Published in Child maltreatment
A retrospective examination of 500 child sexual abuse reports to prosecutor's offices analyzed case progress and predictors of attrition, including details about alleged perpetrator(s), victim(s), their families, and other case characteristics. Less than one in five cases proceeded to prosecution. For the full sample, we describe all outcomes and d...
Published in Child maltreatment
We examined whether a policy banning corporal punishment enacted in Kenya in 2010 is associated with changes in Kenyan caregivers' use of corporal punishment and beliefs in its effectiveness and normativeness, and compared to caregivers in six countries without bans in the same period. Using a longitudinal study with six waves of panel data (2008-2...
Published in Transplant International
Published in Journal of interpersonal violence
Statutory rape laws are intended to protect adolescents from harm as a result of sexual activity with older individuals. In this pursuit, many, but far from all, states' statutory rape laws differentiate younger and older offenders. In effect, many of these states differentiate offenders who are 21 and older from those who are under 21. It is unkno...
Hip fracture is the most feared complication of osteoporosis, producing up to 30% mortality at the first year. With the aging of society, it is increasingly common to deal with ethical dilemmas that involve decision making in the elderly patient with a hip fracture. The objectives of the present work are to describe the main bioethical dilemmas in ...
Published in Journal of medical ethics
Public benefit corporations are National Health Service, that is, state, entities whose function to provide healthcare in discharge of public duties. If we regard value as the output of such organisations, it seems logical to connect the values of the organisation to the value produced by such organisations. But, on closer examination there are com...
The application of in silico medicine is constantly growing in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases. These technologies allow us to support medical decisions and self-management and reduce, refine, and partially replace real studies of medical technologies. In silico medicine may challenge some key principles: transparency and fairn...
In an increasingly complex international, regional, national and local context, Vietnam is working hard to perfect the legal framework and improve the effectiveness of wildlife conservation and management policies. In addition to demonstrating national policies are harmonized with and regional regulatory frameworks improve international policy impl...
Trước bối cảnh quốc tế, khu vực, quốc gia và địa phương ngày càng phức tạp, Việt Nam đang nô ̃lực hoàn thiện hành lang pháp lí và nâng cao hiệu quả của chính sách quản lí và bảo tồn động vật hoang dã. Ngoài việc đảm bảo các chính sách quốc gia hài hóa với khung pháp lí quốc tế và khu vực, việc đá...
Published in Hospital pharmacy
The provision of telehealth services has increased dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic with the introduction of various temporary waivers and rules designed to increase flexibility in the pandemic response. This expansion of telehealth has not only increased patient access, but protected essential healthcare workers from potential virus expos...
