The conundrums of the reasonable patient standard in English medical law
In its 2015 decision in Montgomery v. Lanarkshire Health Board, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom overruled the long-standing, paternalistic prudent doctor standard of care in favour of a new reasonable pat... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - February 23, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Kelvin Hiu Fai Kwok, Eric C. Ip and Shing Fung Lee Tags: Debate Source Type: research
Equivalence of care, confidentiality, and professional independence must underpin the hospital care of individuals experiencing incarceration
We present the reflections of three clinical practitioners on ethical considerations when caring for individuals experiencing incarceration needing in-patient hospital services. We examine the challenges and c... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - February 21, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Markus Eichelberger, Maria M. Wertli and Nguyen Toan Tran Tags: Debate Source Type: research
Improving oncology first-in-human and Window of opportunity informed consent forms through participant feedback
Although patient advocates have developed templates for standard consent forms, evaluating patient preferences for first in human (FIH) and window of opportunity (Window) trial consent forms is critical due to... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - February 19, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Anna M. Avinger, Hannah Claire Sibold, Gavin Campbell, Eli Abernethy, John Bourgeois, Tekiah McClary, Shannon Blee, Margie Dixon, R. Donald Harvey and Rebecca D. Pentz Tags: Research Source Type: research
Key ethical issues encountered during COVID-19 research: a thematic analysis of perspectives from South African research ethics committees
The COVID-19 pandemic presents significant challenges to research ethics committees (RECs) in balancing urgency of review of COVID-19 research with careful consideration of risks and benefits. In the African c... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - February 15, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Theresa Burgess, Stuart Rennie and Keymanthri Moodley Tags: Research Source Type: research
REPRESENT: REPresentativeness of RESearch data obtained through the ‘General Informed ConsENT’
We assessed potential consent bias in a cohort of > 40,000 adult patients asked by mail after hospitalization to consent to the use of past, present and future clinical and biological data in an ongoing ‘gener... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - February 13, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Cristina Bosmani, Sonia Carboni, Caroline Samer, Christian Lovis, Thomas Perneger, Angela Huttner and Bernard Hirschel Tags: Research Source Type: research
Extremely premature birth bioethical decision-making supported by dialogics and pragmatism
Moral values in healthcare range widely between interest groups and are principally subjective. Disagreements diminish dialogue and marginalize alternative viewpoints. Extremely premature births exemplify how ... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - February 11, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Joseph W. Kaempf and Gregory P. Moore Tags: Debate Source Type: research
‘Guidance should have been there 15 years ago’ research stakeholders’ perspectives on ancillary care in the global south: a case study of Malawi
Medical researchers in resource-constrained settings must make difficult moral decisions about the provision of ancillary care to participants where additional healthcare needs fall outside the scope of the re... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - February 10, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Blessings M. Kapumba, Deborah Nyirenda, Nicola Desmond and Janet Seeley Tags: Research Source Type: research
Informed or misinformed consent and use of modified texture diets in dysphagia
Use of modified texture diets —thickening of liquids and modifying the texture of foods—in the hope of preventing aspiration, pneumonia and choking, has become central to the current management of dysphagia. Th... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - February 7, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Shaun T. O ’Keeffe, Paula Leslie, Tracy Lazenby-Paterson, Arlene McCurtin, Lindsey Collins, Aoife Murray, Alison Smith and Siofra Mulkerrin Tags: Debate Source Type: research
How should communities be meaningfully engaged (if at all) when setting priorities for biomedical research? Perspectives from the biomedical research community
There is now rising consensus that community engagement is ethically and scientifically essential for all types of health research. Yet debate continues about the moral aims, methods and appropriate timing in ... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - February 6, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Josephine Borthwick, Natalia Evertsz and Bridget Pratt Tags: Research Source Type: research
Japan should initiate the discussion on voluntary assisted dying legislation now
No laws or official guidelines govern voluntary assisted dying (VAD) in Japan. A legislative bill on the termination of life-sustaining measures has yet to be sent to deliberations for legislation, due to stro... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - February 1, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Atsushi Asai, Taketoshi Okita, Yoko Shimakura, Masashi Tanaka and Miki Fukuyama Tags: Debate Source Type: research
Stakeholder views on informed consent models for future use of biological samples in Malawi and South Africa
Current advances in biomedical research have introduced new ethical challenges in obtaining informed consent in low and middle-income settings. For example, there are controversies about the use of broad conse... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - January 19, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Francis Masiye, Walter Jaoko and Stuart Rennie Tags: Research Source Type: research
Fragmented understanding: exploring the practice and meaning of informed consent in clinical trials in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
The informed consent process in clinical trials has been extensively studied to inform the development processes which protect research participants and encourage their autonomy. However, ensuring a meaningful... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - January 16, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Yen Hong Thi Nguyen, Thuan Trong Dang, Ngoc Bao Hong Lam, Phuong Thanh Le, Phu Hoan Nguyen, Susan Bull, Evelyne Kestelyn and Jennifer Ilo Van Nuil Tags: Research Source Type: research
Empirical studies on how ethical recommendations are translated into practice: a cross-section study on scope and study objectives
Empirical research can become relevant for bioethics in at least two ways. First, by informing the development or refinement of ethical recommendations. Second, by evaluating how ethical recommendations are tr... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - January 11, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Johannes Schwietering, Holger Langhof and Daniel Strech Tags: Research Source Type: research
Exploring what is reasonable: uncovering moral reasoning of vascular surgeons in daily practice
Vascular surgery offers a range of treatments to relieve pain and ulcerations, and to prevent sudden death by rupture of blood vessels. The surgical procedures involve risk of injury and harm, which increases ... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - January 9, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Kaja Heidenreich, Mia Svantesson, Marit Karlsson and Anders Bremer Tags: Research Source Type: research
Acceptable objectives of empirical research in bioethics: a qualitative exploration of researchers ’ views
This is the first qualitative study to investigate how researchers, who do empirical work in bioethics, relate to objectives of empirical research in bioethics (ERiB). We explore reasons that make some objecti... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - December 28, 2022 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Emilian Mihailov, Veerle Provoost and Tenzin Wangmo Tags: Research Source Type: research
