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EditorialEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Content Type Journal ArticleDOI 10.1007/s11673-009-9201-2Authors Kate Cregan, Monash University Centre for Ethics in Medicine and Society Melbourne Australia 3800 Journal Journal of Bioethical InquiryOnline ISSN 1872-4353Print ISSN 1176-7529 (Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry)
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - November 13, 2009 Category: Medical Ethics Tags: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry Source Type: journals

Ecoethics: Now Central to All EthicsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract  A few years ago, I wrote on the need for expansion of the environmental areas of bioethics, and covered some of the topics touched on here. Sadly, although it is possible to find some notable exceptions, bioethics does not provide much of an ethical base for considering human-nature relationships. Here I’m not going to deal with these philosophical issues or others about the nature of ethical decision-making. The rapid worsening of the human predicament means that applied ethical issues with a significant environmental connection (what I call “ecoethics”), must be dealt with without waiting fo...
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - November 9, 2009 Category: Medical Ethics Tags: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry Source Type: journals

David Rieff. 2008. Swimming in a Sea of DeathEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Content Type Journal ArticleDOI 10.1007/s11673-009-9191-0Authors Allison Neyhart Rubin, California Pacific Medical Centre Program in Medicine and Human Values 2395 Sacramento St, 3rd Floor San Francisco CA 94115 USA Journal Journal of Bioethical InquiryOnline ISSN 1872-4353Print ISSN 1176-7529 (Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry)
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - November 9, 2009 Category: Medical Ethics Tags: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry Source Type: journals

The Ethical Basis for Sustainable Human Security: A Place for Anthropocentrism?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract  The deep and lasting changes to human behaviour that are required to address the global environmental crisis necessitate profound shifts in moral foundations. They amount to a change in what individuals and societies conceive of as progress. This imperative raises important questions about the justification, ends, and means of large-scale changes in people’s ethics. In this essay I will focus on the ends—the direction of moral change as prescribed by the goal of sustainable human flourishing. I shall present a meta-ethical critique of anthropocentrism and propose that only an ecocentric ethic ca...
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - November 9, 2009 Category: Medical Ethics Tags: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry Source Type: journals

Biomedical and Environmental Ethics Alliance: Common Causes and GroundsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract  In the late 1960s Van Rensselaer Potter, a biochemist and cancer researcher, thought that our survival was threatened by the domination of military policy makers and producers of material goods ignorant of biology. He called for a new field of Bioethics—“a science of survival.” Bioethics did develop, but with a narrower focus on medical ethics. Recently there have been attempts to broaden that focus to bring biomedical ethics together with environmental ethics. Though the two have many differences—in habits of thought, scope of concern, and value commitments—in this paper we argue that the...
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - November 5, 2009 Category: Medical Ethics Tags: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry Source Type: journals

Illuminating Environmental BioethicsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Content Type Journal ArticleDOI 10.1007/s11673-009-9199-5Authors Rob Irvine, University of Sydney Centre for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine Sydney Australia Journal Journal of Bioethical InquiryOnline ISSN 1872-4353Print ISSN 1176-7529 (Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry)
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - November 5, 2009 Category: Medical Ethics Tags: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry Source Type: journals

Pastoral Power and the Confessing Subject in Patient-Centred CommunicationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract  This paper examines the power relations in “patient-centred communication”. Drawing on the work of Michel Foucault I argue that while patient-centred communication frees the patient from particular aspects of medical power, it also introduces the patient to new power relations. The paper uses a Foucauldian analysis of power to argue that patient-centred communication introduces a new dynamic of power relations to the medical encounter, entangling and producing the patient to participate in the medical encounter in a particular manner. Content Type Journal ArticleDOI 10.1007/s11673-009-9195-9A...
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - October 27, 2009 Category: Medical Ethics Tags: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry Source Type: journals

Murray, Samantha. 2008. The fat female body.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Content Type Journal ArticleDOI 10.1007/s11673-009-9194-xAuthors Paul A. Komesaroff, The Alfred Hospital Centre for Ethics in Medicine and Society, Monash University Commercial Road Prahran Victoria 3181 Australia Journal Journal of Bioethical InquiryOnline ISSN 1872-4353Print ISSN 1176-7529 (Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry)
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - October 27, 2009 Category: Medical Ethics Tags: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry Source Type: journals

David, Koepsell. 2009. Who owns you? The corporate gold rush to patent your genesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Content Type Journal ArticleDOI 10.1007/s11673-009-9192-zAuthors Aaron Fellmeth, Arizona State University College of Law P.O. Box 877906 Tempe AZ USA Journal Journal of Bioethical InquiryOnline ISSN 1872-4353Print ISSN 1176-7529 (Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry)
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - October 22, 2009 Category: Medical Ethics Tags: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry Source Type: journals

ResponseEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Content Type Journal ArticleDOI 10.1007/s11673-009-9190-1Authors Aidan Davison, University of Tasmania School of Geography & Environmental Studies Private Bag 78 Hobart TAS 7001 Australia Journal Journal of Bioethical InquiryOnline ISSN 1872-4353Print ISSN 1176-7529 (Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry)
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - October 21, 2009 Category: Medical Ethics Tags: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry Source Type: journals

ResponseEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Content Type Journal ArticleDOI 10.1007/s11673-009-9193-yAuthors Brian William Head, University of Queensland Institute for Social Science Research St Lucia Queensland 4072 Australia Journal Journal of Bioethical InquiryOnline ISSN 1872-4353Print ISSN 1176-7529 (Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry)
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - October 15, 2009 Category: Medical Ethics Tags: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry Source Type: journals

Film Review ETIENNE!: A Film about the Little Things in LifeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Content Type Journal ArticleDOI 10.1007/s11673-009-9189-7Authors Katrina A. Bramstedt, California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC) Program in Medicine & Human Values 2395 Sacramento Street, 3rd floor San Francisco CA 94115 USA Journal Journal of Bioethical InquiryOnline ISSN 1872-4353Print ISSN 1176-7529 (Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry)
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - October 8, 2009 Category: Medical Ethics Tags: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry Source Type: journals

The ‘Obligation’ to Screen and its Effect on AutonomyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract  In the United States, disease screening is offered to the public as a consumer service. It has been proposed that the act of “consumption” is a manifestation of agency and that the decision to consume is an exercise of autonomy. The enthusiasm of the American public for disease screening and the expansion in the demand for all sorts of disease screening in recent years can be viewed as an expression of such autonomy. Here, we argue that the enthusiasm for disease screening witnessed in the American public today may be more a reflection of the constraint on autonomy than its facilitation. It is o...
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - September 24, 2009 Category: Medical Ethics Tags: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry Source Type: journals

Indigenous Research: A Commitment to Walking the Talk. The Gudaga Study—an Australian Case StudyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract  Increasingly, the role of health research in improving the discrepancies in health outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations in developed countries is being recognised. Along with this comes the recognition that health research must be conducted in a manner that is culturally appropriate and ethically sound. Two key documents have been produced in Australia, known as The Road Map and The Guidelines, to provide theoretical and philosophical direction to the ethics of Indigenous health research. These documents identify research themes considered critical to improving the health of th...
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - September 16, 2009 Category: Medical Ethics Tags: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry Source Type: journals

Recent DevelopmentsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Content Type Journal ArticleDOI 10.1007/s11673-009-9174-1Authors John Coggon, University of Manchester British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Social Ethics and Policy, and Institute for Science, Ethics, and Innovation, School of Law Manchester UKCameron Stewart, University of Sydney Centre for Health Governance, Law and Ethics, Sydney Law School Sydney NSW AustraliaLaura Williamson, University of Glasgow School of Law Glasgow Scotland UK Journal Journal of Bioethical InquiryOnline ISSN 1872-4353Print ISSN 1176-7529 (Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry)
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - August 20, 2009 Category: Medical Ethics Tags: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry Source Type: journals

Republication: In That CaseEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Content Type Journal ArticleDOI 10.1007/s11673-009-9185-yAuthors Dan Brock, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Division of Medical Ethics FXB Building, 651 Huntington Avenue, 6th Floor Boston MA 02115 USA Journal Journal of Bioethical InquiryOnline ISSN 1872-4353Print ISSN 1176-7529 (Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry)
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - August 19, 2009 Category: Medical Ethics Tags: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry Source Type: journals

Allhoff, Fritz. ed. 2008. Physicians at war: The dual-loyalties challengeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Content Type Journal ArticleDOI 10.1007/s11673-009-9182-1Authors Jason Gatliff, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland Fellowship in Advanced Bioethics, Department of Bioethics/ JJ60 9500 Euclid Ave. Cleveland OH 44195 USA Journal Journal of Bioethical InquiryOnline ISSN 1872-4353Print ISSN 1176-7529 (Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry)
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - August 19, 2009 Category: Medical Ethics Tags: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry Source Type: journals

Robin Romm. 2009. The mercy papers: A memoir of three weeksEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Content Type Journal ArticleDOI 10.1007/s11673-009-9183-0Authors Felicia Cohn, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, Educational Affairs Berk Hall, Medical Education Bldg 802 Irvine CA 92697 USA Journal Journal of Bioethical InquiryOnline ISSN 1872-4353Print ISSN 1176-7529 (Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry)
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - August 18, 2009 Category: Medical Ethics Tags: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry Source Type: journals

Klugman, Craig M. and Pamela M. Dalinis, eds. 2008 Ethical issues in rural health careEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Content Type Journal ArticleDOI 10.1007/s11673-009-9187-9Authors Robert Macauley, Fletcher Allen Health Care Burlington VT USA Journal Journal of Bioethical InquiryOnline ISSN 1872-4353Print ISSN 1176-7529 (Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry)
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - August 17, 2009 Category: Medical Ethics Tags: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry Source Type: journals

The MapEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Content Type Journal ArticleDOI 10.1007/s11673-009-9177-yAuthors Kate Cregan, University of Melbourne School of Culture and Communication Melbourne Victoria 3010 AustraliaKevin Hart, University of Virginia Department of Religious Studies Charlottesville VA USA Journal Journal of Bioethical InquiryOnline ISSN 1872-4353Print ISSN 1176-7529 (Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry)
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - August 15, 2009 Category: Medical Ethics Tags: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry Source Type: journals

The Last HellosEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Content Type Journal ArticleDOI 10.1007/s11673-009-9179-9Authors Les Murray, The University of Sydney c/o Centre for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine, Level 1 Medical Foundation Building K25 Sydney NSW 2006 Australia Journal Journal of Bioethical InquiryOnline ISSN 1872-4353Print ISSN 1176-7529 (Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry)
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - August 15, 2009 Category: Medical Ethics Tags: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry Source Type: journals

My DeathEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Content Type Journal ArticleDOI 10.1007/s11673-009-9178-xAuthors Kevin Hart, University of Virginia Department of Religious Studies Charlottesville VA USA Journal Journal of Bioethical InquiryOnline ISSN 1872-4353Print ISSN 1176-7529 (Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry)
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - August 15, 2009 Category: Medical Ethics Tags: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry Source Type: journals

New Perspectives on the End of LifeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Content Type Journal ArticleDOI 10.1007/s11673-009-9180-3Authors Ian Kerridge, University of Sydney Centre for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine Sydney AustraliaPaul A. Komesaroff, The Alfred Hospital Monash University Centre for Ethics in Medicine and Society, Department of Medicine Commercial Road Prahran Victoria 3143 AustraliaMalcolm Parker, University of Queensland Faculty of Medicine Brisbane Queensland AustraliaElizabeth Peter, University of Toronto Faculty of Nursing Toronto Ontario Canada Journal Journal of Bioethical InquiryOnline ISSN 1872-4353Print ISSN 1176-7529 (Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry)
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - August 9, 2009 Category: Medical Ethics Tags: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry Source Type: journals

Dealing Death and Retrieving OrgansEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract  It has recently been argued by Miller and Truog (2008) that, while procuring vital organs from transplant donors is typically the cause of their deaths, this violation of the requirement that donors be dead prior to the removal of their organs is not a cause for moral concern. In general terms, I endorse this heterodox conclusion, but for different and, as I think, more powerful reasons. I end by arguing that, even if it is agreed that retrieval of vital organs causes the deaths of those who provide them, that does not pose any new substantive difficulties for efforts to justify “opt-out” organ ...
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - August 7, 2009 Category: Medical Ethics Tags: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry Source Type: journals

Dealing With Death in the Jewish Legal TraditionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract  The main theme of the article is the tension between the obligation to preserve life, and the value of timely death. This tension is resolved by distinguishing between precipitating death, which is prohibited, and merely removing an impediment to it, which is permitted. In contemporary Jewish law, a distinction is made between therapy, which may be discontinued, and life-support, which must be maintained until the establishment of death. Another theme is that of “soft” patient autonomy, and its role in dealing with the dying in both traditional Jewish law and Israel’s Terminal Patient Law, 200...
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - August 7, 2009 Category: Medical Ethics Tags: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry Source Type: journals

EditorialEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Content Type Journal ArticleDOI 10.1007/s11673-009-9181-2Authors Kate Cregan, School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne 3010 Victoria Australia Journal Journal of Bioethical InquiryOnline ISSN 1872-4353Print ISSN 1176-7529 (Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry)
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - August 2, 2009 Category: Medical Ethics Tags: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry Source Type: journals

End-of-Life Decisions and Moral Psychology: Killing, Letting Die, Intention and ForesightEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract  In contemplating any life and death moral dilemma, one is often struck by the possible importance of two distinctions; the distinction between killing and “letting die”, and the distinction between an intentional killing and an action aimed at some other outcome that causes death as a foreseen but unintended “side-effect”. Many feel intuitively that these distinctions are morally significant, but attempts to explain why this might be so have been unconvincing. In this paper, I explore the problem from an explicitly consequentialist point of view. I first review and endorse the arguments that...
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - July 28, 2009 Category: Medical Ethics Tags: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry Source Type: journals

The Suicide Tourist Trap: Compromise Across BoundariesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract  Amongst the latest, and ever-changing, pathways of death and dying, “suicide tourism” presents distinctive ethical, legal and practical challenges. The international media report that citizens from across the world are travelling or seeking to travel to Switzerland, where they hope to be helped to die. In this paper I aim to explore three issues associated with this phenomenon: how to define “suicide tourism” and “assisted suicide tourism”, in which the suicidal individual is helped to travel to take up the option of assisted dying; the (il)legality of assisted suicide tourism, particula...
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - July 28, 2009 Category: Medical Ethics Tags: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry Source Type: journals

Two Decades of Research on Euthanasia from the Netherlands. What Have We Learnt and What Questions Remain?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract  Two decades of research on euthanasia in the Netherlands have resulted into clear insights in the frequency and characteristics of euthanasia and other medical end-of-life decisions in the Netherlands. These empirical studies have contributed to the quality of the public debate, and to the regulating and public control of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. No slippery slope seems to have occurred. Physicians seem to adhere to the criteria for due care in the large majority of cases. Further, it has been shown that the majority of physicians think that the euthanasia Act has improved their le...
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - July 28, 2009 Category: Medical Ethics Tags: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry Source Type: journals

The Traditional Account of Ethics and Law at the End of Life—and its DiscontentsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract  For the past 30 years, the Melbourne urologist Dr Rodney Syme has quietly—and more recently, not-so-quietly—assisted terminally and permanently ill people to die. This paper draws on Syme’s recent book, A Good Death: An Argument for Voluntary Euthanasia, to identify and to reflect on some important challenges to what I outline as the traditional account of law, ethics, and end of life decisions. Among the challenges Syme makes to the traditional view is his argument that physicians’ intentions are frail and unfairly expose physicians to moral and legal censure. Secondly, Syme argues that...
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - July 7, 2009 Category: Medical Ethics Tags: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry Source Type: journals

In That CaseEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Content Type Journal ArticleDOI 10.1007/s11673-009-9171-4Authors Rob Irvine, University of Sydney Centre for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine Sydney Australia Journal Journal of Bioethical InquiryOnline ISSN 1872-4353Print ISSN 1176-7529 (Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry)
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - July 7, 2009 Category: Medical Ethics Tags: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry Source Type: journals

Bioethics: An Export Product? Reflections on Hands-On Involvement in Exploring the “External” Validity of International Bioethical DeclarationsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article considers one universal declaration, the UNESCO Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights (2005a). General criticisms made in a recent special issue of Developing World Bioethics are that the concepts used in the Declaration are too general and vague to generate real commitment; that the so-called universal values are not universal; and, that UNESCO should not be engaged in producing such declarations which are the domain of professional bioethicists. This article considers these and other criticisms in detail and presents an example of an event in which the Declaration was used: the request by the Republi...
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - June 11, 2009 Category: Medical Ethics Tags: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry Source Type: journals

The final inchEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Content Type Journal ArticleDOI 10.1007/s11673-009-9165-2Authors Yash Paul, Maharaja Agrasen Hospital A-D-7, Devi Marg, Bani Park Jaipur 302016 India Journal Journal of Bioethical InquiryOnline ISSN 1872-4353Print ISSN 1176-7529 (Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry)
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - June 11, 2009 Category: Medical Ethics Tags: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry Source Type: journals

Parental Authority, Future Autonomy, and Assessing Risks of Predictive Genetic Testing in MinorsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract  The debate over the genetic testing of minors has developed into a major bioethical topic. Although several controversial questions remain unanswered, a degree of consensus has been reached regarding the policies on genetic testing of minors. Recently, several commentators have suggested that these policies are overly restrictive, too narrow in focus, and even in conflict with the limited empirical evidence that exists on this issue. We respond to these arguments in this paper, by first offering a clarification of three key concepts—autonomy of the minor, future autonomy, and parental authority—...
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - June 11, 2009 Category: Medical Ethics Tags: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry Source Type: journals

Republication: In That CaseEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Content Type Journal ArticleDOI 10.1007/s11673-009-9152-7Authors Dale Symons, University of Queensland HIV & HCV Education Projects, School of Medicine Herston Rd, Herston Qld 4006 St Lucia AustraliaSteve Lambert, University of Queensland HIV & HCV Education Projects, School of Medicine Herston Rd, Herston Qld 4006 St Lucia Australia Journal Journal of Bioethical InquiryOnline ISSN 1872-4353Print ISSN 1176-7529 Journal Volume Volume 6 Journal Issue Volume 6, Number 2 / June, 2009 (Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry)
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - June 10, 2009 Category: Medical Ethics Tags: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry Source Type: journals

Syndromic Surveillance and Patients as Victims and VectorsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract  Syndromic surveillance uses new ways of gathering data to identify possible disease outbreaks. Because syndromic surveillance can be implemented to detect patterns before diseases are even identified, it poses novel problems for informed consent, patient privacy and confidentiality, and risks of stigmatization. This paper analyzes these ethical issues from the viewpoint of the patient as victim and vector. It concludes by pointing out that the new International Health Regulations fail to take full account of the ethical challenges raised by syndromic surveillance. Content Type Journal ArticleDOI ...
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - June 10, 2009 Category: Medical Ethics Tags: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry Source Type: journals

Infectious Disease Ethics: Limiting Liberty in Contexts of ContagionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Content Type Journal ArticleDOI 10.1007/s11673-009-9166-1Authors Michael J. Selgelid, The Australian National University Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics (CAPPE) LPO Box 8260 Canberra ACT 2601 AustraliaAngela R. McLean, University of Oxford Department of Zoology Oxford OX1 3PS UKNimalan Arinaminpathy, University of Oxford Department of Zoology Oxford OX1 3PS UKJulian Savulescu, Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics Suite 8, Littlegate House, St Ebbes Street Oxford OX1 1PT UK Journal Journal of Bioethical InquiryOnline ISSN 1872-4353Print ISSN 1176-7529 (Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry)
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - June 4, 2009 Category: Medical Ethics Tags: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry Source Type: journals

Responding to Global Poverty: Review Essay of Peter Singer, The Life you can SaveEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Content Type Journal ArticleDOI 10.1007/s11673-009-9159-0Authors Christian Barry, Australian National University Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics Acton AustraliaGerhard Øverland, University of Melbourne Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics Parkville Victoria Australia Journal Journal of Bioethical InquiryOnline ISSN 1872-4353Print ISSN 1176-7529 (Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry)
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - May 26, 2009 Category: Medical Ethics Tags: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry Source Type: journals

Recent DevelopmentsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Content Type Journal ArticleDOI 10.1007/s11673-009-9162-5Authors Cameron Stewart, University of Sydney Sydney Law School Sydney NSW Australia 2109 Journal Journal of Bioethical InquiryOnline ISSN 1872-4353Print ISSN 1176-7529 (Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry)
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - May 26, 2009 Category: Medical Ethics Tags: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry Source Type: journals

Should Persons Detained During Public Health Crises Receive Compensation?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract  One of the ways in which public health officials control outbreaks of epidemic disease is by attempting to control the situations in which the infectious agent can spread. This may include isolation of infected persons, quarantine of persons who may be infected and detention of persons who are present in or have entered premises where infected persons are being treated. Most who have analysed such measures think that the restrictions in liberty they entail and the detriments in welfare they impose can be justified and this paper proceeds from the assumption that detention measures are justifiable in...
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - May 26, 2009 Category: Medical Ethics Tags: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry Source Type: journals

Effective use of a Limited Antiviral Stockpile for Pandemic InfluenzaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract  Just allocation of resources for control of infectious diseases can be profoundly influenced by the dynamics of those diseases. In this paper we discuss the use of antiviral drugs for treatment of pandemic influenza. While the primary effect of such drugs is to alleviate and shorten the duration of symptoms for treated individuals, they can have a secondary effect of reducing transmission in the community. However, existing stockpiles may be insufficient for all clinical cases. Here we use simple mathematical models to present scenarios where the optimum policies to minimise morbidity and mortality,...
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - May 26, 2009 Category: Medical Ethics Tags: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry Source Type: journals

Moral Principles for Allocating Scarce Medical Resources in an Influenza PandemicEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract  One of the societal problems in a new influenza pandemic will be how to use the scarce medical resources that are available for prevention and treatment, and what medical, epidemiological and ethical justifications can be given for the choices that have to be made. Many things may become scarce: personal protective equipment, antiviral drugs, hospital beds, mechanical ventilation, vaccination, etc. In this paper I discuss two general ethical principles for priority setting (utility and equity) and explain how these principles will often point in diverging directions. Moreover, each of these principl...
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - May 26, 2009 Category: Medical Ethics Tags: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry Source Type: journals

Research Involving Children: Direct Benefit or Social Value?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Content Type Journal ArticleDOI 10.1007/s11673-009-9157-2Authors Carlo Petrini, National Institute of Health Bioethics Unit, Office of the President Via Giano della Bella 34 I-00162 Rome Italy Journal Journal of Bioethical InquiryOnline ISSN 1872-4353Print ISSN 1176-7529 (Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry)
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - May 20, 2009 Category: Medical Ethics Tags: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry Source Type: journals

ResponseEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Content Type Journal ArticleDOI 10.1007/s11673-009-9158-1Authors Adrienne Torda, Prince of Wales Hospital Department of Infectious Diseases Randwick NSW Australia Journal Journal of Bioethical InquiryOnline ISSN 1872-4353Print ISSN 1176-7529 (Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry)
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - May 16, 2009 Category: Medical Ethics Tags: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry Source Type: journals

La Americana. Documentary Film. Written and directed by Nicholas Bruckman. Bolivia/USA: People’s Television, 2008. Run Time: 65 minEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Content Type Journal ArticleDOI 10.1007/s11673-009-9150-9Authors J. S. Swindell, Baylor College of Medicine Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy One Baylor Plaza, MS 420 Houston TX 77030 USA Journal Journal of Bioethical InquiryOnline ISSN 1872-4353Print ISSN 1176-7529 (Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry)
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - May 15, 2009 Category: Medical Ethics Tags: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry Source Type: journals

Michael Boylan. ed. 2008. International public health policy and ethicsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Content Type Journal ArticleDOI 10.1007/s11673-009-9151-8Authors Angus Dawson, University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics Toronto ON Canada Journal Journal of Bioethical InquiryOnline ISSN 1872-4353Print ISSN 1176-7529 (Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry)
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - May 15, 2009 Category: Medical Ethics Tags: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry Source Type: journals

Your Liberty or Your Life: Reciprocity in the Use of Restrictive Measures in Contexts of ContagionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract  In this paper, we explore the role of reciprocity in the employment of restrictive measures in contexts of contagion. Reciprocity should be understood as a substantive value that governs the use, level and extent of restrictive measures. We also argue that independent of the role reciprocity plays in the legitimisation the use of restrictive measures, reciprocity can also motivate support and compliance with legitimate restrictive measures. The importance of reciprocity has implications for how restrictive measures should be undertaken when preparing and evaluating public health responses to contagi...
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - May 15, 2009 Category: Medical Ethics Tags: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry Source Type: journals

A New Vaccine for Tuberculosis: The Challenges of Development and DeploymentEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract  Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the world’s leading causes of death due to infection and efforts to control TB would be substantially aided by the availability of an improved TB vaccine. There are currently nine new TB vaccines in clinical development, and the first efficacy trials are due to commence in 2009. There are many complex ethical issues which arise at all stages of TB vaccine development, from the need to conduct trials in developing countries to informed consent and the process of ethical review. While it is important that these issues are discussed, it may also be timely to consider the c...
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - May 5, 2009 Category: Medical Ethics Tags: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry Source Type: journals

Do Physicians’ Legal Duties to Patients Conflict with Public Health Values? The Case of Antibiotic OverprescriptionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract  Among the many explanations for antibiotic overprescription, some doctors cite the risk of malpractice liability if they deny a patient's request for an antibiotic and the patient's condition worsens. In this paper, I examine the merits of this concern—i.e., whether physicians could, in fact, face malpractice liability for refusing to prescribe an antibiotic when, from a public health perspective, the use of the antibiotic would be considered inappropriate. I conclude that the potential for liability cannot be dismissed entirely, but the risk is remote—even in cases where there is a chance that ...
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - May 5, 2009 Category: Medical Ethics Tags: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry Source Type: journals

Neonatal Euthanasia: Why Require Parental Consent?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract  The Dutch rules governing neonatal euthanasia, known as the Groningen Protocol, require parental consent for severely disabled infants with poor prognoses to have their lives terminated. This paper questions whether parental consent should be dispositive in such cases, and argues that the potential suffering of the neonate or pediatric patient should be the decisive factor under such unfortunate circumstances. Content Type Journal ArticleDOI 10.1007/s11673-009-9156-3Authors Jacob M. Appel, New York University 140 Claremont Ave #3D New York NY 10027 USA Journal Journal of Bioethical Inquir...
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - May 5, 2009 Category: Medical Ethics Tags: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry Source Type: journals