Shaken baby syndrome has typically been associated with findings of subdural haematoma,
retinal haemorrhages and encephalopathy, which are referred to as the triad. During the last …

Abstract The Swedish Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Assesment of Social
Services (SBU) is an independent national authority, tasked by the government with …

OBJECTIVE--To determine whether the participants in a clinical trial had perceived
adequate information about the trial according to the guidelines of the Declaration of …

Aims: The procurement and usage of tissue samples has begun receiving increasing legal
and ethical attention. The authors' aim was to develop an empirically based understanding …

Tensions over ethics in research occasionally arise when anthropologists and other social
scientists study health services in medical institutions. In order to resolve this type of conflict …

Kullgren G, Jacobsson L, Lynöe N, Kohn R, Levav I. Practices and attitudes among Swedish
psychiatrists regarding the ethics of compulsory treatment. Acta Psychiatr Scand 1996: 93 …

Background The aim of this paper is to critically discuss some of the ethically controversial
issues regarding continuous deep palliative sedation at the end of life that are addressed in …

Background The ability of healthcare to protect sensitive personal data in medical records
and registers might influence public trust, which in turn might influence willingness to allow …

This book is meant to acquaint the reader with problems that are common to medical
science, medical ethics, medical informatics, and philosophy. Our conviction is that all the …

Background During the past decade, the use of stored tissue has become an object of
increased ethical query. A Swedish biobank and a biotech company have been praised for …