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Showing posts with label Ethics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ethics. Show all posts
Nurses told not to call patients 'love' - The Telegraph 26th November 2008
Nursing staff will be told that addressing older people in their care as "dearie" or "love" is inappropriate.
They should always speak to elderly patients "courteously and respectfully" and ask them how they prefer to be known, under the new advice being drawn up by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
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14-year-old girls to be taught about their 'right' to have an abortion - The Telegraph 26th November 2008
Schoolgirls as young as 14 could be forced to watch a film that teaches them they have the right to choose an abortion.
Whistleblower nurse could be struck off for Panorama exposé of appalling abuse of elderly patients - Daily Mail 25th November 2008
A nurse who exposed appalling neglect of the elderly at an NHS hospital began a fight to save her career today.
Margaret Haywood, 58, faces a series of disciplinary charges over a secret film she made for a BBC Panorama programme.
Paramedic faces 2nd police probe - Liverpool Echo 25th November 2008
A MERSEYSIDE paramedic was suspended amid allegations he “assaulted” a young mum.
Tyrone Fitzgerald, 34, is being investigated by police following the alleged attack at the woman’s Warrington home.
It is alleged the ambulance worker returned to the house when off-duty after being called previously to see her young child.
TV exposé nurse neglect charge - Liverpool Echo 25th November 2008
A LIVERPOOL nurse who went undercover for a television exposé at a hospital could be struck off.
Margaret Haywood, 58, is facing a four-day disciplinary hearing in London at the Nursing and Midwifery Council to decide her career.
The Everton woman has come under fire after she took part in a BBC Panorama show three years ago.
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Whistleblower nurse could be struck off for Panorama exposé of appalling abuse of elderly patients - Daily Mail 25th November 2008
Top doc denies experimenting on his patients - Manchester Evening News 26th November 2008
A TOP doctor has denied claims he `experimented’ on patients to support his own research.
Consultant gynaecologist Martin Quinn also rejected the accusation of a `sinister’ plan to select patients for his academic interests.
Shock tactics: Kate Hilpern reports on the anti-abortion presentations in schools- The Guardian 25th November 2008
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Anti-abortion campaigners are being allowed into schools to present their arguments to teenagers, and are making converts. But what about the facts? Kate Hilpern reports
Natural childbirth movement ‘denies women choice’ - The Independent on Sunday 23rd November 2008
Monday, November 24, 2008
Those who want Caesareans or pain relief are being discouraged from asking for them, say campaigners
Campaigners will issue a stern warning tomorrow that childbirth has become a political football, with the Government pandering to the natural birth lobby and so denying women the freedom to have elective Caesareans and pain relief.
Teenager commits suicide live on internet as 1,500 watch - The Telegraph 21st November 2008
Abraham Biggs, 19, took an overdose of antidepressant pills in his bedroom while filming himself on a camera linked to Justin.tv, a website that allows users to broadcast their everyday lives.
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Prisoners are being offered IVF treatment (but the Prisons Minister doesn’t seem to know) - Daily Mail 23rd November 2008
Murderers and rapists serving time in jail are being offered the chance to participate in IVF treatment at taxpayers’ expense so they can have children with partners on the outside.
An official notice has already been posted in a prison containing some of Britain’s worst offenders informing them how to apply.
British man dies in Indonesian hospital after doctors ‘demanded bribe before treating him’ - Daily Mail 21st November 2008
A British holidaymaker died in an Indonesian hospital after doctors refused to treat him until they received hundreds of dollars in bribes, an MP has claimed.
Dale Nord, 43, was ‘allowed to die while British embassy officers and doctors stood and let him’ for the sake of a bribe, Barnsley Central MP Eric Illsley said.
The MP revealed by the time the doctors received part of the cash and agreed to treat him it was too late.
Where a baby girl is a mother’s awful shame - The Observer 23rd November 2008
Over the past 20 years in India, 10 million female babies have been aborted. The pressure to have sons is terrifying - mothers who bear daughters are beaten or cast aside by husbands and in-laws desperate to escape the financial burden of a girl’s dowry. Now mothers are being urged to ’save the girl child’ as the country tries to end decades of tragic abuse.
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Alder Hey in organs call - Liverpool Echo 21st November 2008
ALDER Hey today revealed it has body parts from organ retention pre-dating 1988.
Yesterday, the ECHO revealed hospital bosses plan to dispose of tissue samples, organs and foetuses from 10,000 children.
Bereaved families now have six months to come forward and claim body parts for a private burial, or they will be buried at Allerton cemetery.
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