[ACP and Ethics].

Since the 1970s, medical ethics has evolved from an informal approach to a more structured public discourse. The 4 principles proposed by Beauchamp and Childress in 1979 have gained international recognition and are useful for organizing ethical issues. However, this methodology has its limitations, and dialogue-based ethics are becoming increasingly important.

Changes in Trait Mindfulness after a Brief Mindfulness Training Program of Self-Breathing.

Background: Developing and cultivating mindfulness exerts a positive effect on psychological and cognitive performance. Sharpening the skill requires continuous mindfulness-based training (MT), which can be challenging for people leading busy lives. Therefore, the current study examined whether trait mindfulness can be improved by a flexible and brief MT program of self-breathing using a pre-post intervention design.

[Development of a New Resilience Scale for Parents of Children with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities].

Unlabelled: Objetives: As the first step forward building a supporting system for the Parents of Children with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities (PIMD) at home, we developed a new resilience scale that can be used by multiple professionals to understand the situation of those parents and to provide the necessary support.

Methods: First, we collected scale items on the basis of our previous study as well as related reports in the literature. These items were then screened by the research team with knowledge and experience in supporting those parents, finally, 37 items were generated.

Resourcifying human bodies--Kant and bioethics.

This essay roughly sketches two major conceptions of autonomy in contemporary bioethics that promote the resourcification of human body parts: (1) a narrow conception of autonomy as self-determination; and (2) the conception of autonomy as dissociated from human dignity. In this paper I will argue that, on the one hand, these two conceptions are very different from that found in the modern European tradition of philosophical inquiry, because bioethics has concentrated on an external account of patient's self-determination and on dissociating dignity from internal human nature. However, on the other hand, they are consistent with more recent European philosophy.