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A 40-year experiment conducted by the U.S. Public Health Service withheld standard medical advice and treatment from a poor minority population with an easily treatable disease. The experiment targeted black male farmers who were told they needed to be treated for 'bad blood', [ 27 ] but who were, in fact, syphilitic.
The philosophy of healthcare is the study of the ethics, processes, and people which constitute the maintenance of health for human beings. [citation needed] For the most part, however, the philosophy of healthcare is best approached as an indelible component of human social structures.
Abortion and mental health; Abortion–breast cancer hypothesis; Adiposis dolorosa; Adrenocorticotropic hormone (medication) Aerotoxic Association; Age management medicine; Agent Orange; Anesthesia awareness; Anomalous Health Incidents; Aspartame controversy; Attack therapy; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder controversies
Medical ethics is an applied branch of ethics which analyzes the practice of clinical medicine and related scientific research. [1] Medical ethics is based on a set of values that professionals can refer to in the case of any confusion or conflict.
Most of the national burden of health care is provided by private health providers, with the cost shouldered by the state or by patients. The 2019 Universal Health Care Act (UHC Act) represents a significant effort to bridge the quality and accessibility gap, aiming to enroll all Filipinos in the National Health Insurance Program (PhilHealth ...
Examples include American abuses during Project MKUltra and the Tuskegee syphilis experiments, and the mistreatment of indigenous populations in Canada and Australia. The Declaration of Helsinki, developed by the World Medical Association (WMA), is widely regarded as the cornerstone document on human research ethics. [1] [2] [3]
There is a lack of empirical evidence to describe the impact of conflict of interest in the health care industry. [1] Business interests influence the direction of cancer research and the adoption of new practices in therapy. [2] University projects which receive industry funding are more likely to produce research outcomes which favor their ...
Ministries of health in several sub-Saharan African countries, including Zambia, Uganda, and South African, were reported to have begun planning health system reform including hospital accreditation before 2002. However, most hospitals in Africa are administered by local health ministries or missionary organizations without accreditation programs.