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Thoughtful Accompaniment in Life's Final Stages: Philosophical Practice as a Complement to Ethics Consultation

Bioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper argues that philosophical practice can complement existing medical ethics structures by offering a publicly accessible space for discourse and negotiation of basic concepts that are relevant to ethical decision making. The potential of collaboration becomes particularly evident by the example of assisted dying: it raises a wide ...
Patrick Schuchter, Sandra Radinger, Stefanie Veronika Rieger, Klaus Wegleitner   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Digitizing Dignity: Analyzing Digital Twins Through the Lens of Multidimensional Human Dignity

Bioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In precision medicine, digital twins—virtual models of patients created using personalized data and advanced machine learning—are potentially changing healthcare by predicting health outcomes and guiding medical decisions. However, their use raises complex ethical questions, particularly concerning their relationship to human dignity. Patients
Andrew J. Barnhart
wiley   +1 more source

Critical Medical Ethics as an Approach to the Debate About Assisted Suicide by the Example of Germany

Bioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recent literature has seen a growing endorsement of the so‐called autonomy‐only approach to assisted dying, which rejects suffering as a necessary criterion for access. Proponents argue that this model is most suitable to safeguard individuals against value‐based judgments of healthcare professionals about whether their lives are still worth ...
Meike Gerber
wiley   +1 more source

‘Out of My Hands’: Palestinian Referral Care in East Jerusalem After October 7, 2023

Bioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the moral experiences of Palestinian healthcare professionals working at a specialised referral hospital in East Jerusalem during the early months of the Gaza War. Drawing on semi‐structured interviews with hospital staff providing oncology care, it analyses how understandings of what constitutes “good” care in a context of
Pieter Dronkers, Zeina Amro
wiley   +1 more source

A Confucian Perspective on Public Health Ethics

Bioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Debates in public health ethics have been dominated by the assumptions of Western liberalism: a priority given to liberty and autonomy over other values, an individualistic view of social ontology, a focus on personal responsibility, a minimal set of obligations (only created through consent), and a marginalization of social, cultural, and ...
Kathryn Muyskens, Angus Dawson
wiley   +1 more source

Out There No One Has a Right to Die

Bioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The eventual goal of space exploration is to colonize exoplanets and their moons outside our solar system. This is a dangerous and immoral endeavour. The extraterrestrial life forms encountered would be hostile, vulnerable or both, and the descendants of the original pioneers would be involuntarily exposed to hazardous conditions and ...
Matti Häyry
wiley   +1 more source

Ethical Counseling on Assisted Suicide in German and Swiss Right‐To‐Die Organizations: Challenges and Perspectives

Bioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT During the last years, more and more countries have introduced a practice of assisted dying in their medical system and regulated it by separate laws or by additions to the existing body of criminal law. In this respect, the two neighboring countries, Germany and Switzerland, are exceptional cases.
Dieter Birnbacher, Peter Schaber
wiley   +1 more source

Decision‐Making and Knowledge Around Inductions of Labor: A Survey Study in Ireland

Birth, EarlyView.
This study explored women's experiences of decision‐making and knowledge of inductions of labor (IOL) in Ireland. Using a national online survey of 1091 respondents who gave birth between 2018 and 2023, the research reveals substantial gaps in informed consent and autonomy.
Allison Panaro, Santosh Sharma, Susann Huschke   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Optimal income taxation in the presence of tax evasion: Expected utility versus prospect theory [PDF]

The predictions of expected utility theory (EUT) applied to tax evasion are flawed on two counts: (i) They are quantitatively in error by huge orders of magnitude. (ii) Higher taxation is predicted to lower evasion, which is at variance with the evidence.
Ali al-Nowaihi, Sanjit Dhami
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The development of ambivalent sexism: Proposals for an expanded model

British Journal of Developmental Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract The United Nations' Goals for Sustainable Development highlight gender inequality as a pervasive problem around the world. Developmental psychologists can help us understand the development and consequences of sexism in people's lives. I highlight ambivalent sexism theory as a promising framework for this work; and I offer recommendations for ...
Campbell Leaper
wiley   +1 more source