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Ole Frithjof Norheim er leder i Bioteknologirådet.
Articles by Ole Frithjof Norheim
Ethics capacity building in low-income countries: Ethiopia as a case study
- Ingrid Miljeteig,
- Kristine Husøy Onarheim,
- Frehiwot Berhane Defaye,
- Dawit Desalegn,
- Ole Frithjof Norheim,
- Olav Hevrøy,
- Kjell Arne Johansson
23.11.2017:
Ethical dilemmas are part of everyday clinical practice, and doctors worldwide must make value-based decisions. In low-income countries with very limited resources, healthcare personnel and policymakers face ethical challenges. Ethiopian policies aim to improve the ethical decision-making competence...
Should patients who use illicit drugs be offered a second heart-valve replacement?
- Ingrid Miljeteig,
- Steinar Skrede,
- Jørund Langørgen,
- Rune Haaverstad,
- Ola Jøsendal,
- Haakon Sjursen,
- Ole Frithjof Norheim
07.05.2013:
IVDUs are particularly prone to infectious endocarditis, with a lifetime incidence of 1 – 11 % (1, 2). Among the estimated 8 200 to 11 500 IVDUs living in Norway (3), there are indications of an increasing incidence of endocarditis with damage to the valves, as in other Western countries (4). At...
Health as a human right
- Asbjørn Eide,
- Just Haffeld,
- Ole Frithjof Norheim
18.10.2011:
The right to health is included in international human rights conventions. The UN monitors national implementation, while the resources targeted at health measures by the member states are allocated in very different ways. Increased focus has been directed at the question of global co-responsibility...
Priorities in global health
- Kristine Bærøe,
- Trygve Ottersen,
- Kristiane Eide,
- Hilde Engjom,
- Kjell Arne Johansson,
- Ingrid Miljeteig,
- Kristine Husøy Onarheim,
- Ole Frithjof Norheim
06.09.2011:
When resources are limited, priorities must be assigned. Prioritisation should depend on various factors such as health benefits, deterioration of prognosis, health inequalities and expenses. These factors should be weighed up against each other and compared. There are many ways of improving the...