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Joe Hockey’s medical research fund is nothing more than a distraction
Published 2014-05-23
Health is a basic requirement for an individual to lead a good life. Without health you have nothing; when we are sick, it’s difficult to work, to care for others, to participate in the things we enjoy. We seek treatment ...
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Values as ‘modest foundations’ for medicine
Published 2014-01-01
Medicine and healthcare have been around for thousands of years, but we seldom ask why they are so important. It seems self-evident that we should seek relief of suffering from some institution in the society in which we ...
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Return of the Memento Mori: imaging death in public health.
Published 2013-01-01
Death has always held a morbid fascination for humans. Indeed, awareness of one’s own mortality may well be one of the defining features of the ‘human condition’ – symbols of death appearing in most civilizations since ...
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Theorizing personhood: for better or for worse
Published 2014-01-01
Person-centered medicine is emerging as one of the most formidable critiques of evidence-based medicine. One of its claims to priority over patient-centered care, humane medicine, narrative-based medicine and values-based ...
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The precarious future of the discourse of person-centered medicine
Published 2014-01-01
Discourses are more than just patterns of words. For discourse communities, they express ideologies and provide meanings that can be translated into action. They are vehicles for reform when they thrive. The discourse of ...
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Journal peer review in context: A qualitative study of the social and subjective dimensions of manuscript review in biomedical publishing
Published 2011-01-01
Peer- and editorial review of research submitted to biomedical journals (‘manuscript review’) is frequently argued to be essential for ensuring scientific quality and the dissemination of important ideas, but there is also ...
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The perils of proxy outcomes in evidence-based medicine: the case of recombinant factor VIIa.
Published 2011-01-01
There is currently a major controversy surrounding the off-label use of recombinant activated Factor VII (rFVIIa). The literature offers at best inconclusive support for its use in the management of bleeding in any situation ...
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Doctors on Status and Respect: A Qualitative Study
Published 2013-01-01
While doctors generally enjoy considerable status, some believe that this is increasingly threatened by consumerism, managerialism, and competition from other health professions. Research into doctors’ perceptions of the ...
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Relational conceptions of paternalism: a way to rebut nanny-state accusations and evaluate public health interventions
Published 2015-01-01
Objectives: ‘Nanny-state’ accusations can function as powerful rhetorical weapons against interventions intended to promote public health. Public health advocates often lack effective rebuttals to these criticisms. Nanny-state ...
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Overcoming entrenched disagreements. the case of misoprostol for post-partum haemorrhage.
Published 2013-01-01
The debate about whether misoprostol should be distributed to low resource communities to prevent post-partum haemorrhage (PPH), recognised as a major cause of maternal mortality, is deeply polarised. This is in spite of ...
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