THE ROLE OF EMOTIONS IN MORAL CASE DELIBERATION: THEORY, PRACTICE, AND METHODOLOGYBioethics - Tập 25 Số 7 - Trang 383-393 - 2011
Bert Molewijk, Dick Kleinlugtenbelt, Guy Widdershoven
ABSTRACTIn clinical moral decision making, emotions often play an important
role. However, many clinical ethicists are ignorant, suspicious or even critical
of the role of emotions in making moral decisions and in reflecting on them.
This raises practical and theoretical questions about the understanding and use
of emotions in clinical ethics support services. This paper presents an
Aristotelian v... hiện toàn bộ
Fleshing Out VulnerabilityBioethics - Tập 29 Số 2 - Trang 98-107 - 2015
Nicolas Tavaglione, Angela K. Martin, Nathalie Mezger, Sophie Durieux‐Paillard, Anne François, Yves Jackson, Samia Hurst
AbstractIn the literature on medical ethics, it is generally admitted that
vulnerable persons or groups deserve special attention, care or protection. One
can define vulnerable persons as those having a greater likelihood of being
wronged – that is, of being denied adequate satisfaction of certain legitimate
claims. The conjunction of these two points entails what we call the Special
Protection Th... hiện toàn bộ
On the Alleged Right to Participate in High‐Risk ResearchBioethics - Tập 29 Số 7 - Trang 451-461 - 2015
Joanna Różyńska
AbstractReigning regulatory frameworks for biomedical research impose on
researchers and research ethics committees an obligation to protect research
participants from risks that are unnecessary, disproportionate to potential
research benefits, and non‐minimized. Where the research has no potential to
produce results of direct benefit to the subjects and the subjects are unable to
give consent, th... hiện toàn bộ
DEVELOPMENTS IN STEM CELL RESEARCH AND THERAPEUTIC CLONING: ISLAMIC ETHICAL POSITIONS, A REVIEWBioethics - Tập 26 Số 3 - Trang 128-135 - 2012
Hossam E Fadel
ABSTRACTStem cell research is very promising. The use of human embryos has been
confronted with objections based on ethical and religious positions. The recent
production of reprogrammed adult (induced pluripotent) cells does not – in the
opinion of scientists – reduce the need to continue human embryonic stem cell
research. So the debate continues.Islam always encouraged scientific research,
part... hiện toàn bộ
Avoiding ‘selection’?—References to history in current German policy debates about non‐invasive prenatal testingBioethics - Tập 35 Số 6 - Trang 518-527 - 2021
Hannes Foth
AbstractThis article investigates the role of historical references and
arguments in the current policy debate on non‐invasive prenatal testing (NIPT)
in Germany. It analyses major documents and opinion statements, including the
recent parliamentary debate (2019). The implementation of NIPT is accompanied by
concerns and strong criticism, particularly in Germany. Many perceive the new
test to be a... hiện toàn bộ
‘Hitting you over the head’: Oncologists’ disclosure of prognosis to advanced cancer patientsBioethics - Tập 17 Số 2 - Trang 142-168 - 2003
Elisa J. Gordon, Christopher K. Daugherty
The disclosure of prognosis to terminally ill patients has emerged as a recent
concern given greater demands for patient involvement in medical decision‐making
in the United States. As part of the informed consent process, American
physicians are legally and ethically obligated to provide information to such
patients about the risks, benefits, and alternatives of all available treatment
options in... hiện toàn bộ
THE ETHICS OF UTERUS TRANSPLANTATIONBioethics - Tập 27 Số 2 - Trang 65-73 - 2013
Ruby Catsanos, Wendy Rogers, Mianna Lotz
ABSTRACTHuman uterus transplantation (UTx) is currently under investigation as a
treatment for uterine infertility. Without a uterus transplant, the options
available to women with uterine infertility are adoption or surrogacy; only the
latter has the potential for a genetically related child. UTx will offer
recipients the chance of having their own pregnancy. This procedure occurs at
the intersec... hiện toàn bộ
Mitochondrial Replacement: Ethics and IdentityBioethics - Tập 29 Số 9 - Trang 631-638 - 2015
Anthony Wrigley, Stephen Wilkinson, John Appleby
AbstractMitochondrial replacement techniques (MRTs) have the potential to allow
prospective parents who are at risk of passing on debilitating or even
life‐threatening mitochondrial disorders to have healthy children to whom they
are genetically related. Ethical concerns have however been raised about these
techniques. This article focuses on one aspect of the ethical debate, the
question of wheth... hiện toàn bộ