Presumably, a standard motivation for engaging in practical ethics is to influence practice.
There is strong evidence that beliefs influence practice (Jones & Carter, 2007; Pajares, 1992; Richardson, 1996).
Many factors influence practice, including changes overtime in the interpretation of existing laws, definitions of what is inclusion and research outcomes of inclusive practices.
Despite the emphasis on doctors, optimizing antibiotic use within hospitals requires an understanding of how different stakeholders, including non-prescribers, influence practice and practice change.
In terms of menstrual waste disposal, the toolkit was not found to greatly influence practice for a range of reasons, including the shortage of timing and funds to cover a relatively large intervention.
We sought to determine, with a case-vignette study, the heterogeneity of processes of care in ICUs focusing on mechanical ventilation procedures, and whether organizational patterns or physician characteristics influence practice variations.
We sought to determine whether heterogeneity exists regarding processes of care associated with MV management through a cross-sectional survey using case vignettes and whether organizational patterns or intensivists' characteristics influence practice variation.
This fourth question was designed to find out what beliefs the educators might have about the notion of participation, how the ideas of the concept of participation would influence answers given to the first three questions of the questionnaire and how these perceptions might influence practice.
The literature reviewed supports an idea that there is an increasing understanding of how infant/toddler educators' beliefs about infants and the nature of learning and participation (Berthelsen et al. 2009) will influence practice in respect to interactions, daily scheduling of activities and levels of choice.
External factors also influence practice.
These practice guidelines are widely available [ 12] and influence practice.
