Focus group methodology: some ethical challenges

IntroducInG the Focus Group MethodoloGy

Dealing with ethical challenges: a focus group study with professionals in mental health care

BACKGROUND Little is known about how health care professionals deal with ethical challenges in mental health care, especially when not making use of a formal ethics support service. Understanding this is important in order to be able to support the professionals, to improve the quality of care, and to know in which way future ethics support services might be helpful. METHODS Within a project ...

Prosody, Focus, and Focal Structure: Some Remarks on Methodology Prosody, Focus, and Focal Structure: Some Remarks on Methodology

Das diesem Bericht zugrundeliegende Forschungsvorhaben wurde mit Mitteln des Bundesministers f ur Forschung und Technologie unter dem F orderkenn-zeichen 01 IV 102 F/4 gef ordert. Die Verantwortung f ur den Inhalt dieser Arbeit liegt bei dem Autor. Abstract Prosody falls between several established elds as e.g. phonetics, phonology, syntax, and dialogue structure. It is therefore prone to misco...

Forensic medicine in the next century: some ethical challenges.

The authors, after having defined the concepts of ethics, morality, and legality, debate the main ethical problems that forensic medicine will face in the next century. The authors foresee that the technological advancement will present imposing challenges, including those concerning genetic manipulation and the keeping of confidentiality regarding electronic files. On the other hand, old probl...

Aging and Long-Term Care: Some Ethical Challenges

Introduction R eflection on ethical issues in long-term care results in large part from the relative newness and size of an extended “third age,” that is, that time in life that is generally characterized neither by reproduction nor production. This third age has become more common only at the end of the twentieth century with so many people living longer as the result of lifestyle changes and ...