Search results for "Ethics"

2006

The first world wide symposium on the topic of gender-specific medicine provided the latest research on differences in sex and/or gender in medicine and medical care. The presentations ranged beyond the topic of reproduction to encompass the entire human organism. This report critically reviews three issues that emerged during the Conference: gender mainstreaming, the concept of sex/gender differences and the issue of men's health. It suggests that the interdisciplinary concept of gender-specific medicine has to be mirrored by the integration of social and cultural studies into medical research and practice.

Anti-aging medicine: pitfalls and hopes

2009

Since the beginnings of time humans have searched for a fountain of youth. This has led to many extravagant claims which have been highly profitable for their proponents. This area has become known as anti-aging medicine and has deservedly been frowned upon by the medical establishment. On the other hand, in the last decades dramatic advances in our understanding of the aging process have come from studies in worms, flies and mice. This article reviews some of these advances and places the extravagant claims of anti-aging medicine in perspective. We conclude that a balanced diet of moderate proportions and exercise remain today the only proven fountain of youth. © 2009 Informa UK Ltd.

ETHICS AND AGING: FOCUS ON LIVING WILL FOR PATIENTS WITH DEMENTIA

2017

Today dementia certainly represents a public health priority with a huge global impact on wordwide population. However, clinical and social issues related to dementia have long been marginalized. The actual high prevalence of dementias requires also to face issues from a bioethical perspective, regarding how to deal with demented patient’s disposition. There are currently no specific guidelines on the national territory regarding whether to draw up a living will by a patient with dementia, neither about the informative role of physicians during the progressive story of the disease.

Schöne neue Welt der Prävention? Zu Voraussetzungen und Reichweite von Public Health Genetics

2007

Recent developments in molecular genetics and genomics have not only provided new insights into the biological foundation of life but have also brought about significant changes in the ways health and disease are understood. Nowadays, understanding how the human genome interacts with health-related behaviour and diverse environments is recognised to be the key for biomedical innovation. Even though advances in genetics and genomics have unveiled a whole new complexity of the genetic underpinnings of health and disease and clearly show the need for further investigation, studies of health-related genetic traits already give rise to novel approaches to prevention. As a relatively new field Pu…

Transforming Obesity Prevention for CHILDren (TOPCHILD) Collaboration: protocol for a systematic review with individual participant data meta-analysi…

2022

ABSTRACTIntroductionBehavioural interventions in early life appear to show some effect in reducing childhood overweight and obesity. However, uncertainty remains regarding their overall effectiveness, and whether effectiveness differs among key subgroups. These evidence gaps have prompted an increase in very early childhood obesity prevention trials worldwide. Combining the individual participant data (IPD) from these trials will enhance statistical power to determine overall effectiveness and enable examination of intervention-covariate interactions. We present a protocol for a systematic review with IPD meta-analysis to evaluate the effectiveness of obesity prevention interventions commen…

Responses to vulnerability : care ethics and the technologisation of eldercare

2020

This article argues for a re-conceptualisation of care relations and uses the re-conceptualisation to scrutinise the way in which technology is adopted in eldercare practices. First, it draws on the definition of care as attentiveness to vulnerability, as used in the tradition of care ethics. Second, it specifies four essential aspects of care relations: relationality, dyadic mutuality, corporeality and devotion. Third, using socio-technical and phenomenological perspectives, care relations are contrasted with the idea of intertwining technological and human actors in care practices. Finally, using two adaptations of telecare as examples, the essential aspects of care relations are shown to…

La cura tra giustizia e diritti

2016

The present contribution begins with a preliminary analysis of the concept of “care”, before considering the dynamics of misrecognition of this fundamental dimension of the human condition. Peculiar attention will be devoted to the modalities in which this misrecognition has been translated into specific cultural, legal and social norms. Potentialities and limits of the so-called “Ethics of care” will be evaluated, along with some of the main criticisms to the contractualist theories with the regard to their inadequacy in reflecting the complexity of the relations they pretend to regulate. Finally, the interactions between the ethics of care and the liberal vision of justice and rights are …

Kritiskā domāšana, inovācija, konkurētspēja un globalizācija: rakstu krājums

2018

Rakstu krājumā apkopoti raksti, kuru sākotnējās versijas tika apspriestas LU Filozofijas un socioloģijas institūta prioritārajam projektam “Kritiskā domāšana, inovācija, konkurētspēja un globalizācija” veltīto LU 75. konferences sekciju darbā 2017. gada 14. un 15. februārī. 2017. gadā LU Filozofijas un socioloģijas institūta pētnieki darbojās šādās projekta apakštēmās: Kritiskā domāšana intelektuālajā vēsturē, mūsdienu praksēs un kultūrinovācijās un Globalizācija un migrācija: “jaunās Eiropas” modeļi. Pirmās apakštēmas svarīgākie uzdevumi bija kritiskās domāšanas konceptu apkopošana un izvērtēšana; tās vietas un iespēju noskaidrošana Eiropas intelektuālajā vēsturē, kā arī kritiskās domāšana…

Research and Science Today Supplement 1/2014

2014

In this supplement of Research and Science Today journal are included scientific articles which debate problems from social science fields, engineering sciences fields, legal sciences and medical sciences fields: Craiova hospitals, Wallachia, Moldova, diplomatic byzantin ceremonial, eurozone, human security, democratization, globalization, sociological research, appendicular peritonitis, hyperbilirubinemia, pleuro-pulmonary, tuberculosis surgery.hypothyroidism, epilepsy.Research and Science Today Journal is a publication founded in 2011 and it is dedicated to the students of all levels (license, master and doctoral) of faculties in the country and abroad. We want to offer the participants t…

Motivational climate, goal orientation, perceived sport ability, and enjoyment within Finnish junior ice hockey players

2015

The aim of this study was to investigate the relations among situational motivational climate, dispositional approach and avoidance achievement goals, perceived sport ability, and enjoyment in Finnish male junior ice hockey players. The sample comprised 265 junior B-level male players with a mean age of 17.03 years (SD = 0.63). Players filled questionnaires tapping their perceptions of coach motivational climate, achievement goals, perceived sport ability, and enjoyment. For the statistical analysis, players were divided into high and low perceived sport ability groups. Multigroup structural equation modeling (SEM) revealed an indirect path from task-involving motivational climate via task-…