... Unsurprisingly, uptake in these countries is high (as well as in Sweden and the US). In the UK it is much lower but rising (de Cock and71HIV in pregnancy4HIV in pregnancy: ethical issues in screening ... contravene existing guide-lines – in particular, the Declaration of Helsinki (World Medical Association,1996) and the international ethical guidelines for biomedical research involv-ing human subjects ... 12: 21–6.UK Intercollegiate Working Party for Enhancing Voluntary ConWdential HIV Testing in Pregnancy (1998). Reducing Mother to Child Transmission of HIV Infection in theUnited Kingdom. London:...
... Harris.Neil McIntosh (Chapter 21), a consultant paediatrician in Scotland, oVersa practising clinician’s slant on disability, in the context of ethical issues in withdrawing life-sustaining treatment. ... according to theview in question, infants lack a right to life. However, this is at odds with ourmoral intuitions, according to which infants have moral interests that deserveprotection, including ... donor insemination are outlined.Elina Hemminki (Chapter 12), a Finnish epidemiologist and health tech-nology assessment expert, approaches antenatal screening from an evidence-based medicine...
... portacaval shunting, thereby decreasing first passmetabolism; decrease in quantities and affinity of plasmaproteins, thereby increasing free-drug levels; increase in volume of distribution in patients ... in valproate doseNone Risk of liver injury in conjunction with lipid-lowering agents; risk of bleeding complications in conjunction with antiplatelet agents, warfarin, niacinCarbamazepine ... studied primarily in patients withseizure disorders. Carbamazepine-induced increase in total cholesterol is primarily due to an increase in HDL[34]. This occurs during the initial weeks of therapy,...
... to Win)IntegrativeNegotiations(Achieve Mutual Gain)•Exaggerating demands• Pretend not to be in a hurry• Ask for more than you expect• Hiding the bottom line•Misrepresenting information•Bluffing•Influencing ... EthicsBehaving in moral waysMost societies have guidelines for behaviorWhat one society views as unethical may be considered acceptable in another societyEthics is evolving rather than a set of standards that must never changeDevelop code of ethics ... line•Misrepresenting information•Bluffing•Influencing an opponent’s professional network•Encouraging others to defect to your sideBorderline Tactics Recommended TacticsRely on persuasion rather than manipulation and coercionIdentify tactics to avoid (e.g. anything dishonest, disrespectful, irresponsible, manipulative)Agree to common guidelines (e.g. treat others with respect, avoid misrepresentations)...
... which15 3Ethical issues in embryo interventions and cloning9 Ethical issues in embryo interventionsand cloningFranc¸oise ShenWeldCentre for Medical Ethics, UCL Medical School, London, UKIntroductionAlthough ... pertinent.Indeed if dignity has to be deWned in any essential manner, as it must be ifenshrined in international declarations, it is the unique quality of all humanbeings, also recognized in ... stimulating debate.15 7Ethical issues in embryo interventions and cloningConclusionCloning is only one example, among the many discussed in this chapter, of ethical dilemmas in the new reproductive...
... be severe gastrointestinal abnormalities and renalagenesis making death inevitable from renal failure within a very few days.Consideration of withholding or withdrawing life-saving medical treat-ment ... developmental morbidity in children less than 26 weeks gestation at 2.5 years of age. Pediatric Research 45: 259A.34 5Ethical issues in withdrawing life-sustaining treatmentinterest at the time ... 21.1. Ethical issues in withdrawing life-sustaining treatment from handicappedneonates – in the presence of uncertainty.light of the best scientiWc knowledge available. The future for the infant...
... the administration of infertility drugs, if ultrasoundmonitoring indicated maturation of multiple follicle cells (Manier, 1998:p. 1). At that point, clinicians might have declined to administer ... procedurewould indicate that it involves terminating fetuses while preserving preg-nancy. Awkward but accurate deWnitions could therefore be any of thefollowing: fetal termination with pregnancy ... (DiVerent feminist standpoints are supported by feminist standpointtheory, which I have described and defended in Mahowald, 1995a.)Within the context of that imperative, targeting some fetuses...
... location in a machine part should never be combined with stress components for a different location in the same part. One of the interesting developments in visualizing the combining of 2-D ... determined by inspection. PURPOSE OF THE TUTORIAL This tutorial is designed to introduce and place strong emphasis on the role of 3-D stress in the process of mechanical design. Students in ... and plot the coordinate pair (σx, τxy) at point A and then (σy, τyx) at point B. Connecting these points locates the circle center at point C. Geometrical calculations finish the numerical...
... consider in planning an FTTN architecture through existing underground ducts. For instance, planners should not focus on trying to squeeze more things into smaller spaces. Despite space considerations, ... building rings. For example, a 5 km serving area with four main routes would require about 20 km of fiber cable. A ring serving the same area would require more than 31 km of cable. A full ring ... PairAchieving redundancyAchieving redundancy in a tree and branch network systems can be done by first giving consideration to cable size—for example, using two 144-count cables instead of a single...