6 articles in this issue
Hadjat Santosa Digdowirogo,Frans Santosa,Fadlika Harinda,Gilbert Mayer Christianto
Aging is a natural process experienced by all living things. With increasing age, health problems arise such as reduced strength and endurance, as well as a decrease in cognitive abilities / thinking functions. This certainly affects people's ability to c... see more
Peter Johannes Manoppo
In health-care delivery, there are two stake-holders, care-giver and care-receiver, or physician and patient. One of the ethical principles, respect for autonomy mostly is addressed to the patient as the vulnerable care-receiver. However, in the health-ca... see more
Julitasari Sundoro,Rianto Setiabudy
The technology of medicine has advanced rapidly since the mid-18th century. Some examples are: Pasteur and Koch's findings in determining disease etiology; the development of imaging as diagnostic tools from plain radiographs only to other imaging such as... see more
Yusra Pintaningrum,Erly Tibyan Wahyuly,Anwar Santoso
Rapid development of technology in the medical field has resulted in an increase possibility of a doctor facing ethical dilemmas such as the demand for a permanent pacemaker (PPM) expulsion. Permanent pacemakers are the gold standard therapy for patients ... see more
Rianto Setiabudi
Informed consent (IC) is an agreement given freely by patients or prospective research subjects after being given an adequate intervention-related information. The patients or subjects must be able to understand information thoroughly prior to consenting ... see more