Femoral fracture is associated with high geriatric mortality. Frailty is the increased vulnerability to stressors resulting from aging-associated decreases in physiological reserve. We aimed to predict 30-365-day postoperative ...

Background The legalization and paradigmatic cases,. such as Baby Doe, have initiated a debate on pediatric euthanasia. This paper examines the historic background, the current extent of implementation, and the main ethical ...

Tıbbi cihazların endikasyon dışı (off-label) kullanımı giderek yaygınlaşmaktadır. İlaçların endikasyon dışı kullanımının yasal ve etik açıdan kurallara bağlanmış olmasına rağmen benzer düzenlemeler tıbbi cihazlar alanında ...

Vulnerability is a broad concept widely addressed in recent scholarly literature. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people are among the vulnerable populations with significant disadvantages related to health ...

Interculturalism and Informed Consent: Respecting Cultural Differences without Breaching Human Rights

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Publication bias is defined as "the tendency on the parts of investigators, reviewers, and editors to submit or accept manuscripts for publication based on the direction or the strength of the study findings." Publication ...

This paper discusses the crucial effects of Turkish health and migration laws on Syrian refugees' access to public health services and social determinants of health. Key aspects of current Turkish laws affect the health ...

Abortion is among the most widely discussed concepts of medical ethics. Since the well-known ethical theories have emerged from Western world, the position of Islamic ethics regarding main issues of medical ethics has been ...

Disease outbreaks have attracted the attention of the public health community to early warning and response systems (EWRS) for communicable diseases and other cross-border threats to health. The European Union (EU) and the ...