Of hospital advertising truths, half truths, and the academic medical center.

Training in Pre-hospital Emergency: Needs and Truths

Introduction: More people in the world have lack access to formal pre-hospital emergency. Pre-hospital system should be simple, efficient, and continuous. In emergencies, Caring interventions and in pre-hospital environment is based on independent judgments, decision-making skills, and prioritizations, which is achieved through the training. This study aimed to discuses about current educationa...

دروغ‌گویی به بیمار با انگیزه‌ی‌ خیرخواهانه

Telling the truth to patients is a key issue in medical ethics. Today, most physicians hold that truth-telling to patients is crucial, and that lying to patients or withholding information from them is not acceptable. It seems, however, that absolute and unconditional truth-telling is not always possible, and it may not be feasible to tell some patients certain truths under some circumstances. ...

A Look at the Myths and Half-truths about Profit and Non-profit Hospital Performance

['Yeah, you're pregnant all right! And he's beautiful!' The construction of 'truths' in obstetric ultrasonography].

Obstetrical ultrasound is a technology which has undergone a peculiar transformation. In Brazil what began as a medical imaging technology is progressively being transformed into a modality of consumption and 'leisure'. In this paper I discuss the production of 'truths'--founded on medical and non-medical beliefs about the 'objectivity' of medical imaging technologies--during obstetrical ultras...

بازخوانی روایات توریه و حکم آن

Some narrations are assumed to apply Toriya to avoid absolute lies. They also attribute the use of half-truth to the prophets. However, analysis of content and document of mentioned narrations, along with analyzing relevant verses in the Qurān and defining an acceptable criterion to distinguish truths from lies, show that half-truth is false. Regarding religious beliefs, it is considered to be ...