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8James David Forbes: Pioneer Scottish Glaciologist by Frank F. Cunningham (review)Isis 82 756-757. 1991.
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2Digging for Dollars: American Archaeology and the New Deal by Paul Fagette (review)Isis 89 161-162. 1998.
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5An Ancient Air: A Biography of John Stringfellow of Chard, the Victorian Aeronautical Pioneer by Harald Penrose (review)Isis 81 792-792. 1990.
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3William Diller Matthew, Paleontologist: The Splendid Drama Observed by Edwin H. Colbert (review)Isis 84 605-605. 1993.
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3The Preadamite Theory and the Marriage of Science and Religion by David N. Livingstone (review)Isis 84 780-781. 1993.
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5Science Talk: Changing Notions of Science in American Popular Culture (review)Isis 99 435-436. 2008.
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4’n Bestuurshulpmiddel vir doelmatige en doeltreffende kerkbestuur: ’n Generiese perspektief vir ’n makro-gemeenteHTS Theological Studies 59 (4). 2003.
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8Is ‘decolonisation’ a legitimate and appropriate value in biomedical research and teaching?South African Journal of Bioethics and Law 12 (1): 4. 2019.
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2Empirical Ethics within Rapidly Changing PracticesCambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 21 (4): 493-504. 2012.
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51Empirical Ethics within Rapidly Changing PracticesCambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 21 (4): 493-504. 2012.
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6Die plek en funksie van ’n projek-bestuursmodel in ’n makrogemeenteHTS Theological Studies 59 (4). 2003.
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36Moving Perspectives on Patient Competence: A Naturalistic Case Study in PsychiatryHealth Care Analysis 24 (1): 71-85. 2016.Patient competence, defined as the ability to reason, appreciate, understand, and express a choice is rarely discussed in patients with obsessive compulsive disorder, and coercive measures are seldom used. Nevertheless, a psychiatrist of psychologist may doubt whether OCD patients who refuse treatment understand their disease and the consequences of not being treated, which could result in tension between respecting the patient’s autonomy and beneficence. The purpose of this article is to develo…Read more
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48Judgement of suffering in the case of a euthanasia request in The NetherlandsJournal of Medical Ethics 35 (8): 502-507. 2009.Introduction: In The Netherlands, physicians have to be convinced that the patient suffers unbearably and hopelessly before granting a request for euthanasia. The extent to which general practitioners (GPs), consulted physicians and members of the euthanasia review committees judge this criterion similarly was evaluated. Methods: 300 GPs, 150 consultants and 27 members of review committees were sent a questionnaire with patient descriptions. Besides a “standard case” of a patient with physical s…Read more
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36Justification for a home-based education programme for kidney patients and their social network prior to initiation of renal replacement therapyJournal of Medical Ethics 37 (11): 677-681. 2011.In this article, an ethical analysis of an educational programme on renal replacement therapy options for patients and their social network is presented. The two main spearheads of this approach are: (1) offering an educational programme on all renal replacement therapy options ahead of treatment requirement and (2) a home-based approach involving the family and friends of the patient. Arguments are offered for the ethical justification of this approach by considering the viewpoint of the variou…Read more
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59Dutch experience of monitoring active ending of life for newbornsJournal of Medical Ethics 36 (4): 234-237. 2010.Introduction In 2007, a national review committee was instituted in The Netherlands to review cases of active ending of life for newborns. It was expected that 15–20 cases would be reported. To date, however, only one case has been reported to this committee. Reporting is essential to obtain societal control and transparency; the possible explanations for this lack of reporting were therefore explored. Methods Data on end-of-life decision-making were scrutinised from Dutch nation-wide studies (1…Read more
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33Telesurgery: an ethical appraisalJournal of Medical Ethics 34 (10). 2008.The aim of this article is to provide a preliminary ethical evaluation of the effect of telesurgery on patient care. In order to accomplish this task we give a broad description of the state of the art in telesurgery and analyse it using Joan Tronto’s articulation of care as a structured process. This structure illuminates the significance of the patient-physician relationship as the buttress for establishing and preserving practices of care in the healthcare context, with the ultimate goal of s…Read more
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53Law, ethics and medicine: Physicians’ labelling of end-of-life practices: a hypothetical case studyJournal of Medical Ethics 36 (1): 24-29. 2010.Objectives: To investigate why physicians label end-of-life acts as either ‘euthanasia/ending of life’ or ‘alleviation of symptoms/palliative or terminal sedation’, and to study the association of such labelling with intended reporting of these acts. Methods: Questionnaires were sent to a random, stratified sample of 2100 Dutch physicians. They were asked to label six hypothetical end-of-life cases: three ‘standard’ cases and three cases randomly selected, that varied according to type of medica…Read more
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65Dutch criteria of due care for physician-assisted dying in medical practice: a physician perspectiveJournal of Medical Ethics 34 (9). 2008.Introduction: The Dutch Euthanasia Act states that euthanasia is not punishable if the attending physician acts in accordance with the statutory due care criteria. These criteria hold that: there should be a voluntary and well-considered request, the patient’s suffering should be unbearable and hopeless, the patient should be informed about their situation, there are no reasonable alternatives, an independent physician should be consulted, and the method should be medically and technically appro…Read more
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103Legal physician-assisted dying in Oregon and the Netherlands: evidence concerning the impact on patients in "vulnerable" groupsJournal of Medical Ethics 33 (10): 591-597. 2007.Background: Debates over legalisation of physician-assisted suicide or euthanasia often warn of a “slippery slope”, predicting abuse of people in vulnerable groups. To assess this concern, the authors examined data from Oregon and the Netherlands, the two principal jurisdictions in which physician-assisted dying is legal and data have been collected over a substantial period.Methods: The data from Oregon comprised all annual and cumulative Department of Human Services reports 1998–2006 and three…Read more
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17Information-Based Social Coordination Between Players of Different Skill in Doubles PongFrontiers in Psychology 9. 2018.
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12Die Koninkryk van God by Jesus: ’n Apokalipties-eskatologiese of eties-eskatologiese begrip?HTS Theological Studies 58 (3). 2002.
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4Verster, G. C.. Van Niekerk, A. A. 2012. Moral perspectives on stimulant use in healthy students, South African Medical Journal, 102:909-911, DOI:10.7196/SAMJ.6090