had considerable experience of " shell-shock" in the war, and included eminent neurologists. They heard evidence from a number of distinguished men, representing opinion on the military, medical and legal aspect of the subject, and also from officers and men who had suffered from " shell-shock." They have made a lengthy and exhaustive report which must long remain the authoritative work on the ...

This article underlines the centrality of justice when understanding it as an overarching value that globalizes and systematizes all others. In particular, analyzes what happens with legal security a formal enshrinement justice, freedom equality its material manifestations. From this point view, becomes clear resulting systematization depends on type State currently in force. is joined diverse ...

The author highlights the importance of emotions in all ethical reflections. He describes the most common positions of ethicists employing duties and rights as the basis for ethical thought. The author, goes to Freudian theory as viewed by the utilitarians, stating that the 'quest for pleasure' is not necessarily egocentric, especially for adults. For example, the feeling of solidarity emerges ...

The above approaches certainly have their place but also have their limitations. The repeated invocation of archival material tends to create an impression that ethical edicts are merely of historical significance and are irrelevant today. Some of the historical texts on medical ethics are based on morality, at times even bordering on the spiritual or the religious. This could be a hindrance to...

1 Intelligent Interactive Distributed Systems Faculty of Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam De Boelelaan 1081A, 1081 HV Amsterdam, the Netherlands 2 Computer and Law Institute Faculty of Law, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV Amsterdam, the Netherlands 3 The Center for Law, Public Administration and Informatization Faculty of Law, Tilburg University Warandelaan 2, 5000...

Preoperative planning of any surgical procedure, especially rhinoplasty, is crucial in order to achieve an optimal outcome which will satisfy both the surgeon and patient. Use of imaging and the possibility of virtually displaying the changes planned by the surgeon definitely lead to a better understanding between doctor and patient. Although these new technologies have led to undeniable advant...

The duty to obtain consent from a litigant before beginning a forensic evaluation has fallen to the forensic psychologist. Guidelines, ethical standards, and commentators have made this assumed duty mandatory. Unfortunately, psychologists are not able to provide accurate and detailed legal information concerning the forensic evaluation. Only a person trained in the law would be qualified, and t...

the purpose of this research was to study the organizational justice factors (distributive justice of tasks, distributive justice of rewards, procedural justice, interpersonal justice, informational justice) in national olympic and paralympics academy (nopa). statistical population of this research included all employees of nopa and the statistical sample equaled the statistical population (n=5...

The ophthalmologists together with all other health care providers are today under greater scrutiny than before as the public we serve is more literate, more educated and has easy access to infinite online information. In other words, the public is more aware of possible medical negligence. The days are gone when the doctor was considered next to the Supreme Being. In spite of super specializat...

from lightning and electricity, on starvation, on asphyxial deaths, on suicide, lunacy and lifeassurance are all most complete and thorough expositions of the subject. The second volume opens with a masterly discussion of 322 pages, on all questions of sexual medical jurisprudence, and following this are some 500 more pages on toxicology. It is hard to say which are the best parts of this work,...