Defining an age cut-off for older offenders: a systematic review of literature

H Merkt, S Haesen, L Meyer, RW Kressig… - International Journal of …, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose In the literature, 65 years is commonly used as the age to designate an older
person in the community. When studying older prisoners, there is much variation. The …

Palliative care initiation in pediatric oncology patients: A systematic review

BT Cheng, M Rost, E De Clercq, L Arnold… - Cancer …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Palliative care (PC) aims to improve quality of life for patients and their families. The World
Health Organization and American Academy of Pediatrics recommend that PC starts at …

[HTML][HTML] Emotion and value in the evaluation of medical decision-making capacity: a narrative review of arguments

H Hermann, M Trachsel, BS Elger… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Ever since the traditional criteria for medical decision-making capacity (understanding,
appreciation, reasoning, evidencing a choice) were formulated, they have been criticized for …

[HTML][HTML] Consent and anonymization in research involving biobanks: differing terms and norms present serious barriers to an international framework

BS Elger, AL Caplan - EMBO reports, 2006 - embopress.org
Biological samples—such as tissues, blood and cells—are an increasingly important tool for
research into human diseases and their genetic and physiological causes. To ease their …

Prison life: Television, sports, work, stress and insomnia in a remand prison

BS Elger - International journal of law and psychiatry, 2009 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To compare how prisoners complaining of insomnia and prisoners without
sleep problems describe their daily activities, stress factors and the perceived reasons for …

Strategies for health data exchange for secondary, cross-institutional clinical research

BS Elger, J Iavindrasana, LL Iacono, H Müller… - Computer methods and …, 2010 - Elsevier
Secondary use of health data has a vital role in improving and advancing medical
knowledge. While digital health records offer scope for facilitating the flow of data to …

Decision-making capacity of children and adolescents—suggestions for advancing the concept's implementation in pediatric healthcare

KM Ruhe, T Wangmo, DO Badarau, BS Elger… - European Journal of …, 2015 - Springer
Within the frameworks of shared decision-making and participation in healthcare, children's
ability to understand and appreciate information pertaining to illness and treatment is …

[HTML][HTML] Reasons why nurses decline influenza vaccination: a qualitative study

A Pless, SR McLennan, D Nicca, DM Shaw, BS Elger - BMC nursing, 2017 - Springer
Background To explore reasons of non-vaccinated nursing staff for declining seasonal
influenza vaccination. The annual influenza vaccination of healthcare workers reduces …

[HTML][HTML] Towards a pragmatist dealing with algorithmic bias in medical machine learning

G Starke, E De Clercq, BS Elger - Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Machine Learning (ML) is on the rise in medicine, promising improved diagnostic,
therapeutic and prognostic clinical tools. While these technological innovations are bound to …

Participation in pediatric oncology: views of child and adolescent patients

KM Ruhe, DO Badarau, P Brazzola… - Psycho …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Objective The aim of the present study is to explore patient's perspectives in pediatric
oncology on participation in discussions and decision‐making surrounding their cancer …