Ethical Principles for Everyone

    June 2001 in “ Annals of Internal Medicine ”
    Joseph J. Mazza
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    TLDR The document concludes that more research is needed on the hepatitis B vaccine's side effects and the effectiveness of certain treatments for specific diseases.
    The document from 2001 discusses various medical topics, including the lack of evidence for "distant healing" and the placebo effect in therapeutic touch, the challenges of blinding in placebo-controlled trials using zinc lozenges for the common cold, and the influence of financial interests on healthcare ethics. It also reports on medical cases, such as reactions to the hepatitis B vaccine, where the CDC lacks incidence rate data but VAERS suggests an immunologic reaction association. A case of inclusion-body myositis showed improvement with intravenous immunoglobulin therapy, and a patient with chemoresistant osseous lymphoma had remission after rituximab treatment. The need for further investigation into the hepatitis B vaccine's immunologic reactions and the potential of specific therapies for certain diseases is emphasized.
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