THERE IS A LONG TRADITION OF BIOETHICAL REASONING within the Roman Catholic
faith, a tradition expressed in scripture, the writings of the Doctors of the Church, papal …

Mrs. I is 25 years old and is about 10 weeks’ pregnant. She has tuberculous meningitis. Her
disease was in an advanced stage when she was admitted to hospital and underwent …

… To my mother Lenore McFadyen and my mother-in-law Margaret Markwell my heartfelt thanks
for … To my father, Walter McFadyen and my father-in-law Ian Markwell, both of whom died …

Medicine today has become focused on the rational and intellectual, with emphasis on
outcomes and evidence. Bioethics over the past 25 years has focused on the ordering of …

Ethical dilemmas pervade modern geriatric medicine. What is considered right or wrong will
differ depending on, among other things, the patient’s religion. The three Abrahamic …

3 The benefits of visitation for hospitalized patients, including those in intensive care units,
are generally supported in the literature. These benefits include reducing patient anxiety and …

4• BACKGROUND Although families may be defined in different ways and different
terminology may be used (eg, caregiver, care partner), their presence is essential to the care of …

Guidelines for clerkship training at one Canadian medical school – Western University’s
Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry – did not state the ethical principles associated with …

If needed in the future, we will do it all over again. No effort will be too great. Treating
patients is our professional reward and to rise to a new challenge on behalf of our patients is …

BACKGROUND & AIMS: - Excess adiposity (overweight) is one of numerous risk factors for
cardiometabolic disease. Most risk reduction strategies for overweight rely on weight loss …