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Ethical Conflicts (ethical + conflict)

Distribution by Scientific Domains

Medical Sciences	75%

Selected Abstracts

Ethical conflict among doctors in India: a cause of high female foeticide

ACTA PAEDIATRICA, Issue 2 2009
Rohini Ghosh
No abstract is available for this article. [source]

Ethical evaluations and behavioural intentions of early career accountants: the impact of mentors, peers and individual attributes

ACCOUNTING & FINANCE, Issue 3 2009
Lisa McManus
I20; M40; M41 Abstract This study examined how mentoring support, peer influence and individual attributes of early career accountants (ECA) influence their ethical evaluations and behavioural intentions. Respondents indicate that their evaluation of the seriousness of the ethical conflict is affected by the perceived standard of ethical conduct of their peers, their personal ethical orientation, the extent of ethics education at university, and gender. ECAs' evaluation of a senior colleague's unethical behaviour is affected by mentoring support and the perceived standard of ethical conduct of peers. In terms of ECAs' willingness to contact accounting professional bodies for ethical advice, the size of the accounting firm and the extent of their ethics education at university are significant factors. Furthermore, the likelihood of respondents choosing a more ethical decision is correlated with his or her individual ethical orientation and the extent of ethics education at university. [source]

The role of stem cells in suppurative environments

EXPERIMENTAL DERMATOLOGY, Issue 6 2006
Dolores Herreros
Purpose:,The management of suppurative perianal lesions presents an extremely challenging problem. Stem cells (SC) extracted from certain tissues, such as adipose tissue, can differentiate into various cell types. Therefore, we have tried to use such cells to stimulate healing in a purulent environment. Methods:,In the beginning, we designed a phase I clinical trial, involving five patients with Crohn's disease. We inoculated nine fistulas in four patients with autologous adipose-derived stem cells (ADSC) and were followed at least 8 weeks. Seventy-five percent became healed, and 25% showed a decrease in output flow. No adverse effects were observed in any patient. This study evidenced that such cells are safe. Then, we started a research line using SC in different suppurative environments. During the course of these studies, we had the opportunity to treat a patient with perianal hidradenitis suppurativa using our current protocol of ADSC transplantation. Eight weeks after injection, patient had no perianal suppuration, and a year later remains well. Discussion:,The biological mechanism that underlies the therapeutic success of ADSC transplantation is unknown. Cell differentiation, secretion of growth factors or immunomodulatory effects have been suggested. No ethical conflicts were identified by our Ethics Committee, because the cells were autologous. Conclusions:,Our study shows that ADSC are safe for the treatment of suppurative processes. The actual number of patients included and the uncontrolled nature of these pilot studies do not allow demonstration of the effectiveness of the treatment. However, the results encourage the performance of further studies. [source]

Addressing conflicts in research ethics: consent and risk of harm

PHYSIOTHERAPY RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL, Issue 2 2010
Julius Sim
Abstract This paper explores some ethical conflicts that may arise in physiotherapy-related research, focusing particularly on the issues of informed consent and avoidance of harm. These central issues in research ethics are defined and related to fundamental moral principles such as respect for autonomy, respect for persons and non-maleficence, and their implications are examined through a set of hypothetical case studies, encompassing both quantitative and qualitative research approaches. It is argued that these ethical requirements may legitimately be traded off against each other, so that a prima facie need to gain informed consent or to avoid a risk of harm to participants may , within certain limits , be outweighed by other ethical requirements. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]