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WHO-definition of health must be enforced by national law: a debate

Marion Habersack, Gero Luschin BMC Medical Ethics 2013, 14:24 (19 June 2013)

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Top 10 health care ethics challenges facing the public: views of Toronto bioethicists

Jonathan M Breslin, Susan K MacRae, Jennifer Bell, Peter A Singer, the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics Clinical Ethics Group BMC Medical Ethics 2005, 6:5 (26 June 2005)

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Current anti-doping policy: a critical appraisal

Bengt Kayser, Alexandre Mauron, Andy Miah BMC Medical Ethics 2007, 8:2 (29 March 2007)

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Bariatric surgery for obese children and adolescents: a review of the moral challenges

Bjørn Hofmann BMC Medical Ethics 2013, 14:18 (30 April 2013)

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Moral issues underlying bariatric surgery for obese children are discussed through a Socratic approach.

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Comparison of group counseling with individual counseling in the comprehension of informed consent: a randomized controlled trial

Rajiv Sarkar, Thuppal V Sowmyanarayanan, Prasanna Samuel, Azara S Singh, Anuradha Bose, Jayaprakash Muliyil, Gagandeep Kang BMC Medical Ethics 2010, 11:8 (14 May 2010)

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Knowledge, attitudes and practices survey on organ donation among a selected adult population of Pakistan

Taimur Saleem, Sidra Ishaque, Nida Habib, Syedda Hussain, Areeba Jawed, Aamir Khan, Muhammad Ahmad, Mian Iftikhar, Hamza Mughal, Imtiaz Jehan BMC Medical Ethics 2009, 10:5 (17 June 2009)

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The Nuremberg Code subverts human health and safety by requiring animal modeling

Ray Greek, Annalea Pippus, Lawrence A Hansen BMC Medical Ethics 2012, 13:16 (8 July 2012)

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Benefit sharing: an exploration on the contextual discourse of a changing concept

Bege Dauda, Kris Dierickx BMC Medical Ethics 2013, 14:36 (12 September 2013)

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A critical examination of the discourse on benefit sharing reveals the concept as changing and lacking a definition; to strengthen advocacy and decisiveness in international benefit sharing practice, a legal framework is needed.

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Are students kidding with health research ethics? The case of HIV/AIDS research in Cameroon

Nchangwi Munung, Godfrey B Tangwa, Chi Che, Laurent Vidal, Odile Ouwe-Missi-Oukem-Boyer BMC Medical Ethics 2012, 13:12 (11 June 2012)

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The four principles: Can they be measured and do they predict ethical decision making?

Katie Page BMC Medical Ethics 2012, 13:10 (20 May 2012)

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Bioethics in popular science: evaluating the media impact of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks on the biobank debate

Matthew C Nisbet, Declan Fahy BMC Medical Ethics 2013, 14:10 (28 February 2013)

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Patients as consumers of health care in South Africa: the ethical and legal implications

Kirsten Rowe, Keymanthri Moodley BMC Medical Ethics 2013, 14:15 (21 March 2013)

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Violation of ethical principles in clinical research. Influences and possible solutions for Latin America

Borys Alberto Cornejo Moreno, Gress Marissell Gómez Arteaga BMC Medical Ethics 2012, 13:35 (16 December 2012)

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Should we maintain baby hatches in our society?

Atsushi Asai, Hiroko Ishimoto BMC Medical Ethics 2013, 14:9 (22 February 2013)

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The many criticisms against the use of baby hatches are examined, and the realities of maintaining baby hatches in modern society are explored.

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Taking ethical photos of children for medical and research purposes in low-resource settings: an exploratory qualitative study

Delan Devakumar, Helen Brotherton, Jay Halbert, Andrew Clarke, Audrey Prost, Jennifer Hall BMC Medical Ethics 2013, 14:27 (9 July 2013)

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There is no consensus on the nature of informed consent required for medical research photos of children, particularly in low-resource settings, and many believe that, while informed consent is essential, it is context-dependent. 

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Ethical issues in research involving minority populations: the process and outcomes of protocol review by the Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Thailand

Pornpimon Adams, Waranya Wongwit, Krisana Pengsaa, Srisin Khusmith, Wijitr Fungladda, Warissara Chaiyaphan, Chanthima Limphattharacharoen, Sukanya Prakobtham, Jaranit Kaewkungwal BMC Medical Ethics 2013, 14:33 (11 September 2013)

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Underreporting of conflicts of interest in clinical practice guidelines: cross sectional study

Julie Bolette Bindslev, Jeppe Schroll, Peter C Gøtzsche, Andreas Lundh BMC Medical Ethics 2013, 14:19 (3 May 2013)

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Ethical challenges in mental health research among internally displaced people: ethical theory and research implementation

Chesmal Siriwardhana, Anushka Adikari, Kaushalya Jayaweera, Athula Sumathipala BMC Medical Ethics 2013, 14:13 (12 March 2013)

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Challenges in biobank governance in Sub-Saharan Africa

Ciara Staunton, Keymanthri Moodley BMC Medical Ethics 2013, 14:35 (11 September 2013)

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Ethical and legal implications of whole genome and whole exome sequencing in African populations

Galen EB Wright, Pieter GJ Koornhof, Adebowale A Adeyemo, Nicki Tiffin BMC Medical Ethics 2013, 14:21 (28 May 2013)

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Nurse managers' experience with ethical issues in six government hospitals in Malaysia: A cross-sectional study

Maizura Musa, Md Harun-Or-Rashid, Junichi Sakamoto BMC Medical Ethics 2011, 12:23 (16 November 2011)

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Knowledge and attitude of ICU nurses, students and patients towards the Austrian organ donation law

Vanessa Stadlbauer, Peter Steiner, Martin Schweiger, Michael Sereinigg, Karl-Heinz Tscheliessnigg, Wolfgang Freidl, Philipp Stiegler BMC Medical Ethics 2013, 14:32 (16 August 2013)

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Taking part in a pharmacogenetic clinical trial: assessment of trial participants understanding of information disclosed during the informed consent process

Diana Rose, Jasna Russo, Til Wykes BMC Medical Ethics 2013, 14:34 (11 September 2013)

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Human cloning laws, human dignity and the poverty of the policy making dialogue

Timothy Caulfield BMC Medical Ethics 2003, 4:3 (29 July 2003)

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The arbitrariness on the concept of human dignity could be undermining the public debate and the critical assessment of current human cloning laws.

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Ethical issues in human genomics research in developing countries

Jantina de Vries, Susan J Bull, Ogobara Doumbo, Muntaser Ibrahim, Odile Mercereau-Puijalon, Dominic Kwiatkowski, Michael Parker BMC Medical Ethics 2011, 12:5 (18 March 2011)

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