INTRODUCTION Process evaluations are conducted alongside research projects to identify the context, impact and consequences of research, determine whether it was conducted per protocol and to understand how, why and for whom an intervention is effective. We present a process evaluation protocol for the Getting it Right research project, which aims to determine validity of a culturally adapted d...

Introduction There are many deep philosophical issues regarding equity that I will slide over in order to address some practicalities of equity policy (see, for deeper material, Olsen 1997; Wikler and Murray forthcoming). However, I do want to try to link theory and policy rather than keep them in their usual silos. This is a dangerous plan. My amateur ethics will strike serious philosophers as...

INTRODUCTION The overall mortality rate for cancer has declined in Australia. However, socioeconomic inequalities exist and the out-of-pocket costs incurred by patients in Australia are high compared with some European countries. There is currently no readily available data set to provide a systematic means of measuring the out-of-pocket costs incurred by patients with cancer within Australia. ...

Health research always poses new challenges. Nursing staff constantly deal with such activities, either as researchers or research team members. The interaction between healthcare and research activities creates situations that are not found in other fields. Research always stems from a researcher's idea, which materializes in a project. Once the project is approved by a Research Ethics Committ...

fulfilling the related responsibilities has ethical aspects thatmust be addressed carefully. Each role requires extensivetraining, which usually takes place in university institutions.Ethics is applied in at least three academic areas, including: a)in education of students’ personal growth, b) in patient care,and c) in university communion in population-based healthcare. Given the importance of...

Medical ethics is a quality that should be possessed by healthcare workers. There an urgent need for the development of medical and health services, which carries people’s aspiration better life. We vigorously promote construction ethics, in author believes “nourishing” cornerstone “guidance” core. In this paper, we discuss from two dimensions how institutions can make good use “guidance,” put ...

In April 2002 the Nuffield Council on Bioethics published the Report The Ethics of Research Related to Healthcare in Developing Countries. It provides an ethical framework for those designing or conducting healthcarerelated research in developing countries. This paper will draw on the conclusions made in the Report, and present some of the recommendations. It will cover the importance of genuin...

To the editor: In a recent issue of Eurosurveillance, Betsch argued that vaccination of healthcare workers (HCWs) will prevent transmission of pathogens from HCWs to patients and that HCW vaccination should be encouraged by correcting skewed impressions of risk and by an appeal to altruistic or ‘pro-social’ motivation [1]. Using hepatitis B and influenza vaccines as examples, Betsch noted there...