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Section Two: Caring for Patients Living with HIV/AIDS
Barriers to Care Universal Precautions Taking a Sexual History Giving HIV Test Results Terminal Illness |
Human Experimentation: An Introduction to the Ethical Issues
The Scandal Unfolds Tuskegee Studies Unnecessary Drugs Mean Unnecessary Experiments |
Animal Care and Use Committees: Structural Problems Impair Usefulness
Animal Care and Use Committees: Structural Problems Impair Usefulness Introduction The Animal Welfare Act (AWA) requires that institutional animal care and use committees (IACUCs) be established at research facilities that use animals covered under the Act. The Public Health Service and the Interagency Research |
Animals, Research, and Alternatives: John Gluck, Ph.D.
Speakers John Gluck, Ph.D. University of New Mexico; Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University Presentation: What is Missing in the Ethics of Animal Research John Gluck, Ph.D., is currently emeritus professor of psychology at the University of New Mexico and affiliate faculty of the Kennedy I |
Priorities for Research in Spinal Cord Injury
Priorities for Research in Spinal Cord Injury Research on spinal cord injuries aims to prevent, minimize, or repair neural tissue damage, reduce the sequelae of injury, and improve function. While animals have been used by a number of investigators, other avenues of resear |
Section One: Approaching the Victim of Partner Abuse
Signs of Abuse: What Physicians Should Look For Intervention Domestic Violence Education in the Medical Curriculum |
More Than a Makeup Trend: New Survey Shows 72 percent of Americans Oppose Testing Cosmetics Products on Animals
A Report from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine Autumn 2011 Makeup trends change from season to season, but a much quieter, steadier cosmetics trend is also taking place. As consumers have become more concerned about animal welfare issues, demand for cruelty-free cosmetics and personal care products h |
More Than a Makeup Trend
A Report from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine Autumn 2011 Makeup trends change from season to season, but a much quieter, steadier cosmetics trend is also taking place. As consumers have become more concerned about animal welfare issues, demand for cruelty-free cosmetics and personal care product |
Birth Defect Statistics
General Definition of a birth defect: Abnormal development of the fetus resulting in death, malformation, growth retardation, and functional disorders. Approximately 150,000 babies are born each year with birth defects. Approximately 3 percent of al |
Birth Defect Statistics
Birth Defect Statistics General Definition of a birth defect: Abnormal development of the fetus resulting in death, malformation, growth retardation, and functional disorders. Approximately 120,000 babies are born each year with birth defects. Approximately 3 perc |
Section Five: Effectively Treating the Homeless Population
Homeless persons have higher rates of mental illness, substance abuse, and other medical conditions than the general population. A lack of social support, along with little or no insurance, often makes it harder for them to follow medical recommendations f |
Section Four: Physician-Assisted Suicide And Capital Punishment: What Role Should Physicians Play?
Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia Arguments AGAINST Permitting Physician-Assisted Suicide Arguments FOR Permitting Physician-Assisted Suicide |
Human Experiments: Redrawing the Ethical Boundaries
Human Experiments: Redrawing the Ethical Boundaries Late 1993 was marked by revelations that hundreds of nonconsenting Americans had been used in radiation tests that began in the 1940s and continued much longer. The full facts of these experiments are not yet known. Earlier in the year, the National Academy of Sc |
Caroline Trapp, M.S.N., A.P.R.N., B.C.-ADM, C.D.E.
Caroline Trapp, M.S.N., A.P.R.N., B.C.-ADM, C.D.E., is director of diabetes education and care with the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting preventive medicine, especially better nutrition, and higher standards in research. She is |
Your Right to Know: Understanding Animal Experiments in Your Community
Selecting a Facility or Experiment Animals in Education Collecting Information Bringing in the Law |
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