Background Planning for the next pandemic influenza outbreak is underway in hospitals
across the world. The global SARS experience has taught us that ethical frameworks to guide …

This paper provides detailed guidelines for implementation of systematic method for setting
priorities in health research investments that was recently developed by Child Health and …

Background Hospitals and regional health authorities must set priorities in the face of
resource constraints. Decision-makers seek practical ways to set priorities fairly in strategic …

Priority setting tends to take place in health care settings that are hierarchical and politically
complex. Fair processes, as defined for example by Daniels’ and Sabin's accountability for …

BACKGROUND: Medical assistance in dying (MAiD) was legalized across Canada in June
2016. Some have expressed concern that patient requests for MAiD might be driven by poor …

Although healthcare decision-makers are increasingly successful in using clinical evidence
and applying economic analyses to set priorities, they are less confident that their priorities …

Background Pandemic influenza may exacerbate existing scarcity of life-saving medical
resources. As a result, decision-makers may be faced with making tough choices about who will …

Background In healthcare today, decisions are made in the face of serious resource constraints.
Healthcare managers are struggling to provide high quality care, manage resources …

A beam-steering system consisting of three cemented achromatic doublets is presented.
Intended for use in IR countermeasure applications, our system is designed to operate over the …

In pediatric settings, the concept of hope is frequently positioned as a fundamental aspect of
care and at odds with the possibility and proximity of death. This arguably fosters silence …