This paper presents a brief history of the evolution of toxicological information in the United States since 1966 when concern over the hazards of the ubiquitous chemicals in the environment was translated into recommendations for action by The Panel on the Handling of Toxicological Information of the President's Science Advisory ...

It is often supposed, as in Professor Kluge's article (1), that one can only acquire an obligation by free consent. This paper argues that although this is true of some types of obligation, including the ones discussed by Professor Kluge, it is by no means true of all. In particular, ...

Informed consent procedures are commonly employed prior to lumbar puncture. An understanding of the legal and ethical basis of informed consent is important in developing an acceptable approach to consent and in dealing with problems confronted when consent cannot be obtained. I review the current legal concepts in informed consent ...

The principle of informed consent to medical care is by now well recognized but incompletely understood and implemented. This article discusses the ethical and legal foundations of the informed consent doctrine, the relevance of informed consent for health care providers employed by the federal government, the elements of valid consent, ...

Doctors and lawyers share the common goal of pursuit of the welfare of the patient and client. Even where litigation brings physicians into conflict with the law, collaboration must be our guide. The standard of care is defined by reference to the expertise of the medical profession. The need for ...

Disculiceps galapagoensis n. sp. from the spiral valve of an oceanic whitetip shark, Carcharhinus longimanus, collected near the Galapagos rift is described and figured. It differs from D. pileatus (Linton, 1891) Joyeux and Baer, 1935, the only other species currently recognized in the genus, as follows: The collar is much ...

Because the subject of informed consent is such a major medicolegal issue, it is important that every physician understand exactly what the law means by the word "informed." In this article, the author presents a brief history of how the law came into being and outlines the essential elements that ...

The gastrointestinal endoscopist should be familiar with the Doctrine of Informed Consent. Although the concept is difficult to apply clinically, a reasonable approach is presented to the endoscopist. The ultimate goals of informed consent are shared decision making and self-determination, but it is important that the endoscopist also consider the ...

L. H. Bailey cited Mendel's 1865 and 1869 papers in the bibliography that accompanied his 1892 paper, Cross-Breeding and Hybridizing, and Mendel is mentioned once in the 1895 edition of Bailey's "Plant-Breeding." Bailey claimed to have copied his 1892 references to Mendel from Focke. It seems, however, that while he ...

This article offers a detailed presentation of all aspects of the subject from the regulatory and remedial purposes of malpractice law, to the reasons that a practitioner might incur liability including intentional acts, negligent diagnosis, negligent treatment, informed consent, and more. The author presents personal and professional advice in handling ...

The constructs that underlie a discipline are complex and often times uncertain. It is argued that the ways in which we perceive and conceptualize are influenced by our habits of mind and our view of the world. This paper traces the concept of the "Information Society" from its inception in ...

Dr Agich takes up a previous difficult case related by Dr Kottow in an earlier issue of the Journal. He analyses the three ethical problems as presented in the case and offers his own opinion of it as well as his own conclusions with regard to the medical ethical aspects ...

Between the years 1928 and 1932, Sigmund Freud occasionally assembled a small group of members of the Vienna Psychoanalytic Society for scientific discussions. These informal meetings took place on Wednesday evenings at Freud's home. The author reports what he was able to preserve of Freud's remarks on some of these ...

ISIS is an international non-profit membership organization with zoological institutional members from over 70 countries. ISIS seeks to promote conservation and preservation by providing species monitoring and collection management software. ISIS facilitates information exchange by collating the information gathered. Information is available on 286,000 living specimens of 7,500 species, along ...

The Royal Forestry Society (RFS) was formed in 1882, and has the aim of furthering the appreciation, understanding and knowledge of trees, woods and forests. It is the largest forestry association in Britain with more than 4000 members. The RFS website provides information on the Society; details of forestry careers, ...

The Tissue and Cell Engineering Society has been created to further "knowledge, research and the dissemination of information on cell and tissue engineering." Their website makes available their newsletters providing information on recent meetings, conferences and related world events. The Society itself includes people from industry as well as academia ...

These pages bring together all European Commission information about forests and forestry. They provide information on forest policies in the EU, international forest issues, and forestry related organisations at EU level. There is a section on forest certification, which highlights the relevant parts of the Commission's forestry strategy and provides ...

Although the need for informed consent to medical treatment should be familiar to health-care professionals, the detail regarding what needs to be disclosed to the patient is less well known and even unclear. This article describes the legal requirements for informed consent, and briefly charts the development of the law ...

Scientific meetings in the field of biomedicine have increased greatly within the last twenty years. There are a number of information or directory sources which provide data about societies or agencies that sponsor meetings or conferences: bibliographic compilations that are generally retrospective in nature, and reference sources which list future ...

In spite of a number of difficulties and shortcomings, this international meeting was relatively effective for this group of respondents. They benefitted from the informal interaction of participants, from information that pertained to current and planned work, and from the prospects of continued exchange with colleagues in other countries. That ...