Osteoarthritis affects over 100 million people worldwide, with a greater impact on people of color compared to white patients. Race and ethnicity plays a large role in modern medicine, particularly in urban communities. The paper will focus on knee and hip reconstruction and, analyzing preoperative and postoperative management to identify disparities. We will explore the use of agency, solidarity, and social justice in implementing an urban bioethical toolbox. This thesis discusses the issue of racial disparities in joint surgery and explores the multifactorial systems that contribute to these inequities. I aim to emphasize the importance of recognizing and acknowledging these disparities and identifying several recommendations to address them, including an interdisciplinary approach to care, providing appropriate resources and care to underprivileged communities, prioritizing diet and exercise as primary preventive measures, increasing diversity in the field of orthopedics, and incorporating social workers into routine surgeries. I also aim to stress the significance of cultural competence and community engagement in improving patient outcomes and reducing disparities in healthcare. / Urban Bioethics

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Northeastern University, 2008. / Title from title page (viewed April 1, 2007). Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Dept. of Psychology. Includes bibliographical references (p. 48-52).

Published Article / This paper argues for a professional ethic in research and the contribution of theological ethics thereto. The author points out that although theological ethics is poor at dealing with issues related to professional ethics and its application to research, theological ethics can nevertheless make a fundamental contribution towards a professional ethic for research. It is also emphasised that although there is very limited (South African) literature on this topic, some theological ethics studies can contribute towards the understanding of such ethics. The author works with a triple helix approach to (theological) ethics. This approach to ethics is built upon the concept of responsible acts (Douma), making decisions (Fisher) and a growth ethic (Burggraeve). The article concludes with pointers for a professional ethic in research from a theological ethics perspective.

The protracted wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have led to a number of moral abuses committed by members of the U.S. military. Media reports have focused particular attention on the human cost incurred by these abuses, the torture of detainees at Abu Ghraib and the massacre of civilians at Haditha being but a few, tragic examples. However, the human cost of these abuses is measured not just in the lives of noncombatants, but also by the number of military suicides that are a byproduct of traumatic combat experiences and the subsequent violation of moral norms. In light of this, any society that is sincere in its concern for the moral well-being of its soldiers, and the noncombatants with whom they interact, should seek to reduce the occurrence of such abuses. In this dissertation, I argue that the development of moral character, particularly the conception of moral character that Aristotle promotes in his ethical theory, is fundamental to preventing the moral abuses that soldiers commit, both in combat and during peacetime. This project is composed of five chapters. The first chapter is devoted to describing the moral challenges that confront soldiers, particularly on the battlefield. Chapter Two articulates the broad outlines of Aristotelian virtue ethics with a specific emphasis on four key features of Aristotle’s virtue theory and how they can be harnessed to promote ethical conduct within the military institution. Arguably, the most important component of moral character is practical reason, the ability to assess a moral problem, weighing all the various considerations that affect it, and arrive at an ethical solution. Considering this, Chapter Three examines how practical reason can guide the soldier’s understanding of obedience, loyalty and respect, traits that are widely considered military virtues, but which are also at the root of a great deal of unethical behavior. Chapter Four examines the military’s code of professional ethics and how the possession of practical reason is necessary if soldiers are to make ethical decisions in situations the code does not explicitly address. The final chapter, Chapter Five, argues for more emphasis on the development of practical reason in military ethics education. / text

As the twenty-first century approaches, science and technology in healthcare are making dramatic changes within the healthcare system. These changes are impacting the profession of nursing. Many of the changes included organ-transplants, genetic manipulation, surrogate mothering and other dramatic events that will collide with many of societies concepts of right and wrong. Nursing ethics has been lost in the modern day milieu of science and technology. This dissertation posits a foundation of ethics, axiology and nursing ethics via an historical review of nursing history. Included is a historical review of ethics, axiology and philosophical theories which encompass nursing ethics. This is followed by an analysis of nursing ethics and its historical development through codes of nursing. At the end of the analysis, a conceptualized learning module is presented to allow the nurse to develop an understanding in the area of nursing ethics with an educational foundation for understanding ethics and axiology. The conceptualized module contains theoretical situations which the nurse may encounter followed by an analysis of each situation. Within the context of the analysis, options and choices have been presented to help the nurse make an ethical decision.

稿本 / 論文(碩士)--香港中文大學硏究院哲學學部,1992. / 參考文獻: leaves 56-62 / 溫帶維. / 前言 --- p.03 / Chapter 笫一章： --- 論康德的現象及智思世界之劃分其由實踐理 性的進路對智思世界的探討 / Chapter 一、 --- 導言 --- p.04 / Chapter 二、 --- 物自身及現象之分 --- p.05 / Chapter 三、 --- 尼高對康德的批評 --- p.07 / Chapter 四、 --- 『智思物』的兩重意義 --- p.09 / Chapter 五、 --- 第二批探討智思世界的進路 --- p.11 / Chapter 六、 --- 康德的道德形上學之困難 --- p.18 / Chapter 第二章： --- 論中國的道德的形上學 / Chapter 一、 --- 導言 --- p.20 / Chapter 二、 --- 智的直覺 --- p.21 / Chapter 三、 --- 由道德說起 --- p.26 / Chapter 四、 --- 智的直覺與道德本心的呈現 --- p.28 / Chapter 五、 --- 小結 --- p.36 / Chapter 第三章： --- 論中國的道德底形上學 / Chapter 一、 --- 導言 --- p.37 / Chapter 二、 --- 本身的道德意味 --- p.37 / Chapter 三、 --- 作爲道德底形上學的周易 --- p.40 / Chapter 四、 --- 周易所展示的道德底形上學所要面對的困難 --- p.44 / Chapter 五、 --- 天道論與心性論的互補 --- p.47 / Chapter 笫四章： --- 由方法的觀點論中國的道德形上學 / Chapter 一、 --- 導言 --- p.51 / Chapter 二、 --- 本心仁體與天道同爲一體 --- p.51 / Chapter 三、 --- 結論 --- p.54 / 註釋 --- p.56 / 參考書目 --- p.61

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2001. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 139-140). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Th. M.)--Dallas Theological Seminary, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 80-88).

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