introduction: professional ethics is a very important issue for managers who are role models for students and staff. it can also be very effective in organizational activities. the main objective of this research is to describe the result of managers’ self assessment in shiraz teaching hospitals. methods: the present research is a cross-sectional study. the statistical society of this research ...

Ethics is a concept used by people in everyday life. Apart from ethics existing in the wider social environment (secular ethics), another form of ethics found in a specific environment has been supported, that of Christian Ethics. While secular ethics has been studied quite intensely through a variety of theories, the issue of Christian Ethics especially within the framework of Orthodox Church ...

Methods The study was approved by the local ethics committee. Forty-seven patients with histopathologically proven lowgrade glioma II° were included, 28 were stable and 19 patients had post-surgical anaplastic transformation. All patients underwent pre-operative MRI, surgery and subsequent post-operative MRI follow-ups at 1.5T including T1w, T2w sequences and a DTI-protocol. The scalar indices ...

The problem of 'no fault' compensation for patients who suffer adverse effects as a result of their participation in clinical trials is discussed in the light of the guidelines issued by the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) and our recent experiences in reviewing protocols submitted to the local ethics of surgical research sub-committee. We have found a variety of quali...

Aesthetic plastic surgery is a branch of medicine using surgical techniques to alter the appearance of patients. In this paper it is considered whether aesthetic plastic surgery should be viewed as an art form. The question is answered by trying to see how aesthetic plastic surgery fits a number of classical concepts in philosophical aesthetics, concepts such as “artist” and “work of art”. Furt...

The author, head of a teaching hospital surgical unit, argues that the medical curriculum must ensure that all students are exposed to a minimum of ethical discussion and decision-making. In describing his own approach he emphasises the need to show students that it is 'an intensely practical subject'. Moreover, he reminds them that moral dilemmas in medicine--perhaps a better term than medical...

Mandana Shirazi, Sagar V. Parikh, Ideh Dadgaran, Charlotte Silén Education Development Center, Medical Education Department, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Departments of LIME and Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada Medical-Surgical Nursing Department, Langroud Nursing and Midwifery...

Vascular lesions of the oropharynx may impair swallowing and breathing functions, bleed repeatedly, or cause airway compromise. Conservative management with steroids, interferon, or propranolol may be attempted, but surgery is often needed. Surgical approaches traditionally involved open procedures; however, with the growth of transoral robotic surgery, a new approach is available. This report ...

The Hippocratic Collection, including the most of ancient Greek medicine, remains still interesting, despite the recent advances that transformed definitely the urological healing methods. Considering the patient as a unique psycho-somatic entity and avoiding high risk surgical manipulations were the leading principles dictating the everyday practice. Contemporary physicians can still learn fro...