Should AI allocate livers for transplant? Public attitudes and ethical considerations
Allocation of scarce organs for transplantation is ethically challenging. Artificial intelligence (AI) has been proposed to assist in liver allocation, however the ethics of this remains unexplored and the vie... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - November 27, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Max Drezga-Kleiminger, Joanna Demaree-Cotton, Julian Koplin, Julian Savulescu and Dominic Wilkinson Tags: Research Source Type: research
Correction: Moral conflicts from the justice and care perspectives of Japanese Nurses: a qualitative content analysis
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Source: BMC Medical Ethics - November 27, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Kayoko Tsunematsu, Atsushi Asai and Yasuhiro Kadooka Tags: Correction Source Type: research
Attitude and concerns of healthy individuals regarding post-mortem brain donation. A qualitative study on a nation-wide sample in Italy
Collecting post-mortem brain tissue is essential, especially from healthy “control” individuals, to advance knowledge on increasingly common neurological and mental disorders. Yet, healthy individuals, on whic... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - November 27, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Chiara Cattaneo, Iuliia Urakcheeva, Gianmarco Giacomini, Maria Antonietta Stazi, Susanna Lana, Antonio Arnofi, Miriam Salemi and Virgilia Toccaceli Tags: Research Source Type: research
Willingness toward post-mortem body donation to science at a Mexican university: an exploratory survey
Voluntary post-mortem donation to science (PDS) is the most appropriate source for body dissection in medical education and training, and highly useful for biomedical research. In Mexico, unclaimed bodies are ... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - November 25, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: I. Meester, M. Polino Guajardo, A. C. Trevi ño Ramos, J. M. Solís-Soto and A. Rojas-Martinez Tags: Research Source Type: research
Objections to assisted dying within institutions: systemic solutions for rapprochement
In this Matters Arising article, we outline how the recent article “The impact on patients of objections by institutions to assisted dying: a qualitative study of family caregivers’ perceptions” (White et al.,... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - November 16, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Carmelle Peisah, Adrianna Sheppard and Kelvin CY Leung Tags: Matters Arising Source Type: research
Views on sharing mental health data for research purposes: qualitative analysis of interviews with people with mental illness
Improving the ways in which routinely-collected mental health data are shared could facilitate substantial advances in research and treatment. However, this process should only be undertaken in partnership wit... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - November 14, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Emily Watson, Sue Fletcher-Watson and Elizabeth Joy Kirkham Tags: Research Source Type: research
Uncertain futures and unsolicited findings in pediatric genomic sequencing: guidelines for return of results in cases of developmental delay
Massively parallel sequencing techniques, such as whole exome sequencing (WES) and whole genome sequencing (WGS), may reveal unsolicited findings (UFs) unrelated to the diagnostic aim. Such techniques are freq... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - November 11, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Candice Cornelis, Wybo Dondorp, Ineke Bolt, Guido de Wert, Marieke van Summeren, Eva Brilstra, Nine Knoers and Annelien L. Bredenoord Tags: Research Source Type: research
Practice of defensive medicine among surgeons in Ethiopia: cross-sectional study
Defensive medicine is physicians ’ deviation from standard medical care which is primarily intended either to reduce or avoid medico legal litigation. Although the Federal Ethics Committee review in Ethiopia ha... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - November 8, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Eskinder Amare Assefa, Yonas Ademe Teferi, Birhanu Nega Alemu and Abraham Genetu Tags: Research Source Type: research
Childhood vaccine refusal and what to do about it: a systematic review of the ethical literature
Parental refusal of routine childhood vaccination remains an ethically contested area. This systematic review sought to explore and characterise the normative arguments made about parental refusal of routine v... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - November 8, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Kerrie Wiley, Maria Christou-Ergos, Chris Degeling, Rosalind McDougall, Penelope Robinson, Katie Attwell, Catherine Helps, Shevaun Drislane and Stacy M Carter Tags: Research Source Type: research
Developing a digital informed consent app: opportunities and challenges of a new format to inform and obtain consent in public health research
Informed consent procedures for large population-based cohort studies should be comprehensive and easy-to-use. This is particularly challenging when participants from different socio-economic groups and multic... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - November 8, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Luuk V. Haring, Joy T. Hall, Anton Janssen, J. Marleen Johannes, Arnoud P. Verhoeff and Joanne K. Ujcic-Voortman Tags: Research Source Type: research
Development and validation of a tool to assess researchers ’ knowledge of human subjects’ rights and their attitudes toward research ethics education in Saudi Arabia
Researchers must adhere to ethical and scientific standards in their research involving human subjects; therefore, their knowledge of human subjects ’ rights is essential. A tool to measure the extent of this k... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - November 2, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: May M. Al-Madaney and Margrit F ässler Tags: Research Source Type: research
Mapping trust relationships in organ donation and transplantation: a conceptual model
The organ donation and transplantation (ODT) system heavily relies on the willingness of individuals to donate their organs. While it is widely believed that public trust plays a crucial role in shaping donati... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - November 1, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Mar ía Victoria Martínez-López, Leah McLaughlin, Alberto Molina-Pérez, Krzysztof Pabisiak, Nadia Primc, Gurch Randhawa, David Rodríguez-Arias, Jorge Suárez, Sabine Wöhlke and Janet Delgado Tags: Research Source Type: research
The future of FemTech ethics & privacy – a global perspective
We discuss the concept of women ’s empowerment in FemTech, considering cultural and legal differences, ethical concerns, and legal consequences. We claim that it is crucial to prioritize privacy, a fundamental ... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - October 27, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Najd Alfawzan and Markus Christen Tags: Comment Source Type: research
The muslim patient and medical treatments based on porcine ingredients
Porcine-derived products serve as an effective solution for a wide range of human ailments; however, there may be objections to their use due to Islamic religious prohibitions on consuming products derived fro... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - October 27, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Ya ’arit Bokek-Cohen, Limor D. Gonen and Mahdi Tarabeih Tags: Research Source Type: research
UK health researchers ’ considerations of the environmental impacts of their data-intensive practices and its relevance to health inequities
The health sector aims to improve health outcomes and access to healthcare. At the same time, the sector relies on unsustainable environmental practices that are increasingly recognised to be catastrophic thre... (Source: BMC Medical Ethics)
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - October 27, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Gabrielle Samuel Tags: Research Source Type: research
