526.485.810; N02.360.810;

Technical Notes: /educ = EDUCATION, MEDICAL or its specifics; Manual 35.2.3; in biographies: Manual 32.16.7; when not to use: Manual 34.11.1; "role of physician in ..." = PHYSICIAN'S ROLE: see note there