Paula Gerber and Katie O ’Byrne (eds): Surrogacy, law and human rights
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Source: Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics - October 24, 2018 Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research
The dramatic essence of the narrative approach
AbstractEven though it is not a methodology on the level of principlism or casuistry, narrative bioethics nonetheless contributes to and guides decision-making in the field of biomedical ethics. However, unlike other methodologies, the narrative approach lacks a set of specific patterns and formal rules for doing so. This deficiency leaves this approach more vulnerable to the influence of historical factors; in fact, the vital history of a person is made up of thousands of scenes, which one must select and group under different norms. Yet the historicity of narrative does not destroy its normati ve value; rather, it gi...
Source: Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics - October 5, 2018 Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research
Henry S. Perkins: A guide to psychosocial and spiritual care at the end of life
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Source: Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics - October 1, 2018 Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research
Joo-Young Lee: A human rights framework for intellectual property, innovation and access to medicines
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Source: Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics - September 22, 2018 Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research
Should physicians be empathetic? Rethinking clinical empathy
AbstractThe role and importance of empathy in clinical practice has been widely discussed. This paper focuses on the ideal of clinical empathy, as involving both cognitive understanding and affective resonance. I argue that this account is subject to a number of objections. Affective resonance may serve more as a liability than as a benefit in clinical settings, and utilizing this capacity is not clearly supported by the relevant empirical literature. Instead, I argue that the ideal account of empathy in medicine remains cognitive, though there is a central role for expressing empathic concern toward patients. (Source: T...
Source: Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics - September 20, 2018 Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research
Deborah Lynn Steinberg: Genes and the bioimaginary: science, spectacle, culture
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Source: Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics - August 30, 2018 Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research
Twin Inc.
AbstractThis paper presents an account of how human spontaneous embryonic chimeras are formed. On the prevalent view in the philosophical literature, it is said that chimeras are the product of two embryos that fuse to form a new third embryo. We call this version of fusionsynthesis. In contrast to synthesis, we present an alternative mechanism for chimera formation calledincorporation, wherein one embryo incorporates the cells of a second embryo into its body. We argue that the incorporation thesis explains other types of chimera formation, which are better understood, and is more consistent than synthesis with what is kn...
Source: Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics - August 30, 2018 Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research
Birth with dignity from the Confucian perspective
AbstractThe development of biotechnologies has broadly interfered with a number of life processes, including human birth. An important moral question arises from the application of such medical technologies to birth: do biotechnological advancements violate human dignity? Many valid arguments have been raised. Yet bioethicists are still far from reaching a consensus on how best to protect the dignity of human birth. Confucianism is an influential ethical theory in China and presents a distinctive understanding of human dignity. In this paper, we reconstruct the two Con fucian concepts of dignity—namely, universal dign...
Source: Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics - August 29, 2018 Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research
Luciana Caenazzo, Lucia Mariani, and Renzo Pegoraro (eds): Convergence of new emerging technologies: ethical challenges and new responsibilities
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Source: Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics - August 29, 2018 Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research
Birth with dignity from the Confucian perspective
AbstractThe development of biotechnologies has broadly interfered with a number of life processes, including human birth. An important moral question arises from the application of such medical technologies to birth: do biotechnological advancements violate human dignity? Many valid arguments have been raised. Yet bioethicists are still far from reaching a consensus on how best to protect the dignity of human birth. Confucianism is an influential ethical theory in China and presents a distinctive understanding of human dignity. In this paper, we reconstruct the two Con fucian concepts of dignity—namely, universal dign...
Source: Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics - August 29, 2018 Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research
Luciana Caenazzo, Lucia Mariani, and Renzo Pegoraro (eds): Convergence of new emerging technologies: ethical challenges and new responsibilities
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Source: Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics - August 29, 2018 Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research
