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This article discusses the history of major events that created and shaped philosophies of medicine,how they've evolved through socio-political interventions over the years, and how these philosophies interfe with contemporary medical ethics.
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This articles discusses the importance of the pharmacists duty to warn and the historical legal consititutions created and inconsitences involved with pharmacist-patient relationships which consiquently raises ethical concerns regarding succesful treatment of patients,
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This article provides an analysis of an on-going ethical issue concerning physiciatrists and industry(typically pharmaceutical and medical devices) relationships and how interests of thes parties in physciatrists-patient relationships ultimately affect ethical diagnosis and drug therapy. Here we will see how fiscal interests of the industry have grown to majorly influence contemporary medical ethics.
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This article discusses various reports within the issue on contemporary topics including neuroscience-related law, the ethical issues involving stress disorder , and the treatment of certain brain tumors.
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This article discusses a study done revealing a lack of knowledge concerning placebo side effects provided to patients participating in placebo trials and also the importance for legally enforcing more informative consent forms for patients to make well-informed decisions when participating in such clinical trials.
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This paper examines the ways in which health care and the health professions have changed over the last half-century and describes a range of environmental and contextual features that expose the inadequacies of the 1964 Oath in the worlds of today and the future.