This is a selection of articles from the August 2008 archive. Click here for this month's Medical Ethics headlines.
Evidence and ethics in medicine.
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Source: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine - August 30, 2008 Authors: Worrall J Tags: Perspect Biol Med Source Type: info
Reflections on humanizing biomedicine.
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Source: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine - August 30, 2008 Authors: Marcum JA Tags: Perspect Biol Med Source Type: info
Do we need theory to study disease? Lessons from cancer research and their implications for mental illness.
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Source: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine - August 30, 2008 Authors: Kincaid H Tags: Perspect Biol Med Source Type: info
Medicine and the call for a moral epistemology, part II: constructing a synthesis of values.
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Source: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine - August 30, 2008 Authors: Tauber AI Tags: Perspect Biol Med Source Type: info
Mental illness from the perspective of theoretical neuroscience.
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Source: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine - August 30, 2008 Authors: Thagard P Tags: Perspect Biol Med Source Type: info
The Third Gospel in Finnegans Wake.
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Source: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine - August 30, 2008 Tags: Perspect Biol Med Source Type: info
The changing face of "real research".
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Source: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine - August 30, 2008 Authors: Hiatt HH Tags: Perspect Biol Med Source Type: info
Introduction. Philosophy of medicine.
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Source: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine - August 30, 2008 Authors: Tauber AI Tags: Perspect Biol Med Source Type: info
When less is more in public health.
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Source: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine - August 30, 2008 Authors: Masi C Tags: Perspect Biol Med Source Type: info
Health as intra-systemic integrity: rethinking the foundations of systems biology and nanomedicine.
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Source: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine - August 30, 2008 Authors: Khushf G Tags: Perspect Biol Med Source Type: info
Beyond empathy.
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Source: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine - August 30, 2008 Authors: Sobel R Tags: Perspect Biol Med Source Type: info
The natural history of the sexual genome: proactive drivers and passive drifters.
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Source: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine - August 30, 2008 Authors: Avise JC Tags: Perspect Biol Med Source Type: info
Epistemological reflections on the art of medicine and narrative medicine.
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Source: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine - August 30, 2008 Authors: Solomon M Tags: Perspect Biol Med Source Type: info
Philosophy of medicine is what philosophers of medicine do.
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Source: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine - August 30, 2008 Authors: Stempsey WE Tags: Perspect Biol Med Source Type: info
Constructive realism and medicine: an approach to medical ontology.
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Source: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine - August 30, 2008 Authors: Simon JR Tags: Perspect Biol Med Source Type: info
Risk and disease.
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Source: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine - August 30, 2008 Authors: Schwartz PH Tags: Perspect Biol Med Source Type: info
Challenges of Macro-ethics: Bioethics and the Transformation of Knowledge Production
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Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - August 30, 2008 Tags: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry Source Type: info
Exploring Scientific Misconduct: Isolated Individuals, Impure Institutions, or an Inevitable Idiom of Modern Science?
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Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - August 30, 2008 Tags: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry Source Type: info
[Electronic pages] Suicide by advance directive?
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Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - August 29, 2008 Authors: Sontheimer, D Tags: Electronic pages Source Type: info
[Electronic pages] Sex selection for social purposes in Israel: quest for the "perfect child" of a particular gender or centuries old prejudice against women?
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Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - August 29, 2008 Authors: Landau, R Tags: Electronic pages Source Type: info
[Electronic pages] The case for re-thinking incest laws
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Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - August 29, 2008 Authors: Farrelly, C Tags: Electronic pages Source Type: info
[Electronic pages] Contractual obligations and the sharing of confidential health information in sport
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Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - August 29, 2008 Authors: Anderson, L Tags: Electronic pages Source Type: info
[Research ethics] Genetic research on rare familial disorders: consent and the blurred boundaries between clinical service and research
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Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - August 29, 2008 Authors: Ponder, M, Statham, H, Hallowell, N, Moon, J A, Richards, M, Raymond, F L Tags: Research ethics Source Type: info
[Research ethics] Research ethics committees: the role of ethics in a regulatory authority
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Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - August 29, 2008 Authors: McGuinness, S Tags: Research ethics Source Type: info
[Law, ethics and medicine] Should individuals choose their definition of death?
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Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - August 29, 2008 Authors: Molina, A, Rodriguez-Arias, D, Youngner, S J Tags: Law, ethics and medicine Source Type: info
[Clinical ethics] The do-not-resuscitate order: associations with advance directives, physician specialty and documentation of discussion 15 years after the Patient Self-Determination Act
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Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - August 29, 2008 Authors: Morrell, E D, Brown, B P, Qi, R, Drabiak, K, Helft, P R Tags: Clinical ethics Source Type: info
[Electronic pages] Informed consent in clinical research in France: assessment and factors associated with therapeutic misconception
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Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - August 29, 2008 Authors: Durand-Zaleski, I S, Alberti, C, Durieux, P, Duval, X, Gottot, S, Ravaud, P., Gainotti, S, Vincent-Genod, C, Moreau, D, Amiel, P Tags: Electronic pages Source Type: info
[Electronic pages] Inequalities and healthcare reform in Chile: equity of what?
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Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - August 29, 2008 Authors: Burrows, J Tags: Electronic pages Source Type: info
[Ethics] Money in--babies out: assessing the long-term economic impact of IVF-conceived children
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Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - August 29, 2008 Authors: Connolly, M, Hoorens, S, Ledger, W Tags: Ethics Source Type: info
[Ethics briefings] Ethics briefings
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Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - August 29, 2008 Authors: Hamm, D., Harrison, C., Mussell, R., Sheather, J., Sommerville, A., Tizzard, J. Tags: Ethics briefings Source Type: info
[Electronic pages] Dutch criteria of due care for physician-assisted dying in medical practice: a physician perspective
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Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - August 29, 2008 Authors: Buiting, H M, Gevers, J K M, Rietjens, J A C, Onwuteaka-Philipsen, B D, van der Maas, P J, van der Heide, A, van Delden, J J M Tags: Electronic pages Source Type: info
[Ethics] To see for myself: informed consent and the culture of openness
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Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - August 29, 2008 Authors: Walter, T Tags: Ethics Source Type: info
[Ethics] What reasons do those with practical experience use in deciding on priorities for healthcare resources? A qualitative study
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Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - August 29, 2008 Authors: Hasman, A, Mcintosh, E, Hope, T Tags: Ethics Source Type: info
[Electronic pages] Physicians as healthcare surrogate for terminally ill children
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Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - August 29, 2008 Authors: Weisleder, P Tags: Electronic pages Source Type: info
[Electronic pages] Ethical review of undergraduate student research in the NHS: evolution of the system could benefit us all
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Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - August 29, 2008 Authors: Wilkinson, M. Tags: Electronic pages Source Type: info
[Electronic pages] Sleep better than medicine? Ethical issues related to "wake enhancement"
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Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - August 29, 2008 Authors: Ravelingien, A, Sandberg, A Tags: Electronic pages Source Type: info
[Electronic pages] Increasing the amount of payment to research subjects
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Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - August 29, 2008 Authors: Resnick, D B Tags: Electronic pages Source Type: info
[Global medical ethics] Current knowledge in moral cognition can improve medical ethics
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Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - August 29, 2008 Authors: Tassy, S, Le Coz, P, Wicker, B Tags: Global medical ethics Source Type: info
[Electronic pages] Reproductive cloning in humans and therapeutic cloning in primates: is the ethical debate catching up with the recent scientific advances?
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Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - August 29, 2008 Authors: Camporesi, S, Bortolotti, L Tags: Electronic pages Source Type: info
[Clinical ethics] Information and consent for newborn screening: practices and attitudes of service providers
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Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - August 29, 2008 Authors: Kerruish, N J, Webster, D, Dickson, N Tags: Clinical ethics Source Type: info
[Global medical ethics] Adding insult to injury: the healthcare brain drain
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Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - August 29, 2008 Authors: Hooper, C R Tags: Global medical ethics Source Type: info
[Global medical ethics] "That's Africa": acceptance as a form of negligence
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Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - August 29, 2008 Authors: Devakumar, D. Tags: Global medical ethics Source Type: info
[Ethics] In defence of Kant's moral prohibition on suicide solely to avoid suffering
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Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - August 29, 2008 Authors: Vong, G Tags: Ethics Source Type: info
[Electronic pages] Challenges of informed choice in organised screening
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Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - August 29, 2008 Authors: Osterlie, W, Solbjor, M, Skolbekken, J-A, Hofvind, S, Saetnan, A R, Forsmo, S Tags: Electronic pages Source Type: info
[Electronic pages] Ethical reflections on clinical trials with human tissue engineered products
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Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - August 29, 2008 Authors: Trommelmans, L, Selling, J, Dierickx, K Tags: Electronic pages Source Type: info
[Ethics] From compulsory to voluntary immunisation: Italy's National Vaccination Plan (2005-7) and the ethical and organisational challenges facing public health policy-makers across Europe
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Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - August 29, 2008 Authors: Moran, N E, Gainotti, S, Petrini, C Tags: Ethics Source Type: info
[Ethics] Decision-making in patients with advanced cancer compared with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
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Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - August 29, 2008 Authors: Astrow, A B, Sood, J R, Nolan, M T, Terry, P B, Clawson, L, Kub, J, Hughes, M, Sulmasy, D P Tags: Ethics Source Type: info
[Electronic pages] The search for clarity in communicating research results to study participants
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Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - August 29, 2008 Authors: Shalowitz, D I, Miller, F G Tags: Electronic pages Source Type: info
[Editorial] Oscar Pistorius, enhancement and post-humans
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Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - August 29, 2008 Authors: Camporesi, S. Tags: Editorial Source Type: info
[Electronic pages] Life extension, overpopulation and the right to life: against lethal ethics
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Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - August 29, 2008 Authors: Cutas, D E Tags: Electronic pages Source Type: info
[Electronic pages] What do medical students experience as moral problems during their obstetric and gynaecology clerkship?
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Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - August 29, 2008 Authors: Olthuis, G, Dukel, L Tags: Electronic pages Source Type: info
[Electronic pages] Making a difference: incorporating theories of autonomy into models of informed consent
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Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - August 29, 2008 Authors: Delany, C Tags: Electronic pages Source Type: info
[Clinical ethics] Deconstructing DNR
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Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - August 29, 2008 Authors: Gelbman, B. D, Gelbman, J. M Tags: Clinical ethics Source Type: info
[Electronic pages] The remote prayer delusion: clinical trials that attempt to detect supernatural intervention are as futile as they are unethical
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Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - August 29, 2008 Authors: Paul, G Tags: Electronic pages Source Type: info
[Electronic pages] Clinical research projects at a German medical faculty: follow-up from ethical approval to publication and citation by others
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Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - August 29, 2008 Authors: Blumle, A, Antes, G, Schumacher, M, Just, H, von Elm, E Tags: Electronic pages Source Type: info
The Best Bioethics Book You Read this Year Could Be a Documentary Film. A Review of
Naked on the Inside
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Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - August 27, 2008 Tags: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry Source Type: info
Just love in live organ donation
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Source: Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy - August 27, 2008 Tags: Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy Source Type: info
The public funding of abortion in Canada: going beyond the concept of medical necessity
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Source: Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy - August 27, 2008 Tags: Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy Source Type: info
Futility by Any Other Name. The Texas 10 Day Rule
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Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - August 26, 2008 Tags: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry Source Type: info
I'm listening, Mr Johnson, now let's start talking
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Source: Clinical Ethics - August 25, 2008 Authors: Farsides, B. Tags: Editorials Source Type: info
Keyholders and flak jackets: the method in the madness of mixed metaphors
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Source: Clinical Ethics - August 25, 2008 Authors: Maclean, A. Tags: Public Policy & Law Source Type: info
Saviour siblings and organ transplantation: Guest Editorial
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Source: Clinical Ethics - August 25, 2008 Authors: Wilkinson, S. Tags: Editorials Source Type: info
Time for change: the need for a pragmatic approach to addressing organ shortage in the UK
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Source: Clinical Ethics - August 25, 2008 Authors: Farrell, A.-M. Tags: Papers Source Type: info
Studying the mind: ethical issues and guidance in mental health research
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Source: Clinical Ethics - August 25, 2008 Authors: Adshead, G. Tags: Papers Source Type: info
Owning information - anonymity, confidentiality and human rights
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Source: Clinical Ethics - August 25, 2008 Authors: Miola, J. Tags: Public Policy & Law Source Type: info
Clinical Ethics Committee case 3: Should parents be able to request non-therapeutic treatment for their severely disabled child?
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Source: Clinical Ethics - August 25, 2008 Authors: Slowther, A. Tags: Case Studies Source Type: info
Preimplantation genetic diagnosis for familial hypercholesterolaemia: a commentary on the recent HFEA decision
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Source: Clinical Ethics - August 25, 2008 Authors: Boddington, P., Parker, M. Tags: Papers Source Type: info
Directed organ donation: is the donor the owner?
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Source: Clinical Ethics - August 25, 2008 Authors: Cronin, A. J, Price, D. Tags: Public Policy & Law Source Type: info
A survey of the ethics climate of Hong Kong public hospitals
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Source: Clinical Ethics - August 25, 2008 Authors: Hui, E. C Tags: Empirical Ethics Source Type: info
Why we wrote... Observing Bioethics
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Source: Clinical Ethics - August 25, 2008 Authors: Fox, R. C, Swazey, J. P Tags: Papers Source Type: info
Euthanasia
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Source: Clinical Ethics - August 25, 2008 Authors: Draper, H., Slowther, A. Tags: Five-Minute Focus Source Type: info
PANDEMIC MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPING WORLD BIOETHICS: BIRD FLU IN WEST BENGAL
