{"title":"The significance of shared humanity during the COVID-19 pandemic.","authors":"Arpi Manookian","doi":"10.18502/jmehm.v13i29.5046","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18502/jmehm.v13i29.5046","url":null,"abstract":"The article's abstract is not available.","PeriodicalId":45276,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine","volume":"13 ","pages":"29"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/75/27/JMEHM-13-29.PMC8141097.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39033991","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Saeedeh Saeedi Tehrani, Akram Hashemi, Mansureh Madani, Mina Forouzandeh
{"title":"Confidentiality challenges surrounding plasma therapy during the COVID-19 pandemic: a case discussion in Iran.","authors":"Saeedeh Saeedi Tehrani, Akram Hashemi, Mansureh Madani, Mina Forouzandeh","doi":"10.18502/jmehm.v13i27.5044","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18502/jmehm.v13i27.5044","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Maintaining confidentiality, both in national and international codes of ethics, is considered an important principle in healthcare and the medical profession for both patients and physicians. This case-report article focused on a real case. Based on the request of the Iranian Blood Transfusion Organization (IBTO) for plasma donation from recovered COVID-19 patients, we asked the names and personal information of those patients from hospitals affiliated with Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS) and arranged for the subjects to be referred to the Medical Ethics Department of IUMS for consultation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Various ethical and legal aspects of this case were discussed in a special meeting, and practical solutions were then provided considering the limits of confidentiality and conditions for ethical access to patients' information during a pandemic. Since plasma therapy is not a definitive cure for COVID-19 and considering the ethical and legal points presented in this article, it is not recommended to announce the names of patients in the early stages. Given the potential impacts of the procedure and the possibility of patients being cured, however, their consent should be obtained in different situations and, if necessary, providing information to patients or educating them should be considered.</p>","PeriodicalId":45276,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine","volume":"13 ","pages":"27"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/0b/a2/JMEHM-13-27.PMC8141205.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39033989","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"COVID-19 pandemic and the ethical challenges in patient care.","authors":"Ali Sahebi, Siamak Moayedi, Mohamad Golitaleb","doi":"10.18502/jmehm.v13i24.4955","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18502/jmehm.v13i24.4955","url":null,"abstract":"The article's abstract is not available.","PeriodicalId":45276,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine","volume":"13 ","pages":"24"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/61/18/JMEHM-13-24.PMC8141212.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39034945","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nasrin Rezaee, Marjan Mardani-Hamooleh, Maryam Seraji
{"title":"Nurses' perception of ethical challenges in caring for patients with COVID-19: a qualitative analysis.","authors":"Nasrin Rezaee, Marjan Mardani-Hamooleh, Maryam Seraji","doi":"10.18502/jmehm.v13i23.4954","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18502/jmehm.v13i23.4954","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Nurses face several challenges in providing care for patients with coronavirus disease in 2019 (COVID-19). The study aimed to explain the nurses' perception of ethical challenges in this regard. The qualitative study was carried out using a content analysis method. Individual and semi-structured interviews were conducted with 24 nurses. Inductive content analysis was used to categorize the data. Nurses' narratives indicated that ethical challenges in caring for patients with COVID-19 included threats to professional values and the absence of a holistic COVID-19 care approach. The first category was subcategorized into the risk of declining quality of patient care and a stigmatized public image about COVID-19 care. The second category was divided into poor spiritual care, poor compassionate care, and lack of family-centered care. Health care managers must develop protocols for nurses that address these issues to alleviate the ethical challenges of COVID-19 care.</p>","PeriodicalId":45276,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine","volume":"13 ","pages":"23"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/43/66/JMEHM-13-23.PMC8141204.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39034944","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Virtual learning for teaching medical ethics during COVID-19 pandemic.","authors":"Mina Mobasher","doi":"10.18502/jmehm.v13i25.4956","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18502/jmehm.v13i25.4956","url":null,"abstract":"The article's abstract is not available.","PeriodicalId":45276,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine","volume":"13 ","pages":"25"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/9f/01/JMEHM-13-25.PMC8141210.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39034947","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hakimeh Sabeghi, Leila Afshar, Seyed Abbas Foroutan, Shahram Yazdani
{"title":"Medical students' value-rich exposures in clinical setting during the COVID-19 pandemic.","authors":"Hakimeh Sabeghi, Leila Afshar, Seyed Abbas Foroutan, Shahram Yazdani","doi":"10.18502/jmehm.v13i26.4957","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18502/jmehm.v13i26.4957","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Exposing medical students to real-world situations and clinical practice experiences during their education years can help them build their professional value frameworks. The COVID-19 pandemic is one of the most challenging conditions that medical students have experienced; however, this pandemic have provided value-rich opportunities assisting in development and enhancement of their professional identity. This commentary aimed to emphasize the importance of medical students' exposure to clinical practice during the pandemic and the potential that such encounters provide for internalizing values.</p>","PeriodicalId":45276,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine","volume":"13 ","pages":"26"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/f3/68/JMEHM-13-26.PMC8141096.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39034948","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rhazes' pioneer viewpoints about psychiatry, neurology and neuroscience.","authors":"Seyed Mahmoud Tabatabaei, Amirhossein Jafari-Mehdiabad","doi":"10.18502/jmehm.v13i21.4863","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18502/jmehm.v13i21.4863","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>After the emergence of Islam and its advancement in the past three centuries in various countries and the Muslims' acquaintance with civilizations emanating from the empires of Iran, Greece, and India, a civilization emerged that affected different aspects of people's lives in Islamic lands and other countries. One of the components of this civilization was medical sciences that were collected and compiled by Muslims using the resources of other civilizations and their own experiences and resources. Rhazes (Muhammad ibn Zakaryya al-Razi), who lived in the ninth century AD (fourth century AH), compiled a comprehensive textbook of medicine (named in Arabic: Al-Hawi fi al-Tibb) in all specialized medical disciplines in accordance with the latest achievements of his era. This book has been published in the contemporary period as a 25-volume collection and contains knowledge and experiences from the medical resources of various civilizations and Rhazes' own knowledge and experiences. The first volume of this collection and some other volumes are devoted to the knowledge of neuroscience, psychiatry, and related diseases, illnesses, and disorders. In this review, we cite topics from \"Al-Hawi\" and other Rhazes' manuscripts related to the definition and description of diseases and disorders associated with the nervous system as well as psychiatry and neurology and compare them with modern medical sciences in a comparative manner. This is intended to make their importance and validity clear in terms of usability as part of medical history as well as for some medical research that requires historical and contextual information.</p>","PeriodicalId":45276,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine","volume":"13 ","pages":"21"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/c0/df/JMEHM-13-21.PMC7838884.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25341807","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alejandro Gutierrez-Castillo, Javier Gutierrez-Castillo, Francisco Guadarrama-Conzuelo, Amado Jimenez-Ruiz, Jose Luis Ruiz-Sandoval
{"title":"Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide: a systematic review of medical students' attitudes in the last 10 years.","authors":"Alejandro Gutierrez-Castillo, Javier Gutierrez-Castillo, Francisco Guadarrama-Conzuelo, Amado Jimenez-Ruiz, Jose Luis Ruiz-Sandoval","doi":"10.18502/jmehm.v13i22.4864","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18502/jmehm.v13i22.4864","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study aimed at examining the approval rate of the medical students' regarding active euthanasia, passive euthanasia, and physician-assisted-suicide over the last ten years. To do so, the arguments and variables affecting students' choices were examined and a systematic review was conducted, using PubMed and Web of Science databases, including articles from January 2009 to December 2018. From 135 identified articles, 13 met the inclusion criteria. The highest acceptance rates for euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide were from European countries. The most common arguments supporting euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide were the followings: (<i>i</i>) patient's autonomy (n = 6), (<i>ii</i>) relief of suffering (n = 4), and (<i>ii</i>) the thought that terminally-ill patients are additional burden (n = 2). The most common arguments against euthanasia were as follows: (<i>i</i>) religious and personal beliefs (n = 4), (<i>ii</i>) the \"slippery slope\" argument and the risk of abuse (n = 4), and (<i>iii</i>) the physician's role in preserving life (n = 2). Religion (n = 7), religiosity (n = 5), and the attributes of the medical school of origin (n = 3) were the most significant variables to influence the students' attitude. However, age, previous academic experience, family income, and place of residence had no significant impact. Medical students' opinions on euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide should be appropriately addressed and evaluated because their moral compass, under the influence of such opinions, will guide them in solving future ethical and therapeutic dilemmas in the medical field.</p>","PeriodicalId":45276,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine","volume":"13 ","pages":"22"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/d1/09/JMEHM-13-22.PMC7839145.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25341808","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Neonatal end-of-life decisions and ethical perspectives.","authors":"Madjid Soltani Gerdfaramarzi, Shabnam Bazmi","doi":"10.18502/jmehm.v13i19.4827","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18502/jmehm.v13i19.4827","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>End-of-life decisions are usually required when a neonate is at high risk of disability or death, and such decisions involve many legal and ethical challenges. This article reviewed the processes of ethical decision-making for severely ill or terminal neonates, considering controversial issues including the followings: (<i>i</i>) identifying primary decision makers, (<i>ii</i>) the role of law and guidelines, and (<i>iii</i>) changes in treatment controversy, law and regulations over twenty years in several European countries such as Switzerland, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Spain. This review study conducted on accessible articles from PubMed, Google Scholar, Web of Science and Scopus databases. Based on two studies in 2016 and 1996, neonatologists reported that withholding intensive care, withdrawing mechanical ventilation or life-saving drugs, and involvement of parents in decision-makings have become more acceptable as time passes, indicative of trend change. Trend of physicians on how end the life of neonates, at risk of death, varies in different countries, and cultural factors, parents' involvement in decisions and gestational age are factors considered in end-of-life decision-making. Future investigations continuously need to identify upcoming ethical aspects of proper decision-making.</p>","PeriodicalId":45276,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine","volume":"13 ","pages":"19"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/d1/93/JMEHM-13-19.PMC7838882.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25341805","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Barriers of students' adherence to dress code policy in clinical settings: dental students' viewpoint.","authors":"Nafiseh Momeni, Fariba Asghari","doi":"10.18502/jmehm.v13i20.4862","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18502/jmehm.v13i20.4862","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Medical universities have called for a professional dress code to preserve the dignity of the medical profession, creating a sense of respect, tranquility, and trust in healthcare recipients and improve patient safety. This study aims to explain the reasons behind poor adherence to the professional dress code by students of the dentistry school. A qualitative study was conducted to explain the viewpoints of dentistry students of Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS). Twenty-three in-depth interviews with dentistry students of different genders, study years, living in different accommodations, and having different tuition payment status were conducted. Conventional content analysis was used to analyze the data. One hundred and twenty initial codes were extracted. They were categorized into common causes of non-adherence to the TUMS Dress Code and specific causes of not following a specific section of the dress code (hygiene, jewelry, and makeup sections). The codes of common causes were categorized into 4 main categories including defects in education, management shortcomings, changes in societal culture, and personal factors. All components of the educational system must be aligned with each other to overcome the barriers against the students' adherence to professional dress and put forward appropriate interventions at the policymaking, regulatory and educational levels.</p>","PeriodicalId":45276,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine","volume":"13 ","pages":"20"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/32/5e/JMEHM-13-20.PMC7838885.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25341806","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}