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 ...

Objective: The purpose of this research is to evaluate the ethical aspects of informed consent process of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) patients in Turkey. Methods: The study included 50 patients undergoing TKA in Gazi ...

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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Turkey has been a growing market for multicenter clinical trials for the last ten years and is considered among the top ten countries in terms of potential study subject populations. The objective of increasing the share ...

Background: The research and published literature on Roma health in Turkey is much more limited than in other European countries. Among these, there are hardly any published literature focusing on the health ...

An adverse drug reaction (ADR) is a burden both to healthcare system and has economic, medical and ethical dimensions. ADR reporting is a responsibility of all healthcare professionals and is essential for the effectiveness ...

Research ethics improved by the increase in number and variety of clinical and sociological research on human subjects. The developments in medicine and technology produced possibilities which were not present in the years ...

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 ...