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Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, and Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSBs) in America: A Novel Bioethical Argument for a Radical Public Health Proposal Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-09-11 Michael Gentzel
The prevalence of obesity, metabolic syndrome, and the associated long-term chronic diseases (cardiovascular disease, type II diabetes, cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, depression) have reached epidemic levels in the United States and Western nations. In response to this public health calamity, the author of this paper presents and defends a novel bioethical argument: the consistency argument for outlawing
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Practising Less is More: An Exploration of What it Means to See “This Patient” Not a “Patient Like This” Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-09-09 M. Bobbio, M. Chiarlo, P. Arcadi, E. Kidd
In the last decade literature focused on a “less is more” approach has been primarily represented by clinical cases describing the excesses of an aggressive, redundant, non-personalized, and non-respectful medicine. Most of these articles focus on a “more is worse” approach and centre around the downstream negative consequences of medical overuse. Having identified a gap in the literature on the experience
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Donation After Circulatory Death following Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Treatments. Are We Ready to Break the Dead Donor Rule? Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-09-05 Sara Patuzzo Manzati, Antonella Galeone, Francesco Onorati, Giovanni Battista Luciani
A fundamental criterion considered essential to deem the procedure of vital organ procurement for transplantation ethical is that the donor must be dead, as per the Dead Donor Rule (DDR). In the case of Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD), is the donor genuinely dead? The main aim of this article is to clarify this uncertainty, which primarily arises from the fact that in DCD, death is determined
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Humanitarian Action and the Value of Relationships: A Book Review of Chin Ruamps’ The Humanitarian Exit Dilemma Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-09-03 Isabel Munoz Beaulieu
“The Humanitarian Exit Dilemma” by Chin Ruamps explores the complex ethical challenges faced by humanitarian organizations when exiting projects in crisis settings, particularly armed conflict situations. The humanitarian exit dilemma arises in contexts where humanitarian assistance may generate an overall negative, rather than positive impact on affected populations due to potential entanglement in
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Organ Markets, Options, and an Over-Inclusiveness Objection: On Rippon’s Argument Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-29 J. Damgaard Thaysen, J. Sønderholm
Human organs available for transplant are in short supply. One way to increase the supply of organs consists in legalizing a live donor market. Such a market is, however, controversial. This article is about an objection to live donor organ markets made by Simon Rippon. Rippon’s objection is that the presence of a market option creates new social and legal pressures that harm the poor. Legalizing the
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Bioinformation and Identity Interests: A Book Review of Emily Postan's Embodied Narratives. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-29 Muriel Leuenberger
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Personhood Begins at Birth: The Rational Foundation for Abortion Policy in a Secular State Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-22 L. Lewis Wall, Douglas Brown
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Navigating the Nexus of Bioethics and Geopolitics: Implications for Global Health Security and Scientific Collaboration Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-20 Alexandra Klimovich-Mickael, Mariusz Sacharczuk, Michel Edwar Mickael
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“A Picture Paints a Thousand Words”—A Systematic Review of the Ethical Issues of Prenatal Ultrasound Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-19 M. Favaretto, M. Rost
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Retrospective Radiology Research: Do We Need Informed Patient Consent? Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-19 Yfke Ongena, Thomas C. Kwee, Derya Yakar, Marieke Haan
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Decision-Making Capacity and Authenticity Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-14 Tim Aylsworth, Jake Greenblum
There is wide consensus among bioethicists about the importance of autonomy when determining whether or not a patient has the right to refuse life-saving treatment (LST). In this context, autonomy has typically been understood in terms of the patient’s ability to make an informed decision. According to the traditional view, decision-making capacity (DMC) is seen as both necessary and sufficient for
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Perspectives on Spare Embryos amongst IVF users: An Exploratory Study from a Selected District of the Southern Indian State of Karnataka Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-29 Salik Ansari, Ravi Vaswani
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Consideration of Sustainability When Approving Human Medical Research—A Scoping Review Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-25 Tony Skapetis, Bernadette Nicholl, Kellie Hansen
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Honesty in Human Subject Research Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-24 Sungwoo Um
In this paper, I discuss the ethical issues related to deception in human subject research in terms of honesty. First, I introduce the background and suggest the conception of honesty that understands it as involving respect for the right not to be deceived (RND). Next, I examine several ways to address the ethical issues of deceptive elements in the human subject research and show why they fail to
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Genome Editing Dilemma: Navigating Dual-Use Potential and Charting the Path Forward Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-24 Ana Ruxandra Badea, Oliver Feeney
Contemporary genome editing techniques have made genomic intervention—from microorganism to human—more accessible, easier to use, and more accurate than previous methods. We argue that, notwithstanding its merits in treating and preventing disease in humans, genome editing represents a potential threat for domestic and international security, requiring an integrated approach in regulating, detecting
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Attitudes Towards Non-directiveness Among Medical Geneticists in Germany and Switzerland Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-22 J. Eichinger, B. S. Elger, S. McLennan, I. Filges, I. Koné
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Family-Oriented Living Organ Donation in Bangladesh: A Bioethical Defence Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-22 S. Siraj
This study focuses on issues related to living organ donation for transplantation in Bangladesh. The policy and practice of living organ donation for transplantation in Bangladesh is family-oriented: close relatives (legal and genetic) are the only ones allowed to be living donors. Unrelated donors, altruistic donors (directed and non-directed), and paired/pooled or non-directed altruistic living donor
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The Wrong of Eugenic Sterilization Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-05 Aleksy Tarasenko-Struc
I defend a novel account of the wrong of subjecting people to non-consensual sterilization (NCS), particularly in the context of the state-sponsored eugenics programmes once prevalent in the United States. What makes the eugenicist practice of NCS distinctively wrong, I claim, is its dehumanizing core: the fact that it is tantamount to treating people as nonhuman animals, thereby expressing the degrading
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Doctor–Parent Disagreement for Preterm Infants Born in the Grey Zone: Do Ethical Frameworks Help? Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-05 Alice Cavolo, Danya F. Vears, Gunnar Naulaers, Bernadette Dierckx de Casterlé, Lynn Gillam, Chris Gastmans
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Human Brain Organoid Research and Applications: Where and How to Meet Legal Challenges? Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-05 M. Kataoka, T.-L. Lee, T. Sawai
An ethical and legal framework is needed to regulate the rapidly developing human brain organoid research field properly. However, considering the legal issues involved in human brain organoid research remains underdeveloped and scattered. This article reviews the legal issues of human brain organoid research, grouping them into the following five broad themes: (1) consciousness, (2) legal status,
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Nurses and Voluntary Assisted Dying: How the Australian Capital Territory’s Law Could Change the Australian Regulatory Landscape Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-13 R. Jeanneret, S. Prince
On June 5, 2024, the Australian Capital Territory passed a law to permit voluntary assisted dying (“VAD”). The Australian Capital Territory became the first Australian jurisdiction to permit nurse practitioners to assess eligibility for VAD. Given evidence of access barriers to VAD in Australia, including difficulty finding a doctor willing to assist, the Australian Capital Territory’s approach should
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Amid Explosions in Gaza, The Silence from the Bioethics Community is Deafening Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-05 Sualeha Shekhani, Aamir Jafarey
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Silently Navigating Ethical Paradoxes in the Israel-Hamas Conflict: A Short Note Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-05 Zvi Bekerman
I embark on the writing of this short note not as an expert in ethics or a seasoned war analyst but rather as an involved observer nudged into the spotlight by a colleague’s overestimation of my insight into the Israel–Hamas conflict. I approach this task with scepticism yet hoping to morph it into a form of therapy. My own therapy, a means to break the shackles of silence that have gripped not only
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Making Sense of “Ethics” of War: Just War, Just Peace, and Ethic of Care Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-04 Michalinos Zembylas
This paper reviews briefly the main approaches in the literature on ethics of war and suggests the need to move beyond an ethic of justice towards an ethic of care. The analysis problematizes dominant understandings of “just war” and “just peace” in the literature and highlights that incorporating elements of an ethic of care, our understanding of ethics of war and peace can be redefined, sharpened
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Mental Privacy, Cognitive Liberty, and Hog-tying Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-03 P. Crutchfield
As the science and technology of the brain and mind develop, so do the ways in which brains and minds may be surveilled and manipulated. Some cognitive libertarians worry that these developments undermine cognitive liberty or “freedom of thought.” I argue that protecting an individual’s cognitive liberty undermines others’ ability to use their own cognitive liberty. Given that the threatening devices
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Two Decades of the JBI, Where to Next? Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-01 Michael A Ashby
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Ethical Stakes for Past, Present, and Prospective Tuberculosis Isolate Research Towards a Multicultural Data Sovereignty Model for Isolate Samples in Research Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-27 A. Anderson, M. Meher, Z. Maroof, S. Malua, C. Tahapeehi, J. Littleton, V. Arcus, J. Wade, J. Park
Tuberculosis (TB) is a potentially fatal infectious disease that, in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ), inequitably affects Asian, Pacific, Middle Eastern, Latin American, and African (MELAA), and Māori people. Medical research involving genome sequencing of TB samples enables more nuanced understanding of disease strains and their transmission. This could inform highly specific health interventions. However
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Psychiatric Illness and Clinical Negligence: When Can “Secondary Victims” Successfully Claim for Damages? Recent Developments from the United Kingdom Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-22 Edward S. Dove
On January 11, 2024, the United Kingdom (U.K.) Supreme Court rendered its judgment in Paul v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, restricting the circumstances in which “secondary victims” can successfully claim for damages in clinical negligence cases. This ruling has provided welcome clarity regarding the scope of negligently caused “pure” psychiatric illness claims, but the judgment may well prove controversial
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Ethical Risks of Systematic Menstrual Tracking in Sport Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-19 Olivia R. Howe
In this article it will be concluded that systematic menstrual tracking in women’s sport has the potential to cause harm to athletes. Since the ruling of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (2022) in the United States, concerns regarding menstrual health tracking have arisen. Research suggests that the menstrual tracking of female athletes presents potential risks to “women’s autonomy, privacy
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Ethics of a Physiotherapist: Touch, Corporeality, Intimacy—Based on the Experience of Elderly Patients Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 A. Długołęcka, M. Jagodzińska, W. J. Bober, A. Przyłuska-Fiszer
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Proxies of Trustworthiness: A Novel Framework to Support the Performance of Trust in Human Health Research Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-29 Kate Harvey, Graeme Laurie
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How the Doctrine of Double Effect Rhetoric Harms Patients Seeking Voluntary Assisted Dying Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-29 E. Kendal
Victoria’s Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017 (Vic) became the first state law to permit VAD in Australia under limited circumstances from June 2019. Before this, many palliative care physicians relied on the doctrine of double effect (DDE) to justify the use of pain relievers for terminally ill patients that were known to hasten death. The DDE claims that there is a morally significant difference between
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Surrogacy and Adoption: An Empirical Investigation of Public Moral Attitudes Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-29 T. Baron, E. Svingen, R. Leyva
Surrogacy and adoption are both family-making measures subject to extensive domestic and international regulation. In this nationally representative survey study (N = 1552), we explore public attitudes to various forms of surrogacy and adoption in the United Kingdom, in response to an early proposal to allow “double donor” surrogacy as part of the ongoing legal reform project. We sought to both gauge
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The Ethics of Time: Towards Temporal Bioethics Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-28 D. Shaw
In this paper I discuss the important yet overlooked role played by time in public health ethics, clinical ethics, and personal ethics, and present an exploratory analysis of temporal inequalities and temporal autonomy.
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A Mixed-Methods Study Exploring Colombian Adolescents’ Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Services: The Need for a Relational Autonomy Approach Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 J. Brisson, V. Ravitsky, B. Williams-Jones
This study’s objective was to understand Colombian adolescents’ experiences and preferences regarding access to sexual and reproductive health services (SRHS), either alone or accompanied. A mixed-method approach was used, involving a survey of 812 participants aged eleven to twenty-four years old and forty-five semi-structured interviews with participants aged fourteen to twenty-three. Previous research
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What Is A Family? A Constitutive-Affirmative Account Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 J. Y. Lee, R. Bentzon, E. Di Nucci
Bio-heteronormative conceptions of the family have long reinforced a nuclear ideal of the family as a heterosexual marriage, with children who are the genetic progeny of that union. This ideal, however, has also long been resisted in light of recent social developments, exhibited through the increased incidence and acceptance of step-families, donor-conceived families, and so forth. Although to this
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It is Not Too Late for Reconciliation Between Israel and Palestine, Even in the Darkest Hour Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-22 P. A. Komesaroff
The conflict in Gaza and Israel that ignited on October 7, 2023 signals a catastrophic breakdown in the possibility of ethical dialogue in the region. The actions on both sides have revealed a dissolution of ethical restraints, with unimaginably cruel attacks on civilians, murder of children, destruction of health facilities, and denial of basic needs such as water, food, and shelter. There is a need
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Procreating in an Overpopulated World: Role Moralities and a Climate Crisis Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-21 Craig Stanbury
It is an open question when procreation is justified. Antinatalists argue that bringing a new individual into the world is morally wrong, whereas pronatalists say that creating new life is morally good. In between these positions lie attempts to provide conditions for when taking an anti or pronatal stance is appropriate. This paper is concerned with developing one of these attempts, which can be called
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The Ethics of Stem Cell-Based Embryo-Like Structures Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 A. M. Pereira Daoud, W. J. Dondorp, A. L. Bredenoord, G. M. W. R. de Wert
In order to study early human development while avoiding the burdens associated with human embryo research, scientists are redirecting their efforts towards so-called human embryo-like structures (hELS). hELS are created from clusters of human pluripotent stem cells and seem capable of mimicking early human development with increasing accuracy. Notwithstanding, hELS research finds itself at the intersection
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War and Peace: What Can Bioethics Offer to Bring an End to Conflicts? Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 M A Ashby
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Jewish Ethics of Inmate Vaccines Against COVID-19 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Tsuriel Rashi
Purpose The COVID-19 pandemic broke out at the end of 2019, and throughout 2020 there were intensive international efforts to find a vaccine for the disease, which had already led to the deaths of some five million people. In December 2020, several pharmaceutical companies announced that they had succeeded in producing an effective vaccine, and after approval by the various regulatory bodies, countries
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Ethical Considerations in Decentralized Clinical Trials Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Barbara E. Bierer, Sarah A. White
As a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of decentralized clinical trials, trials conducted in whole or in part at locations other than traditional clinical trial sites, significantly increased. While these trials have the potential advantage of access, participant centricity, convenience, lower costs, and efficiency, they also raise a number of important ethical and practical concerns
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Applying the Concepts of Benefit and Harm in Malaysian Bioethical Discourse: Analysis of Malaysian Fatwa Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Abdul Halim Ibrahim, Muhammad Safwan Harun
Rapid developments in science and technology have resulted in novel discoveries, leading to new questions particularly related to human values and ethics. Every discovery and technology has positive and negative implications and affects human lives either directly or indirectly, involving all walks of life. Bioethical discourse in Malaysia must consider the multiracial and multireligious background
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Social Distance Warriors Should Not Be Regarded as Moral Exemplars in a Pandemic Nor as Paragons of Politeness: A Response to Shaw Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Hugh V. McLachlan
In a recent article, Shaw contrasts his own supposed good behaviour, as that of a self-proclaimed “social distance warrior” with the alleged rude behaviour of one of his relatives, Jack, at social events in the former’s house in Scotland in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. He does so to illustrate and support his claims that it was wrong and rude to fail to comply with the governmental advice
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The “Bystander at the Switch” Revisited? Ethical Implications of the Government Strategies Against COVID-19 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 S. Stelios, K. N. Konstantakis, P. G. Michaelides
Suppose COVID-19 is the runaway tram in the famous moral thought experiment, known as the “Bystander at the Switch.” Consider the two differentiated responses of governments around the world to this new threat, namely the option of quarantine/lockdown and herd immunity. Can we contrast the hypothetical with the real scenario? What do the institutional decisions and strategies for dealing with the virus
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Ethical Challenges in Oral Healthcare Services Provided by Non-Governmental Organizations for Refugees in Germany Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-14 R. Kozman, K. M. Mussie, B. Elger, I. Wienand, F. Jotterand
Oral healthcare is attracting much attention after decades of neglect from policymakers. Recent studies have shown a strong association between oral and overall health, which can lead to serious health problems. Availability of oral healthcare services is an essential part of ensuring universal healthcare coverage. More importantly, current gaps in its accessibility by minority or marginalized population
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For the Good of the Globe: Moral Reasons for States to Mitigate Global Catastrophic Biological Risks Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Tess F. Johnson
Actions to prepare for and prevent pandemics are a common topic for bioethical analysis. However, little attention has been paid to global catastrophic biological risks more broadly, including pandemics with artificial origins, the creation of agents for biological warfare, and harmful outcomes of human genome editing. What’s more, international policy discussions often focus on economic arguments
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AI-Enhanced Healthcare: Not a new Paradigm for Informed Consent Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 M. Pruski
With the increasing prevalence of artificial intelligence (AI) and other digital technologies in healthcare, the ethical debate surrounding their adoption is becoming more prominent. Here I consider the issue of gaining informed patient consent to AI-enhanced care from the vantage point of the United Kingdom’s National Health Service setting. I build my discussion around two claims from the World Health
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Gender Affirming Hormone Treatment for Trans Adolescents: A Four Principles Analysis Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Hane Htut Maung
Gender affirming hormone treatment is an important part of the care of trans adolescents which enables them to develop the secondary sexual characteristics congruent with their identified genders. There is an increasing amount of empirical evidence showing the benefits of gender affirming hormone treatment for psychological health and social well-being in this population. However, in several countries
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Vaccine Mandates and Cultural Safety Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-02 R. Matthews, K. Menzel
The issues and problems of mandatory vaccination policy and roll out in First Nations communities are unique and do not concern the safety and effectiveness of vaccines. These issues are also independent of more specific arguments of mandatory vaccination of healthcare workers as a condition of employment. As important as these issues are, they do not consider the complex politics of ongoing settler
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Right Versus Wrong: A Qualitative Appraisal With Respect to Pandemic Trajectories of Transgender Population in Kerala, India Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-12-27 Kesavan Rajasekharan Nayar, S. Vinu, Lekha D. Bhat, Surabhi Kandaswamy
The transgender population generally faces rights violations and discrimination in their day-to-day lives, which was exacerbated during the recent pandemic. This necessitates close scrutiny from an ethics perspective. Following directives from a 2014 Supreme Court judgement, Kerala became the first Indian state to implement a comprehensive policy to enforce the constitutional rights of transgender
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COVID-19 and Biopolitics: An Essay on Iran Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-12-18 K. Makhdoomi Sharabiani, M. Kiasalar, H. Namazi, Y. Shokrkhah, A. Parsapour, E. Shamsi-Gooshki
In the intricate tapestry of Iran’s geopolitical, cultural, and economic landscape, the COVID-19 pandemic catalysed profound changes. This essay delves into the multifaceted impact of the pandemic on Iranians’ lives, dissecting the specific nuances shaped by the complex biopolitical environment. We unravel the subtle imprints of COVID-19 on the biopolitical discourse, exploring how it intricately intertwines
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Remembering Miles Little (28.12.33 - 30.9.23). Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-12-13 Ian Kerridge,Wendy Lipworth,Christopher F C Jordens,Paul A Komesaroff
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Data Breach Notification Laws-Momentum Across the Asia-Pacific Region. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-12-11 Megan Prictor
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The Fragility of Scientific Rigour and Integrity in “Sped up Science”: Research Misconduct, Bias, and Hype and in the COVID-19 Pandemic Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-12-08 W. Lipworth, I. Kerridge, C. Stewart, D. Silva, R. Upshur
During the early years of the COVID-19 pandemic, preclinical and clinical research were sped up and scaled up in both the public and private sectors and in partnerships between them. This resulted in some extraordinary advances, but it also raised a range of issues regarding the ethics, rigour, and integrity of scientific research, academic publication, and public communication. Many of the failures
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Identity Disclosure Between Donor Family Members and Organ Transplant Recipients: A Description and Synthesis of Australian Laws and Guidelines Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-12-07 Anthony Cignarella, Andrea Marshall, Kristen Ranse, Helen Opdam, Thomas Buckley, Jayne Hewitt
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Reelin’ In The Years: Age and Selective Restriction of Liberty in the COVID-19 Pandemic Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-12-04 David Motorniak, Julian Savulescu, Alberto Giubilini
During the COVID-19 pandemic, focused protection strategies including selective lockdowns of the elderly were proposed as alternatives to general lockdowns. These selective restrictions would consist of isolating only those most at risk of COVID-19 hospitalization and subsequent use of healthcare resources. The proposal seems to have troubling implications, including the permissibility of selective
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Islamic Perspectives on Polygenic Testing and Selection of IVF Embryos (PGT-P) for Optimal Intelligence and Other Non–Disease-Related Socially Desirable Traits Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-12-04 A. H. B. Chin, Q. Al-Balas, M. F. Ahmad, N. Alsomali, M. Ghaly
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Suggestion for Determining Treatment Strategies in Dental Ethics Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-30 Szilárd D. Kovács
Contemporary medicine views health as the individual’s physical, mental, and social well-being. Oral health plays a crucial role in one’s well-being, as the oral cavity and its surrounding regions execute essential functions in verbal and nonverbal communication, sensing, digestion, and significantly contribute to aesthetic appearance. The multifaceted nature of the notion of oral health, as well as
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A Principle-Based Approach to Visual Identification Systems for Hospitalized People with Dementia Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-29 T. V. Brigden, C. Mitchell, K. Kuberska, A. Hall