Ethics in Medical News

Survey Data Reveals Little Connection between Executive Compensation, Employee Bonuses and Business Ethics and Compliance

Survey conducted by the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics and Health Care Compliance Association MINNEAPOLIS, May 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- At this critical time when the public, government leaders and others are calling for executive compensation and employee bonus reforms, it a...

Medical Facilities Among Finalists for Greater Dallas Business Ethics Awards

DALLAS, May 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Balfour Beatty Construction and Sleep Experts have been honored as the recipients of the 2009 Greater Dallas Business Ethics Awards. Two area medical facilities, Texas Institute for Surgery, L.L.P. and Frisco Medical Center, L.L.P., were among the nine finalists. ...

Executive Compensation Controversy Rages, SCCE to Determine What Role Compliance and Ethics Play

How Executives and Employees are evaluated and paid is the topic of a survey currently being conducted by the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics and the Health Care Compliance Association MINNEAPOLIS, May 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Companies say that they want their employees to do...

The SCOOTER Store Recognizes National Corporate Compliance & Ethics Week

NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas, May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- To help educate people about the importance of working with lawful and ethical mobility suppliers, The SCOOTER Store, America's leading provider of power wheelchairs and scooters, celebrated National Corporate Compliance and Ethics Week May 4-8. The com...

From the ethics of Dr. Frankenstein to preventing cardiovascular disease

PHILADELPHIA, April 2, 2009 -- More than 6,000 internists (adult medicine specialists), subspecialists, medical students, and allied health professionals will meet in Philadelphia for Internal Medicine 2009, the annual scientific meeting of the American College of Physicians (ACP), April 23 - 25 (...

Gabon establishes national ethics committee

This release is available in French . As the number of health research conducted in sub-Saharan Africa increases, so does the need for improved review of the ethical and scientific rigour of these trials. As we work on increasing the quality of research, we should also work on ensuring th...

ANA and ISONG Co-Publish Genetics and Ethics in Health Care: New Questions in the Age of Genomic Health

SILVER SPRING, Md., Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Nursesbooks.org, the publishing program of American Nurses Association, in collaboration with the International Society of Nurses in Genetics has just released a book exploring the current ethical challenges associated with advances in gene...

Five Leaders From Five Industries to Tackle Concerns Over the Economy and Its Impact on Compliance and Ethics During Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics and Health Care Compliance Association Audio/Web Conference

MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On February 19, 2009 at Noon CT, compliance and ethics leaders at Best Buy, Dell, Qwest Communications, Textron and Catholic Healthcare West will be discussing how companies should manage rising compliance risk at a time of stagnant or declining budg...

SCCE and HCCA Social Network Now Open to All Compliance and Ethics Professionals

Free participation available in global compliance and ethics online forum MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE) and the Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) announced today the associations are making their Social Network...

Annual medical ethics conference celebrates 20 years of disputes

The 20th annual conference of The MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at the University of Chicago will honor the Center's founder and director, Mark Siegler, MD, and examine his work and influence on the field. The conference will be held at the University of Chicago Law School, 1111 E. 60...

Accuracy, efficacy and ethics of abstinence-only programs questioned by public health experts

September 16, 2008 Studies published in a special issue of the online journal Sexuality Research and Social Policy by the University of California Press reveal that abstinence-only-until-marriage sex education programs fail to change sexual behavior in teenagers, provide inaccurate information a...

Confronting Ethics of Pandemic Influenza Planning: 2008 Summit of the States

INDIANAPOLIS Public health professionals from across the country will convene July 14-15 in Indianapolis for a national summit on ethical and policy issues faced by public health officials and the medical community while preparing for a large-scale epidemic. "Confronting the Ethics of Pandem...

Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley to Address the 7th Annual Compliance and Ethics Institute

Global Leaders in Business Ethics and Compliance Meet At Compliance & Ethics Institute, September 14-17 in Chicago, IL MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., June 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE) announced today that Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley will address...

Researchers urge ethics guidelines for human-genome research

A global team of legal, scientific and ethics experts have put forward eight key recommendations to establish much needed guidelines for conducting human-genome sequencing research. Timothy Caulfield, professor and research director of the Health Law Institute at the University of Alberta in C...

Elsevier Launches Publishing Ethics Resource Kit

AMSTERDAM, March 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- - Online Resource to Support Journal Editors Handling Publishing Ethics Issues Elsevier, the world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, announced today the launch of its Publishing Ethics Reso...

ethiKids, inc. Launches Website and Products to Address Declining Ethics in Children

NEW YORK, Dec. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Kids want help from adults as they face a daunting array of challenging social dilemmas, but lectures only scare them away. ethiKids, inc. introduces an approach to keeping character conversations open during the formative pre-teen years. On Decem...

California Science Center Science Matters Speakers Program Presents 'The Science and Ethics of Fear'

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The California Science Center's Science Matters speakers program will explore "The Science and Ethics of Fear" in a free program from 1 - 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, October 27, 2007. Science Matters panelists will discuss the current science of fear,...

Environment, Energy and Ethics conference at UD, Sept. 21-23

Distinguished speakers from across the United States and abroad will present at Environment, Energy, and Ethics: Science and Responsibility for the 21st Century, an interdisciplinary conference set for Friday-Sunday, Sept. 21-23, at the University of Delaware's Clayton Hall Conference Center in Ne...

U.S. Docs Taught Little About Wartime Ethics

Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo are bringing these issues to the fore, study authors say MONDAY, Oct. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Too few American medical students receive adequate instruction about military medical ethics and a physician's ethical duties under the Geneva Conventions, say Harvard Medical Scho...

Doctor Pours Ethics Down The Drain In A Bid To Make A Quick Buck

A former American doctor has pleaded guilty to writing steroid prescriptions for people she never met or examined , as part of a business that illegally distributed sex-enhancing drugs to hundreds of customers. Ana Maria Santi has become the second doctor to plead guilty in the federal invest...

Research Ethics Requirements Compromising Quality of Health Research

Current research ethics requirements are compromising the scientific quality of health research, warn senior doctors in this week’s BMJ.// Many ethics committees now insist that researchers approach only people who respond positively to a letter from their doctor informing them about an oppor...

Maimed Conscience and Maimed Beggars (Medical Ethics in India) – Part

The current report from CNN IBN and Channel 7 Indian Television network has raised many questions about the health of Indian healthcare// field and the medical professionals. A cleaning up operation is long overdue to rejuvenate the sector. Forgotten are the ‘Declaration of Geneva by the World Medi...

Euthanasia Should Be Legalised feels An Ethics Professor

The Professor of the London School of Medicine and Dentistry has called for the legalisation of voluntary and non-voluntary euthanasia in the UK//. Len Doyal a professor of medical ethics has asked the government to legalise non-voluntary euthanasia. The professor believes that doctors should...

Medical Ethics Violated By Prison Officials In Guantanamo Bay

The attempts of doctors at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay to force feed the prisoners (currently on hunger strike) through insertion of feeding tubes // through their noses has raised controversies among medical associations and ethicists, who claim that such practices violate the funda...

Islamic Medical Ethics opposes Irreversible contraceptive and surrogate motherhood.

During a workshop on Islamic Medical Ethics new rules and flexibility to certain existing rules were done. The workshop was attended by national and international physicians who wanted the Islamic Medical Ethics little comfortable and flexible. //Dr. Malika Haque, Clinical Professor Pediatrics, Ohi...

The Growing Rise In Clinical Research Could Lead To A Compromise In Quality Of Research And Ethics

Clinical research is on the rise in India, hence experts say they are concerned that the unchecked boom may result in some of the newer organizations compromising on quality and ethical standards while conducting drug trials. // The president of the Indian Society of Clinical Research (ISCR),...

The New Next Generation Hot Tub

...facturing Hot Spring((R)) spas are made by Watkins Manufacturing, the acknowledged world leader in hot tubs and a company known for the highest ethics and integrity. Watkins is a division of Masco Corporation, a Fortune 500 company whose products include such trusted brands as Delta((R)) faucets, Kra...

Bipartisan Panel of Industry, NGO and Academic Experts Proposes New Rules for Science in Federal Regulation

...ommendations. Members of such committees should be Special Government Employees, a category that makes them subject to conflict of interest and other ethics rules. Greater transparency in committee appointment process. The process for appointing committees should be more transparent, with agencies ta...

Caldwell College Receives Approval to Launch First Ph.D. for Applied Behavior Analysis-Autism Treatment in New Jersey

... "In conjunction with the start of the PhD in ABA program in Fall 2009, we will also be rolling out a number of new courses. These include courses in ethics and professionalism, teaching language and social skills, working with childhood behavior problems, and both research and applied practica experiences...

Northside Medical Center Nurses Reach Tentative Agreement with Forum Health

...was established to promote and preserve improvements in employment conditions and standards of professional practice; promote adherence to the Code of ethics established by the American Nurses Association; and support the overall community in which it operates through volunteering and organizing public heal...

Embarrassing illnesses no bar to information sharing

...gmatizing illnesses to allow their personal information to be used for health research. A new study, published in the open access journal BMC Medical ethics , found that the purpose of the research and the type of information to be collected were more important in determining patients' consent choices. In...

Glenmark Brings to the Notice of the Authorities Irregularities of the Clinical Investigator at its Jamnagar Site in Gujarat

...ith Omnicare carried out the appropriate for-cause audit and confirmed the fraud. This was immediately brought to the attention of the Chairman of the ethics Committee at the concerned Hospital. Omnicare along with Glenmark acted swiftly and closed the site in line with normal regulatory requirements, to en...

Medifast Independent Director Lt. Gen. Dennis McCarthy Confirmed as Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs

...profitability of Medifast. His insights into the marketplace of today's consumers were invaluable and his detailed understanding of Commercial Law and ethics has served the shareholders of Medifast well." Due to his appointment, Gen McCarthy must resign from the Board of Medifast effective the day ...

Branded Surgery Is Not Always the "Quick Fix" it is Advertised To Be

...lastic Surgery (ABPS) ensures that they not only acquire general surgical knowledge and experience but, additionally, that they master the principles, ethics and practice of plastic surgery. About ASAPS The 2400-member American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS), founded in 1967, is the lead...

A Phase III Alzheimer's Drug Increases Levels of Beta Amyloid in the Brain - But Still Provides Benefits

...avior & Health Education at the University of Michigan's School of Public Health; Jason Karlawish, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Medical ethics with tenure, Senior Fellow of the Center for Bioethics and the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, and Associate Scholar at the Center for Cl...

Project C.U.R.E. and MillerCoors to Welcome the First Lady of Ghana to Colorado for First Ladies' Luncheon in Denver

...to partner with Project C.U.R.E. in hosting Mrs. Naadu Mills for the First Ladies' Luncheon," said Cornell Boggs, MillerCoors chief responsibility and ethics officer. "Though we have a legacy of helping communities where we operate in the U.S., this is such a great opportunity to help needy communities acro...

'Can't Text, I'm Driving!'

... to promote a health care environment that supports physician in caring for and enhancing the health of Michigan citizens through science, quality and ethics in the practice of medicine. Visit the MSMS website at www.msms.org for other health-related information. ...

LA BioMed President and CEO will be named president of the American Judicature Society

...mmittee on Access and Fairness in the Courts and is a past member of the Jury Improvement Task Force and the Council's Advisory Committees on Race and ethics Bias in the Courts and Private Judging. Wagner Vallianos also is a Fellow of the California First Amendment Coalition and a former advisory board ...

Danielle Browning: Providing Immediate Help for Individuals in Need of Health Coverage and Career Recreation

...ne Corps, a very successful career as an Insurance Salesperson to owning a Pet Sitting business established my foundation of solid principals and work ethics that are helping me to reach my individual goals and the goals of my associates with my business model ( www.DanielleBrowning.biz ) that offers an att...

GP bodies support guidelines for use of patient records in medical research

...t the public by working to the highest standards." "This report provides valuable guidance to GPs," says Dr Vivienne Nathanson, Head of Science and ethics at the BMA. "The first priority of GPs must be to deliver high-quality healthcare. But they must also protect patients if their records are to be used...