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Children
           

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
Features of Whey Protein Concentrate Supplementation in Children with Rapidly
Progressive HIV Infection.
Moreno YF, Sgarbieri VC, da Silva MN, et al 
J Trop Pediatr. 2005 Jul 13;
 Abstract
 
Children of Jehovah's Witnesses and adolescent Jehovah's Witnesses: what are their
rights?
Woolley S.
Arch Dis Child. 2005 Jul;90(7):715-9.
Abstract
 
How paediatric residents involve children during medical decision-making?
Andre N, Gaudart J, Bernard JL, Chabrol B. 
Arch Pediatr. 2005 Jul;12(7):1068-107
 Abstract
 
Whose information is it anyway? Informing a 12-year-old patient of her terminal prognosis.
Goldie J, Schwartz L, Morrison J.
J Med Ethics. 2005 Jul;31(7):427-34
 Abstract
 
The meaning of being in ethically difficult care situations in paediatric care as narrated
by female Registered Nurses.
Sorlie V, Jansson L, Norberg A.
Scand J Caring Sci. 2003 Sep;17(3):285-92
 Abstract

Ethics and children's rights: learning from past mistakes.
Charles-Edwards I, Glasper EA.
Br J Nurs 2002 Sep 26-Oct 9;11(17):1132-40
 Abstract

  
Adolescents
           

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Ethical issues in research with homeless youths.
Ensign J, Ammerman S.  
J Adv Nurs. 2008 May;62(3):365-72.
 Abstract
 
Protecting Sexual Minority Youth from Research Risks: Conflicting Perspectives.
Miller RL, Forte D, Wilson BD, Greene GJ.
Am J Community Psychol. 2006 Jun 15;
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Ethical conflicts in health care for adolescents
Taquette SR, Vilhena MM, Silva MM, Vale MP. et al
Cad Saude Publica. 2005 Nov-Dec;21(6):1717-25.
 Paper
Mentally Ill
           

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
  Working to improve mental health services: the North Carolina
advocacy effort.
 Foy JM, Earls MF, Horowitz DA.
 Pediatrics 2002 Dec;110(6):1232-7
 Abstract

Ethical issues in the feeding of patients suffering from dementia: a focus group study of
hospital staff responses to conflicting principles.
Wilmot S, Legg L, Barratt J
J. Nurs Ethics 2002 Nov;9(6):599-611
 Abstract

  
Injection Drug Users
           

Paying IDUs for Outreach

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
  Paying injection drug users to educate and recruit their peers: why participant-driven
interventions are an ethical public health model.
Hughes JJ
Qual Manag Health Care 1999 Summer;7(4):4-12  
 Abstract

Prescription of sterile injection equipment

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Physician prescribing of sterile injection equipment to prevent HIV infection: time
for action.
Burris S, Lurie P, Abrahamson D, Rich JD
Ann Intern Med 2000 Aug 1;133(3):218-26
Abstract

Criminalization

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Ethical dilemmas created by the criminalization of status behaviors: case examples
from ethnographic field research with injection drug users.
 Buchanan D, Khoshnood K, Stopka T, et al.  
 Health Educ Behav 2002 Feb;29(1):30-42
 Abstract

HIV Disclosure

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
  Positive and Negative Consequences of HIV Disclosure Among Seropositive Injection
Drug Users.
Parsons JT, Vanora J, Missildine W, et al
AIDS Educ Prev. 2004 Oct;16(5):459-75.
 Abstract

General Issues

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Ethical and human rights imperatives to ensure medication-assisted treatment for opioid
dependence in prisons and pre-trial detention.
Bruce RD, Schleifer RA.  
Int J Drug Policy. 2008 Jan 14
Abstract
 
A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 Policy Makers Ignoring Science Scientists Ignoring Policy: The Medical Ethical Challenges
of Heroin Treatment.
Small DR, Drucker E.
 Harm Reduct J.  2006 May 2;3(1):16
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Is lawful discrimination against illicit drug users acceptable?
Wodak AD, Lynch PA, Crofts N. 
Med J Aust. 2004 Apr 19;180(8):405-7.
 Paper
Pregnant Women/Neonates
           

Caesarian Sections

            Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Elective cesarean birth: issues and ethics of an informed decision.
McFarlin BL.
J Midwifery Womens Health. 2004 Sep-Oct;49(5):421-9.
Abstract

Preventing HIV Transmission

            Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV in developing countries:
recent developments and ethical implications.
Hankins C.
Reprod Health Matters 2000 May;8(15):87-9
Abstract

Fetal Protection

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Infanticide: contrasting views.
Spinelli MG.
Arch Women Ment Health. 2005 May 4;
Abstract
 
Feminist ethics must inform practice: interventions with perinatal substance users.
Marcellus L.
Health Care Women Int. 2004 Sep;25(8):730-42.
 Abstract

Treatment of human immunodeficiency virus during pregnancy: the shift from an
exclusive focus on fetal protection to a more balanced approach.
Kass NE, Taylor HA, Anderson J
Am J Obstet Gynecol 2000 Apr;182(4):856-9 
 Abstract
Prisoners of War
           

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Treating war detainees and terror suspects: legal and ethical responsibilities of
military physicians.
Singh JA.
 Mil Med. 2007 Dec;172(12 Suppl):15-21.
 Abstract

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