Ethics

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Ethics articles

Doctors on Facebook may be compromising doctor patient relationship
Doctors with a profile on the social networking site Facebook may be compromising the doctor-patient relationship, because they don't deploy sufficient privacy settings, indicates research published online in the Journal of Medical Ethics.

STD inoculation study in Guatemala was unethical - US
In 1946, a sexually transmitted disease inoculation study was conducted in Guatemala. American scientists infected hundreds of prisoners and patients in a mental hospital in Guatemala with syphilis and other sexually transmitted diseases.

Clinical trials overseas raises quality control issues
Top-tier U.S.-based pharmaceutical companies are moving their clinical trials overseas at warp speed, raising questions about ethics, quality control, and even the scientific value of their findings for people back in the U.S.

Presumed consent for organ donation, UK
Given the media coverage of the forthcoming report from the Organ Donation Taskforce on presumed consent, journalists covering this issue over the weekend may find the BMA's briefing paper on presumed consent useful.

BMA supports UK organ donation report
Commenting on the initial report released by the Organ Donation Task Force, the Chairman of the British Medical Association's Medical Ethics Committee (MEC), Dr Tony Calland, applauded the report's recommendations to improve current systems for organ donation.

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