A5070280088- Pain Management and Placebo Effect
- Ethics in medical practice
- Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills
- Empathy and Medical Education
- Innovations in Medical Education
- Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Pharmaceutical studies and practices
- Clinical practice guidelines implementation
- Health Sciences Research and Education
- Treatment of Major Depression
- Philosophy and History of Science
- Health and Medical Research Impacts
- Science and Climate Studies
- Technology Use by Older Adults
- Crime, Deviance, and Social Control
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies
- Quality and Safety in Healthcare
- BRCA gene mutations in cancer
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism
- Sexual Differentiation and Disorders
- Antibiotic Use and Resistance
- Psychedelics and Drug Studies
- Public Health and Social Inequalities
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
2010-2023
Royal Gwent Hospital
2017
University of Kentucky
2005
Guelph General Hospital
2000
Control interventions (often called "sham," "placebo," or "attention controls") are essential for studying the efficacy mechanism of physical, psychological, and self-management in clinical trials. This article presents core recommendations designing, conducting, reporting control to establish a quality standard non-pharmacological intervention research. A framework additional considerations supports researchers' decision making this context. We also provide checklist enhance research...
A number of philosophers have argued that alcoholics should receive lower priority for liver transplantations because they are morally responsible their medical conditions. In this paper, I argue conclusion is false. Moral responsibility not be used as a criterion the allocation resources. The reason advance goes further than technical problem assessing moral responsibility. deeper using an undermines functioning medicine.
Many clinical ethicists have argued that ethics expertise is impossible. Their skeptical argument usually rests on the assumptions to be an expert know correct moral conclusions, which can only arrived at by having ethical theories. In this paper, I argue unsound. To wit, ordinary deliberations do not require appeal or meta-ethical Instead, agreeing resolve differences appealing reasons, participants agree Default Principle-a substantive rule tells us how adjudicate disagreement. The...
In October of 2004, the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) issued a “black-box” label warning indicating that use certain antidepressants to treat major depressive disorder (MDD) in adolescents may increase risk suicidal ideations and behaviors. The came shortly after FDA’s British counterpart, Medicines Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), concluded selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) with exception fluoxetine (Prozac) should not be used disorders.
It is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.William Clifford, "The Ethics of Belief" In the great boarding-house nature, cakes butter syrup seldom come out so even leave plates clean. Indeed, we should view them with scientific suspicion if they did.William James, Will Believe"
Why Construing Theories of Depression as Lakatos' Research Programs Might Spell Trouble for their Proponents Dien Ho (bio) In his "Let the drugs lead way! On unfolding a research program in psychiatry," Shai Mulinari nicely lays out evolution theories depression since late 1950s; that is, understanding ultimately brain disorder centering on functioning monoamine neurotransmitters. Moreover, emergence various psychotropic drug treatments have provided researchers with "pharmacological bridge"...
Undergraduate science professors are capable of teaching the scientific principles behind new genetic technologies. However, they not often readied to explore ethical and social implications. We created an ethics bowl that brings together students in healthcare courses analyze issues genetics. It is engaging, challenging, rewarding experience provides with tools identify elements science. This proves be a wonderful first step training morally sensitive scientists.
The Couple A young couple plans to start a family. month into her pregnancy, the mother-to-be realizes that balancing work, education, and starting family will be more than she is ready handle. She talks partner, he expresses his desire for carry child term reminds did commit pregnancy. Should allowed terminate pregnancy against partner’s wishes [1]?
Journal Article Anthropic reasoning does not conflict with observation Get access Dien Ho, Ho University of KentuckyLexington, KY 40506-0027, USAdienho@uky.edubmonton@uky.edu Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Bradley Monton Analysis, Volume 65, Issue 1, January 2005, Pages 42–45, https://doi.org/10.1093/analys/65.1.42 Published: 01 2005
Rationale and Objectives Medical humanities are becoming increasingly popular, required, recognized as positively impacting medical education practice. However, the extent of teaching in schools is largely unknown. We aimed to review school curricula Canada, UK, US. Our secondary objective was compare inclusion with rankings schools. Methods searched curriculum websites all accredited US check which topics were taught, whether they mandatory or optional. then noted both by Times Higher...
Since its introduction in 1964, the World Medical Association's