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PubMed2003

Nuremberg and Tuskegee: lessons for contemporary American medicine.

The activities of German doctors during the Nazi regime are well known and documented. They include efforts at eugenic sterilization and euthanasia, gruesome medical experimentation, and contributions to genocide. The German medical profession embraced the Nazi ideology of racial superiority. Nazi doctors enthusiastically perverted traditional medical mores of viewing each patient as a full individual towards a misguided sense of protecting the racial well-being of the nation from the perceived threat of certain groups of people. Similarly, some 20th-century American physicians engaged in activities prompted by a misguided sense of patients' worth as individuals. This essay will examine the ethical problems of Nazi medicine and ethical missteps in the United States in the context of challenges for contemporary physicians, particularly the way in which we refer to our patients.

Black or African American↗
PubMed2004

Informed consent when taking genetic decisions.

Developments in genetics with diagnostic, pre-symptomatic and predictive testing involve significant changes in the decision-making process, because of the complexity of genetic information and the difficulty related to understanding the causes and mechanism of genetic diseases, ethical, psychological and social implications (psychological stress, anxiety, discrimination in employment and assurance, difficulties in interpersonal relationship), and indirect involvement of third parties. When taking genetic decisions, the patient should receive all the information about the objective and the type of the test, the hypothetical risk, the possibility of obtaining unexpected results, possible psycho-physical repercussion, and means of support for the long time that might pass between the diagnostic predictions and the possible onset of the disease: genetic counseling is a complex but essential operation for acquiring the informed consent of the patient. The outlined peculiarities of the process for informed consent in genetics requires the adequate training of medical personnel to manage the relationship with the patient in these complex cases.

Decision Making↗
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The status of the extracorporeal embryo in German law (Part I).

The legislator, in the German Federal Republic, has opted for a specific legal solution in relation to the protection of the embryo. Carola Müller, in this article, describes this regulation as well as the reasons that have led to its adoption. The article finishes with an exposition of the existing social discussion in German society and the effect that the law has had.

Embryo Transfer↗
PubMed1984

Employment discrimination implications of genetic screening in the workplace under Title VII and the Rehabilitation Act.

The emergence of genetic screening techniques will permit employers to exclude hypersusceptible individuals from potentially hazardous workplace environments. The denial of employment opportunities to these individuals, however, may constitute discrimination. This Note analyzes genetic screening cases with respect to currently available remedies contained in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The Note concludes that Title VII claims may succeed but only in limited circumstances and that Rehabilitation Act claims will encounter numerous obstacles to relief. Additionally, the Note discusses some of the implications of the use of genetic screening in the workplace.

Civil Rights↗
PubMed1984

Health belief systems and the psychobiology of war.

Belief systems overlie powerful biological and psychological forces that are root causes of war. Much as in medicine where an appreciation of health belief systems is necessary in the control of illness and disease, so the paths to the control of war may lie in an understanding of belief systems and ways to circumvent them. Such understanding gives strong theoretical support to many time-honored but underutilized international initiative and educational ventures. The effort of the medical community to educate the public about biomedical aspects of nuclear war should gain more balance and sophistication with an appreciation of belief systems in the psychobiology of war.

Biology↗