Doctor, I presume?

What is presumed when we presume consent?

BACKGROUND The organ donor shortfall in the UK has prompted calls to introduce legislation to allow for presumed consent: if there is no explicit objection to donation of an organ, consent should be presumed. The current debate has not taken in account accepted meanings of presumption in law and science and the consequences for rights of ownership that would arise should presumed consent become...

New Doctor of Pharmacy Curriculum of the I. R. Iran: Needs and Gaps

Yes, I wear the Hijab. Yes, I am a Doctor.

No, I am not a patient. Yes, I can hear you. Yes, I can still use my stethoscope. Yes, I can speak English. Yes, I can speak Arabic you’re welcome. I am honoured that you were hoping I would call your name in the waiting room. How can I help? We are the same. Yes, I have changed this hijab and covered it with a surgical balaclava, I am sterile. No, I do not want to wear this sterile green drape...

I'm a doctor. Can I help?

Medical school does not prepare trainees for the reality of the practice of medicine, where book knowledge takes second place to the more pragmatic skills of time management, conflict resolution, and damage control. Junior residents, overwhelmed by the demands of daily floor work, can easily lose sight of the reasons that they went into medicine to begin with. Taken out of the context of the ho...

Who Must Presume Whom to Be Innocent of What ? *

In the PoI’s most familiar context, the criminal trial, initial answers to these questions are easy. The official or body who is to reach the verdict (the judge(s), the jury) is to presume, of the defendant, that he is innocent of the offence for which he is being tried.4 The presumption protects the defendant against conviction and punishment for that crime unless it is defeated; what defeats ...