Ethical Issues in the Care of Patients Whose Personal, Religious, or Cultural Beliefs Impact Clinical Management Strategies.

Ethical principles regarding respect for patient autonomy in medical decision-making and the impact of religion, culture, and other issues on clinical care have been extensively reviewed in the medical literature. At the same time, despite physicians having an understanding of the underlying ethical principles in clinical decision-making, challenges arise when managing complicated clinical problems for which medical treatment is available, but not acceptable to the patient. For example, many anesthesiologists are challenged when caring for one of Jehohah's Witnesses who refuses to receive blood or blood products despite the potential consequences of doing so.

Ethics of Liver Transplantation: The Role of the Anesthesiologist.

Anesthesiologists have clearly established their place in the history of medical ethics. Our involvement goes back to 1966 when Henri Beecher published his landmark paper on research and informed consent. Participation in the ethics of transplantation is no less important than our previous work.

Loss of Nicastrin from Oligodendrocytes Results in Hypomyelination and Schizophrenia with Compulsive Behavior.

The biological underpinnings and the pathological lesions of psychiatric disorders are centuries-old questions that have yet to be understood. Recent studies suggest that schizophrenia and related disorders likely have their origins in perturbed neurodevelopment and can result from a large number of common genetic variants or multiple, individually rare genetic alterations. It is thus conceivable that key neurodevelopmental pathways underline the various genetic changes and the still unknown pathological lesions in schizophrenia.

Ethical issues in the care of Jehovah's Witnesses.

Purpose Of Review: To review the belief's of Jehovah's Witnesses regarding the use of blood and blood products, and how to ensure that those patients professing to be Jehovah's Witnesses are treated ethically.

Recent Findings: There are a number of blog sites that have reported that Jehovah's Witnesses have changed their position on transfusion, but communications with them have revealed these reports to be untrue. Most articles about the treatment of Jehovah's Witnesses focus on respect for personal autonomy and the right to refuse treatment.