Rethinking parenthood within assisted reproductive technology: The need for regulation in Nigeria.

abstract：:The New Zealand health service has been extensively changed over the past four years, with the introduction of four new Regional Health Authorities, required to purchase services on behalf of the Government from a range of providers. In order to ensure fairness across the four regions a Core Services Committee has bee...

journal_title：Bioethics

authors： Campbell AV

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The progress of genetic knowledge magnifies existing ethical problems in medical genetics. Among the most troubling types of problems -- for medicine, patients, and the larger society -- are those of privacy and disclosure. Examples of the range of problems involving privacy and disclosure are: 1) disclosure of fals...

journal_title：Bioethics

authors： Wertz DC,Fletcher JC

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reviews the dynamics behind, and ethical issues associated with, the phenomenon of drug resistance. Drug resistance is an important ethical issue partly because of the severe consequences likely to result from the increase in drug resistant pathogens if more is not done to control them. Drug resistance is a...

journal_title：Bioethics

authors： Selgelid MJ

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to determine whether a particular course of conduct is ethically permissible it is important to have a concept of what it means to be harmed. The dominant theory of harm is the counterfactual account, most famously proposed by Joel Feinberg. This determines whether harm is caused by comparing what actually ha...

journal_title：Bioethics

authors： Purshouse C

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ought we to improve our cognitive capacities beyond the normal human range? It might be a good idea to level out differences between peoples cognitive capacities; and some people's reaching beyond normal capacities may have some good side-effects on society at large (but also bad side-effects, of course). But is there...

journal_title：Bioethics

authors： Tännsjö T

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When patients refuse to receive medical treatment, the consequences of honouring their decisions can be tragic. This is no less true of patients who autonomously decide to refuse treatment. I distinguish three possible implications of these autonomous decisions. According to the Permissibility Claim, such a decision i...

journal_title：Bioethics

authors： Murphy P

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The choice to pursue fertility treatments is a complex one. In this paper I explore the issues of choice, agency, and gender as they relate to assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs). I argue that narrative approaches to bioethics such as those by Arthur Frank and Hilde Lindemann Nelson clarify judgments about auton...

journal_title：Bioethics

authors： Kalbian AH

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Observers who note the increasing popularity of bioethics discussions often complain that the social sciences are poorly represented in discussions about things like abortion and stem-cell research. Critics say that bioethicists should be incorporating the methods and findings of social scientists, and should move tow...

journal_title：Bioethics

authors： Herrera C

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Respect for autonomy is problematic in relation to public health programmes such as vaccination, as the success of such programmes depends on widespread compliance. European countries have different policies for dealing with objectors to vaccination programmes. In some countries compliance is compulsory, while in othe...

journal_title：Bioethics

authors： Asveld L

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2001, Julian Savulescu wrote an article entitled 'Procreative Beneficence: Why We Should Select the Best Children', in which he argued for the genetic selection of intelligence in children. That article contributes to a debate on whether genetic research on intelligence should be undertaken at all and, if so, shoul...

journal_title：Bioethics

authors： Birch K

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article I consider the case of the surgical separation of conjoined twins resulting in the immediate and predictable death of the weaker one. The case was submitted to English law by the hospital, and the operation permitted against the parents' wishes. I consider the relationship between the legal decision an...

journal_title：Bioethics

authors： Cowley C

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:If we have a duty not to infect others, how far does it go? This question is often discussed with respect to HIV transmission, but reflection on other diseases like influenza raises a number of interesting theoretical issues. I argue that a duty to avoid infection not only yields requirements for persons who know they...

journal_title：Bioethics

authors： Verweij M

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intersexuality, particularly in the global South, remains an under-researched field of study. In my in-progress doctoral research project, I explore the cultural, social, and medical discourses that influence how key stakeholders such as healthcare providers make decisions about the sex and gender assignment of the in...

journal_title：Bioethics

authors： Das A

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concept of 'intimate citizenship' stresses the right of people to choose how they organize their personal lives and claim identities. Support and interest groups are seen as playing an important role in the pursuit of recognition for these intimate choices, by elaborating visible and positive cultures that invade ...

journal_title：Bioethics

authors： De Graeve K

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Jansen and Wall suggest a new way of defending hard paternalism in clinical research. They argue that non-therapeutic research exposing people to more than minimal risk should be banned on egalitarian grounds: in preventing poor decision-makers from making bad decisions, we will promote equality of welfare. We argue t...

journal_title：Bioethics

authors： Edwards SJ,Wilson J

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In his article 'Why Moral Philosophers Are Not and Should Not Be Moral Experts' David Archard attempts to show that his argument from common-sense morality is more convincing than other competing arguments in the debate. I examine his main line of argumentation and eventually refute his main argument in my reply. ...

journal_title：Bioethics

authors： Gordon JS

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2015, the Chinese pharmacologist, Tu Youyou, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of artemisinin. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) was the source of inspiration for Tu's discovery and provides an opportunity for the world to know more about TCM as a source of medical knowledge ...

journal_title：Bioethics

authors： Zheng WR,Li EC,Peng S,Wang XS

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several recent articles have weighed in on the question of whether moral philosophers can be counted as moral experts. One argument denying this has been rejected by both sides of the debate. According to this argument, the extent of disagreement in modern moral philosophy prevents moral philosophers from being classi...

journal_title：Bioethics

authors： Cross B

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rebecca Bennett, in a recent paper dismissing Julian Savulescu's principle of procreative beneficence, advances both a negative and a positive thesis. The negative thesis holds that the principle's theoretical foundation - the notion of impersonal harm or non-person-affecting wrong - is indefensible. Therefore, there ...

journal_title：Bioethics

authors： Herissone-Kelly P

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper I analyse the ethical implications of the two main competing methodologies in genomic research. I do not aim to provide another contribution from the mainstream legal and public policy perspective; rather I offer a novel approach in which I analyse and describe the patent-and-publish regime (the propriet...

journal_title：Bioethics

authors： Marturano A

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of philosophers in recent times have employed arguments to show that there is no morally relevant difference between killing a patient and allowing that patient to die in those circumstances where the outcome is virtually identical and where death is preventable, at least for a significant time. From his per...

journal_title：Bioethics

authors： Thornton J

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Don Marquis argues that abortion is morally wrong in most cases since it deprives the fetus of the value of its future. I criticize Marquis's argument for the modified conservative view by adopting an argumentative strategy in which I work within his basic account: if it is granted that his fundamental idea is sound, ...

journal_title：Bioethics

authors： Card RF

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the most ambitious and sophisticated recent approaches to provide a theory of global health justice is Sridhar Venkatapuram's recent work. In this commentary, we first outline the core idea of Venkatapuram's approach to global health justice. We then argue that one of the most important elements of the account,...

journal_title：Bioethics

authors： Kollar E,Laukötter S,Buyx A

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article introduces questions in psychiatric ethics regarding the substantial field of qualitative and quantitative research into 'posttraumatic growth', which investigates how, after devastating experiences, individuals can come to feel that they have developed warmer relationships, increased spirituality, or a c...

journal_title：Bioethics

authors： Harbin A

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A common strategy in bioethics is to posit a prima facie case in favour of one policy, and to then claim that the burden of proof (that this policy should be rejected) falls on those with opposing views. If the burden of proof is not met, it is claimed, then the policy in question should be accepted. This article illu...

journal_title：Bioethics

authors： Koplin JJ,Selgelid MJ

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The discussion on ethical issues, it is said, should not be confined to experts but should be extended to patients and local communities, because of the real need to engage stakeholders and non-stakeholders alike not only in carrying out any biomedical research project, but also in the drafting and legislation of bioe...

journal_title：Bioethics

authors： Manaloto RB,Alvarez AA,Alvarez MA

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent case of the UK woman who lost her legal struggle to be impregnated with her own frozen embryos, raises critical issues about the meaning of reproductive autonomy and the scope of regulatory practices. I revisit this case within the context of contemporary debate about the moral and legal dimensions of assis...

journal_title：Bioethics

authors： Donchin A

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fulford has argued that (1) the medical concepts illness, disease and dysfunction are inescapably evaluative terms, (2) illness is conceptually prior to disease, and (3) a model conforming to (2) has greater explanatory power and practical utility than the conventional value-free medical model. This 'reverse' model em...

journal_title：Bioethics

authors： Parker M

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Social work and bioethics are fields deeply committed to cross-disciplinary collaboration to do their respective work. While scholars and practitioners from both fields share a commitment to social justice and to respecting the dignity, integrity and the worth of all persons, the overlap between the fields, including ...

journal_title：Bioethics

authors： Brazg T,Dotolo D,Blacksher E

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As Tom Tomlinson's study indicates, there is considerable misunderstanding and confusion among physicians and nurses working in the area. Brain death is often not well-understood by healthcare professionals and hence inadequately explained to relatives, leaving them confused as to whether their loved-one is alive or ...

journal_title：Bioethics

authors： Tomlinson T

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00