Triage in terms of medicine and ethics

Human beings are exposed to countless extraordinary events provoked by the nature or by themselves. When the available resources fail to satisfy the medical needs of numerous injured people and patients in such circumstances, triage application which means "selecting, sorting" is indispensable. This paper examines the medical ethics evaluation of triage and its position in Islam

Childrens' rights and a sample study on accidents in children groups aged 0-5 years old in the light of parents' responsibility in Turkey

Most frequent reasons for the accidents seen in children under 5 years of age who have a right to be cared and protected are negligence and carelessness. In this study, judicial cases were compiled from children between the age of 0 to 5, who had been injured due to severe family negligence. Files of cases were obtained from archives with file numbers, indicating cases obtained from the records of the hospital and police were studied retrospectively. The gender, age, and type of application of patients, the type of interference, and the results obtained from the procedure were studied. This study encompasses the results of cases at Osmangazi University Training, Practice and Research Hospital, Eskisehir, Turkey, between September 1999 and March 2001. Forty of 113 cases [35.4%] were due to poisoning from drugs. The main reasons were unawareness of children regarding the harm of drugs, putting drugs in reach of children and easy access to drugs from pharmacies without prescription. On the other hand, the recognition of international measures by the Turkish government is a guarantee for the children's rights. Our study implies that, as suggested by other researchers, the investigation of measures to prevent injuries due to negligence and the application of these measures will certainly improve the welfare of society

Ethical and legal problems with assisted reproduction in Turkey

In vitro fertilization [IVF] and embryo transfer [ET] studies in Turkey are being carried out by the units of certain university and private gynecology clinics in some provinces. Embryos developed in vitro in labs can be transferred into uterus pr, if it is not realized, can go on developing in vitro, can be used for research purposes, discharged like aborted through induced abortions or kept frozen for use later. All these applications have important medical, legal and ethical problems in them. The aim of this study is ethical evaluation of related legislation in Turkey. The first legal regulation concerning assisted reproduction is title "Regulation on In Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transfer Centers "is dated 21.08.1987. Certain amendment have been made since than. According to regulation a couple's consent is a prerequisite for them to be admitted to treatment using assisted reproductive techniques [ART's]. Heterological fecundation and embryo research are forbidden. In order to keep up with such rapid advances in medical science and to get the expected benefits, further discussion in this area are needed