[Ethical issues perceived by health care professionals working in chronic hemodialysis centers].

Background: Clinical teams working at chronic hemodialysis centers (CHC) frequently have to face ethical problems, but there is no systematic approach to deal with them.

Aim: To study the ethical problems perceived by health professionals at CHC.

Material And Methods: Eighty randomly selected physicians and 139 nurses from 23 CHC, answered a structured questionnaire, devised by the research team.

[Student patient relationship from the patient's point of view].

Background: Patients are becoming increasingly active in their relationship with medical professionals. Their relationship with medical students needing to learn clinical skills, may be specially problematic if patients are not willing to accept their involvement in the medical team.

Aim: To examine patient's perceptions of their relation with medical students and their agreement to let students be part of the treating team.