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Conference: Best Practices in Clinical Ethics Consultation

Penney Lewis wrote 2 weeks ago: 8 & 9 July 2010 (2-day conference at London South Bank University) Conference Aims: This confere … more →

Tags: Conference, medical ethics

Private Practice: Acting ethically at the Wellness Center?1 comment

Chris Willmott wrote 5 months ago: (Warning – contains plot spoilers!) Private Practice is a spin-off from Seattle hospital drama … more →

Tags: Human tissue usage, TV (fiction), Addison Montgomery, confidentiality, HIV, Kate Walsh, "PGD", Private Practice, Saviour Siblings

Holby City - Resource allocation UPDATE

Bonnie Green wrote 8 months ago: The most recent episode of Holby City is available to view of download on via the BBC iPlayer. Follo … more →

Tags: Holby city, Lifestyle & Genetic Disease, TV (fiction), Connie Beauchamp, health care provision, Lifestyle Choices, NHS, obesity, Resource Allocation

Health CARE Education for Nurses-7 CE

healthcareeducators wrote 9 months ago: HEALTH CARE ETHIC FOR NURSES APPROVED BY AMERICAN NURSES CREDENTIALING CENTER’S COMMISSION ON … more →

Tags: Nursing Ethics, ethical decision making, ANCC-COA, Continuing Education, Pennsylvania, Ohio, American Nurses Association Code of Ethics, ethical

Blood & Guts - A History of Surgery: Spare Parts1 comment

David Willis wrote 9 months ago: Blood & Guts - A History of Surgery: Spare Parts is the third part of the BBC Four documentary s … more →

Tags: Xenotransplantation, Research Ethics, Animal Experimentation, Human tissue usage, Clinical Trials, TV (documentary), transplantation, Curricula, Michael Mosley

BBC Radio 4 - Cancer Tales

Bonnie Green wrote 10 months ago: Listen again to Cancer Tales via the BBC iPlayer (available until Monday 2nd February 2009) On Monda … more →

Tags: Clinical Trials, book, Play, radio, Streamed audio, BBC Radio 4, Cancer-Tales, Nell Dunn, Communicating in Cancer Care

A Short Stay in Switzerland

David Willis wrote 10 months ago: A Short Stay in Switzerland is a BBC dramatisation telling the true story of Dr Anne Turner. Diagnos … more →

Tags: euthanasia, ageing, Curricula, BBC iPlayer, Dignitas, A Short Stay in Switzerland, Dr. Anne Turner, switzerland, PSP

DNA - The Promise & The Price1 comment

David Willis wrote 10 months ago: Narrator Bill Paterson: "A child born in 1953, the structure of DNA has just been discovered. 1 … more →

Tags: Clinical Trials, Cloning, Curricula, Gene testing, Gene therapy, genetic disease, Genetic engineering, Genetic modification, Genetic screening

Holby City - "If you can't...look after yourself, then why should we?"1 comment

Bonnie Green wrote 10 months ago: Watch this episode via the BBC iPlayer (available until January 27th 2009) The issue of resource all … more →

Tags: Holby city, Lifestyle & Genetic Disease, transplantation, TV (fiction), Bioethics, Resource Allocation, NHS, George Best

Panorama - I'll Die When I Choose1 comment

David Willis wrote 11 months ago: In recent weeks a spate of stories concerning euthanasia have received prominent coverage in the Bri … more →

Tags: euthanasia, streamed video, TV (documentary), Assisted Suicide, Dignitas, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's disease

Blood and Guts - Bleeding Hearts1 comment

David Willis wrote 11 months ago: This short post focuses on Bleeding Hearts, the second part of the BBC 4 series Blood and Guts: A Hi … more →

Tags: Xenotransplantation, Research Ethics, Animal Experimentation, Human tissue usage, Clinical Trials, TV (documentary), transplantation, Organ Donation, organ transplants

Could human reproductive cloning be a "Godsend"?

Bonnie Green wrote 1 year ago: The fictitious "Godsend Institute", from which the film takes its name (Warning: contains … more →

Tags: Stem cells, Research Ethics, Human cloning, film, IVF, Cloning, Lifestyle & Genetic Disease, Genetic engineering, Bioethics

To 'Opt in' or 'Opt out'? - Organ Donation in the UK2 comments

David Willis wrote 1 year ago: NHS 'Transplants save lives' website Organ donation is one of the miracles of modern medicin … more →

Tags: Stem cells, Human tissue usage, Clinical Trials, News Story, streamed video, Genetic modification, Streamed audio, transplantation, genetic disease

My Shocking Story - Human Face Transplant1 comment

David Willis wrote 1 year ago: At a military hospital in China, Professor Guo Shuzhong is striving to advance the necessary medical … more →

Tags: Human tissue usage, News Story, streamed video, TV (documentary), transplantation, Immunosuppression, Professor Guo, Isabelle Dinoire, li guoxing

Superdoctors - Miracle cures

David Willis wrote 1 year ago: Robert Winston introducing the programme Commenting in the second episode of the three part Superdoc … more →

Tags: Clinical Trials, Research Ethics, Stem cells, TV (documentary), PLACEBO, Robert Winston, Superdoctors

Her-2: The Making of Herceptin, a Revolutionary Treatment for Breast Cancer - Bazell (1998)1 comment

Bonnie Green wrote 1 year ago: Bazell, R. (1998). "Her-2: The Making of Herceptin". New York: Random House. In his intere … more →

Tags: Clinical Trials, book, Extended commentaries, Herceptin, HER2, HER-2, Her-2/neu, Genentech, Bazell

More tricky decisions - Inside the ethics committee

Bonnie Green wrote 1 year ago: Visit the Inside the Ethics Committee homepage at BBC Radio 4 The fourth series of BBC Radio 4 … more →

Tags: genetic disease, Genetic screening, IVF, Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD), radio, Stem cells, Streamed audio, transplantation, Bioethics

My Life On A Post-it Note

David Willis wrote 1 year ago: BBC News article Christine was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. The BBC documentary s … more →

Tags: euthanasia, ageing, alzheimer's disease, end of life, BBC 'One Life'

Drug Trials - The Dark Side5 comments

David Willis wrote 1 year ago: BBC Reporter Paul Kenyon - speaking to patients outside an Indian hospital A documentary in BBC2 … more →

Tags: Animal Experimentation, Clinical Trials, Curricula, Research Ethics, TV (documentary), Drug Trials, Informed Consent, India, BBC 2 This World


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