Some of the ethical and legal problems raised by medical research involving critical care patients are analysed and discussed. Particular attention is given to the difficulties of obtaining informed consent from patients that most of the times are not considered competent from the legal point of view to give it. Careful thought must also be given to the weighting of risks of the procedures against the expected ...
Questions of medical responsibility of doctors working at the emergency services of the public hospitals have been increasing during recent years in Portugal. Several reasons may be contributing to the present situation and some of them are analysed: the organization of the service, the triage, the team work and the co-responsibilization of the hospital administration. The sharing of the responsibility among th...
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