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1. Accesses 660
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Survey of doctors' opinions of the legalisation of physician assisted suicide William Lee, Annabel Price, Lauren Rayner, Matthew Hotopf BMC Medical Ethics 2009, 10 :2 (5 March 2009) [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
2. Accesses 429
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Variations and voids: the regulation of human cloning around the world Shaun D Pattinson, Timothy Caulfield BMC Medical Ethics 2004, 5 :9 (13 December 2004) [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
3. Accesses 422
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Current anti-doping policy: a critical appraisal Bengt Kayser, Alexandre Mauron, Andy Miah BMC Medical Ethics 2007, 8 :2 (29 March 2007) [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ] [Cited on BioMed Central ] [2 comments ]
4. Accesses 419
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Evidence-based ethics What it should be and what it shouldn't Daniel Strech BMC Medical Ethics 2008, 9 :16 (20 October 2008) [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
5. Accesses 408
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Termination of pregnancy due to Thalassemia major, Hemophilia, and Down's Syndrome: the views of Iranian physicians Mehran Karimi, Mohammadmehdi Bonyadi, Mohhamad reza Galehdari, Soheila Zareifar BMC Medical Ethics 2008, 9 :19 (23 December 2008) [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
6. Accesses 400
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Human cloning laws, human dignity and the poverty of the policy making dialogue Timothy Caulfield BMC Medical Ethics 2003, 4 :3 (29 July 2003) [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
7. Accesses 350
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How do parents experience being asked to enter a child in a randomised controlled trial? Valerie Shilling, Bridget Young BMC Medical Ethics 2009, 10 :1 (16 February 2009) [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
8. Accesses 329
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Alternatives to project-specific consent for access to personal information for health research: Insights from a public dialogue Donald J Willison, Marilyn Swinton, Lisa Schwartz, Julia Abelson, Cathy Charles, David Northrup, Ji Cheng, Lehana Thabane BMC Medical Ethics 2008, 9 :18 (19 November 2008) [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
9. Accesses 269
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Patients' perception and actual practice of informed consent, privacy and confidentiality in general medical outpatient departments of two tertiary care hospitals of Lahore Ayesha Humayun, Noor Fatima, Shahid Naqqash, Salwa Hussain, Almas Rasheed, Huma Imtiaz, Sardar Zakariya Imam BMC Medical Ethics 2008, 9 :14 (25 September 2008) [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
10. Accesses 265
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On pandemics and the duty to care: whose duty? who cares? Carly Ruderman, C Shawn Tracy, C cile M Bensimon, Mark Bernstein, Laura Hawryluck, Randi Zlotnik Shaul, Ross EG Upshur BMC Medical Ethics 2006, 7 :5 (20 April 2006) [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ] [Cited on BioMed Central ]