Sharing decisions amid uncertainties: a qualitative interview study of healthcare professionals ’ ethical challenges and norms regarding decision-making in gender-affirming medical care
In gender-affirming medical care (GAMC), ethical challenges in decision-making are ubiquitous. These challenges are becoming more pressing due to exponentially increasing referrals, politico-legal contestation... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - December 27, 2022 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Karl Gerritse, Casper Martens, Marijke A. Bremmer, Baudewijntje P. C. Kreukels, Fijgje de Boer and Bert C. Molewijk Tags: Research Source Type: research
Attitudes and values among the Swedish general public to using human embryonic stem cells for medical treatment
The use of human embryonic stem cells (ES cells) for the development of medical therapies is surrounded with moral concerns. The aim of this study was to assess the public ’s attitudes toward the use of ES cell... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - December 22, 2022 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Åsa Grauman, Mats Hansson, Dag Nyholm, Elena Jiltsova, Håkan Widner, Trinette van Vliet and Jennifer Drevin Tags: Research Source Type: research
Effect of medical researchers ’ creative performance on scientific misconduct: a moral psychology perspective
In recent years, some researchers have engaged in scientific misconduct such as fabrication, falsification, and plagiarism to achieve higher research performance. Considering their detrimental effects on indiv... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - December 18, 2022 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Na Zhang, Mingxuan Guo, Chunhua Jin and Zhen Xu Tags: Research Source Type: research
“Data makes the story come to life:” understanding the ethical and legal implications of Big Data research involving ethnic minority healthcare workers in the United Kingdom—a qualitative study
The aim of UK-REACH ( “The United Kingdom Research study into Ethnicity And COVID-19 outcomes in Healthcare workers”) is to understand if, how, and why healthcare workers (HCWs) in the United Kingdom (UK) from ... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - December 16, 2022 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Edward S. Dove, Ruby Reed-Berendt and Manish Pareek Tags: Research Source Type: research
Can HIV vaccines be shared fairly? Perspectives from Tanzania
For over 35 years, Africa has continued to host HIV vaccine trials geared towards overturning the HIV/AIDs pandemic in the continent. However, the methods of sharing the vaccines, when available remain less ce... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - December 15, 2022 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Godwin Pancras, Mangi Ezekiel, David Nderitu, Erasto Mbugi and Jon F. Merz Tags: Research Source Type: research
Is there a civic duty to support medical AI development by sharing electronic health records?
Medical artificial intelligence (AI) is considered to be one of the most important assets for the future of innovative individual and public health care. To develop innovative medical AI, it is necessary to re... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - December 10, 2022 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Sebastian M üller Tags: Debate Source Type: research
It takes a pirate to know one: ethical hackers for healthcare cybersecurity
Healthcare cybersecurity is increasingly targeted by malicious hackers. This sector has many vulnerabilities and health data is very sensitive and valuable. Consequently, any damage caused by malicious intrusi... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - December 9, 2022 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Giorgia Lorenzini, David Martin Shaw and Bernice Simone Elger Tags: Debate Source Type: research
Project DECIDE, part 1: increasing the amount of valid advance directives in people with Alzheimer ’s disease by offering advance care planning—a prospective double-arm intervention study
Everybody has the right to decide whether to receive specific medical treatment or not and to provide their free, prior and informed consent to do so. As dementia progresses, people with Alzheimer ’s dementia (... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - December 9, 2022 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Stefanie Baisch, Christina Abele, Anna Theile-Sch ürholz, Irene Schmidtmann, Frank Oswald, Tarik Karakaya, Tanja Müller, Janina Florack, Daniel Garmann, Jonas Karneboge, Gregor Lindl, Nathalie Pfeiffer, Aoife Poth, Bogdan Alin Caba, Martin Grond, Ingmar Tags: Study protocol Source Type: research
Research, education, ethics consultation: evaluating a Bioethics Unit in an Oncological Research Hospital
This study aims to quantitatively and qualitatively evaluate the activities of a Bioethics Unit (BU) 5 years since its implementation (2016 –2020). The BU is a research unit providing empirical research on ethi... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - December 9, 2022 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Ludovica De Panfilis, Morten Magelssen, Massimo Costantini, Luca Ghirotto, Giovanna Artioli, Elena Turola and Marta Perin Tags: Research Source Type: research
Assent, parental consent and reconsent for health research in Africa: thematic analysis of national guidelines and lessons from the SickleInAfrica registry
The enrolment of children and adolescents in health research requires that attention to be paid to specific assent and consent requirements such as the age range for seeking assent; conditions for parental con... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - December 8, 2022 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Nchangwi Syntia Munung, Victoria Nembaware, Lawrence Osei-Tutu, Marsha Treadwell, Okocha Emmanuel Chide, Daima Bukini, Hilda Tutuba and Ambroise Wonkam Tags: Research Source Type: research
Differences between doctors of medicine and dental medicine in the perception of professionalism on social networking sites: the development of the e-professionalism assessment compatibility index (ePACI)
Social networking sites (SNSs) have penetrated all aspects of health care professionals ’ (HCPs’) professional and private lives. A new term, e-professionalism, has emerged, which describes the linking of tradi... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - December 6, 2022 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: J. Viski ć, M. Marelić, L. Machala Poplašen and T. Vukušić Rukavina Tags: Research Source Type: research
Ethical issues with geographical variations in the provision of health care services
Geographical variations are documented for a wide range of health care services. As many such variations cannot be explained by demographical or epidemiological differences, they are problematic with respect t... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - December 6, 2022 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Bj ørn Hofmann Tags: Debate Source Type: research
Patients ’ preference approach to overcome the moral implications of family-centred decisions in Saudi medical settings
In Saudi clinical settings, cultural influences can give a patient ’s family authority to override the patient’s autonomous right to make informed health-related decisions. Cultural values should not prevent pa... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - December 6, 2022 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Manal Z. Alfahmi Tags: Debate Source Type: research
Guardians and research staff experiences and views about the consent process in hospital-based paediatric research studies in urban Malawi: A qualitative study
Obtaining consent has become a standard way of respecting the patient ’s rights and autonomy in clinical research. Ethical guidelines recommend that the child’s parent/s or authorised legal guardian provides in... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - December 5, 2022 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Mtisunge Joshua Gondwe, Neema Mtunthama Toto, Charity Gunda, Markus Gmeiner, Ian J. C. MacCormick, David Lalloo, Michael Parker and Nicola Desmond Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Children as an afterthought during COVID-19: defining a child-inclusive ethical framework for pandemic policymaking
Following the SARS pandemic, jurisdictions around the world began developing ethical resource allocation frameworks for future pandemics —one such framework was developed by Thompson and colleagues. While this ... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - December 5, 2022 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Sydney Campbell and Franco A. Carnevale Tags: Debate Source Type: research
