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Chapter 11
Ethics in Research Practice and Innovation
Very effective interdiction not only of the use of certain words, but also of the use or practice of anything. Of this prohibition, nobody knows or can explain the reason.
Published in Chapter:
The Ethics of Risk in Psychiatry: The Interplay Between Risk and Probability
Jean Pierre Clero (Universite de Rouen, France)
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 17
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-6310-5.ch011
Abstract
Psychiatric medicine poses specific ethical problems relating to the particularity of the illnesses and of the patients. It intends to cure and to the nature of the treatments it prescribes. Its differences with the other branches of medicine have been highlighted for a long time. The psychiatric patient worries his family circle to a greater extent and in different ways than any other patient. This chapter explores the ethics of risk in psychiatry.
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Chapter 18
Sex Beyond Commitment: Exploring Taboo Communication About Non-Monogamy in Open and Closed Relationships
Implied prohibitions of actions or ways of speaking that are socio-culturally bound.
Published in Chapter: Sex Beyond Commitment: Exploring Taboo Communication About Non-Monogamy in Open and Closed Relationships; From: Handbook of Research on Communication Strategies for Taboo Topics
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Chapter 11
For Love or for Business: Taboos of Family Business Communication
Implied prohibitions of actions or ways of speaking that are socio-culturally bound.
Published in Chapter: For Love or for Business: Taboos of Family Business Communication; From: Handbook of Research on Communication Strategies for Taboo Topics
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Chapter 16
Alpaca Meat: Constraints and Reinforcements on Consumption
Social mechanism that can be reinforced or suspended in different context to prevent possible transgression of the moral code.
Published in Chapter: Alpaca Meat: Constraints and Reinforcements on Consumption; From: Anthropological Approaches to Understanding Consumption Patterns and Consumer Behavior
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Chapter 20
Communicating Quadriplegia: An Autoethnography of Disability Perceptions.
A prohibition imposed by social custom or as a protective measure/something that is not acceptable to say, mention, or do.
Published in Chapter: Communicating Quadriplegia: An Autoethnography of Disability Perceptions.; From: Handbook of Research on Communication Strategies for Taboo Topics
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