Ethical Challenges in Oral Healthcare Services Provided by Non-Governmental Organizations for Refugees in Germany
AbstractOral healthcare is attracting much attention after decades of neglect from policymakers. Recent studies have shown a strong association between oral and overall health, which can lead to serious health problems. Availability of oral healthcare services is an essential part of ensuring universal healthcare coverage. More importantly, current gaps in its accessibility by minority or marginalized population groups are crucial public health as well as ethical concerns. One notable effort to address this issue comes from Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), which offer oral healthcare services for non-insured refugees...
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - February 14, 2024 Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research
Review of Ethical Challenges of Organ Transplantation: Current Debates and International Perspectives
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Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - February 13, 2024 Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research
For the Good of the Globe: Moral Reasons for States to Mitigate Global Catastrophic Biological Risks
AbstractActions to prepare for and prevent pandemics are a common topic for bioethical analysis. However, little attention has been paid to global catastrophic biological risks more broadly, including pandemics with artificial origins, the creation of agents for biological warfare, and harmful outcomes of human genome editing. What ’s more, international policy discussions often focus on economic arguments for state action, ignoring a key potential set of reasons for states to mitigate global catastrophic biological risks: moral reasons. In this paper, I frame the mitigation of such risks as a global public good, and I e...
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - February 8, 2024 Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research
AI-Enhanced Healthcare: Not a new Paradigm for Informed Consent
AbstractWith the increasing prevalence of artificial intelligence (AI) and other digital technologies in healthcare, the ethical debate surrounding their adoption is becoming more prominent. Here I consider the issue of gaining informed patient consent to AI-enhanced care from the vantage point of the United Kingdom ’s National Health Service setting. I build my discussion around two claims from the World Health Organization: that healthcare services should not be denied to individuals who refuse AI-enhanced care and that there is no precedence to seeking patient consent to AI-enhanced care. I discus U.K. law relating to...
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - February 1, 2024 Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research
Ethical Reflection on the “QR code Dilemma” Faced by Older People During COVID-19 in China
This article argues that for a more comprehensive pandemic prevention and control policy system to be established, managing the implementation of this very technology should be done in a more humane fashion, i.e. under the guidance of three moral principles: benevolence, justice, and non-maleficence. By doing so, implementation of QR code technology is done in a way that is not only conducive to COVID-19 prevention and control but also mitigate marginalization of the older people. In the post-pandemic era, the soc ialization of digital technology will accelerate. Therefore, in the field of public health, we should direct a...
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - January 31, 2024 Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research
CRISPR: Beyond the Excitement
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Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - January 23, 2024 Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research
Gender Affirming Hormone Treatment for Trans Adolescents: A Four Principles Analysis
AbstractGender affirming hormone treatment is an important part of the care of trans adolescents which enables them to develop the secondary sexual characteristics congruent with their identified genders. There is an increasing amount of empirical evidence showing the benefits of gender affirming hormone treatment for psychological health and social well-being in this population. However, in several countries, access to gender affirming hormone treatment for trans adolescents has recently been severely restricted. While much of the opposition to gender affirming hormone treatment for trans adolescents has in part been ideo...
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - January 19, 2024 Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research
Vaccine Mandates and Cultural Safety
AbstractThe issues and problems of mandatory vaccination policy and roll out in First Nations communities are unique and do not concern the safety and effectiveness of vaccines. These issues are also independent of more specific arguments of mandatory vaccination of healthcare workers as a condition of employment. As important as these issues are, they do not consider the complex politics of ongoing settler colonialism and First Nations community relations. In this paper, we also set aside the very real problems of disinformation, hesitancy, scientific and health illiteracy, and other concerns that drive vaccine hesitancy ...
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - January 2, 2024 Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research
Lead Essay —Viral Trajectories
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Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - January 2, 2024 Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research
Right Versus Wrong: A Qualitative Appraisal With Respect to Pandemic Trajectories of Transgender Population in Kerala, India
AbstractThe transgender population generally faces rights violations and discrimination in their day-to-day lives, which was exacerbated during the recent pandemic. This necessitates close scrutiny from an ethics perspective. Following directives from a 2014 Supreme Court judgement, Kerala became the first Indian state to implement a comprehensive policy to enforce the constitutional rights of transgender people. Despite such positive actions, a basic social tendency not to respect gender diversity has led to discrimination and marginalization. This was very evident during the pandemic. In this empirical work, we have docu...
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - December 27, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research
COVID-19 and Biopolitics: An Essay on Iran
AbstractIn the intricate tapestry of Iran ’s geopolitical, cultural, and economic landscape, the COVID-19 pandemic catalysed profound changes. This essay delves into the multifaceted impact of the pandemic on Iranians’ lives, dissecting the specific nuances shaped by the complex biopolitical environment. We unravel the subtle imprints o f COVID-19 on the biopolitical discourse, exploring how it intricately intertwines with daily life, social interactions, and the nation’s health system. (Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry)
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - December 18, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research
Remembering Miles Little (28.12.33 – 30.9.23)
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Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - December 13, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research
Data Breach Notification Laws —Momentum Across the Asia-Pacific Region
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Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - December 11, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research
The Fragility of Scientific Rigour and Integrity in “Sped up Science”: Research Misconduct, Bias, and Hype and in the COVID-19 Pandemic
AbstractDuring the early years of the COVID-19 pandemic, preclinical and clinical research were sped up and scaled up in both the public and private sectors and in partnerships between them. This resulted in some extraordinary advances, but it also raised a range of issues regarding the ethics, rigour, and integrity of scientific research, academic publication, and public communication. Many of the failures of scientific rigour and integrity that occurred during the pandemic were exacerbated by the rush to generate, disseminate, and implement research findings, which not only created opportunities for unscrupulous actors b...
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - December 8, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research
Identity Disclosure Between Donor Family Members and Organ Transplant Recipients: A Description and Synthesis of Australian Laws and Guidelines
ConclusionRestrictions on identity disclosure have implications for public promotion of donation and transplantation where sharing of stories and images of organ donors and transplant recipients is common. Further research is required to understand the perspective of donor family members, transplant recipients, and healthcare professionals impacted by the current laws. (Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry)
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - December 7, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research
