Vesicovaginal fistula was a catastrophic complication of childbirth among 19th century American women. The first consistently successful operation for this condition was developed by Dr J Marion Sims, ...

4 The Sahlgrenska Academy, Faculty of Health and Caring Sciences, Institute of Nursing, Göteborg University, Sweden Correspondence to: Dr A S Ågård Department of Medicine, Sahlgrenska University ...

Objective Some researchers claim that the quality of informed consent of clinical research participants in developing countries is worse than in developed countries. To evaluate this assumption, we ...

Centre for Applied Public Health Medicine, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff. Screening programmes are becoming increasingly popular since prevention is considered 'better than cure'.

Information is usually supposed to be a prerequisite for people making decisions on whether or not to participate in a clinical trial. Previously conducted studies and research ethics scandals ...