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Toward a Global Bioethics: Principlism and the Problem of Political Legitimacy

open access: yesBioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Tom Beauchamp and James Childress's Principles of Biomedical Ethics introduced principlism—or the “four principles approach”—which has since become one of the most influential frameworks in contemporary bioethics. However, its potential to serve as a foundation for shared transcultural bioethical norms has elicited both substantial support and
Marco Annoni
wiley   +1 more source

In Defence of Causing Patients to Worry: Ethical Issues in the Communication of Diagnostic Uncertainty

open access: yesBioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Doctors are often motivated by a desire to avoid causing their patients worry. In this paper, we provide a defence of disclosing diagnostic uncertainty information to patients, even if such disclosures are worrying. We first consider whether making a patient worry harms them, arguing that worry can be harmful in some—but not all—situations ...
Caitríona Cox, Zoë Fritz
wiley   +1 more source

Ethical Expertise Before and After Medically Assisted Dying: The Informal and Formal Role of the Ethicist in the Netherlands

open access: yesBioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although we have a long‐standing and well‐institutionalized practice of medical aid in dying (MAID) in the Netherlands, it is insufficiently clarified which goals ethicists should pursue in the context of assisted dying, and which competencies they need to fulfil their role(s). We sought to contribute to this clarification.
Eva Asscher, Suzanne Metselaar
wiley   +1 more source

<i>Journal of Medical Ethics</i> at 50: a data-driven history. [PDF]

open access: yesJ Med Ethics
Dranseika V   +2 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Ethics of Informed Consent for Data Registries: Moving Beyond Moral Minimalism to the High Ground

open access: yesBioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There is a rapid increase in disease registries all over the world, propelled by innovations in electronic health records and computer technologies. Unlike the developed world, where many registries are well established, many disease registries in the developing world are still in their incipient stage.
George Rugare Chingarande
wiley   +1 more source

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