... existing guide-
lines – in particular, the Declaration of Helsinki (World Medical Association,
1996) and the international ethical guidelines for biomedical research involv-
ing human subjects of ... Perinatal HIV Intervention Research in
Developing Countries Workshop Participants, 1999), and the risk of
anaemia (Halsey, 1997).
In a consensus statement (Perinatal HIV Intervention Researchin ... information. I submit that in the case of anonymized testing, and in
the case of ‘routine’ voluntary named testing, consent is often vitiated by a
lack of understanding and information, and sometimes...
... disability, in the context ofethicalissues in
withdrawing life-sustaining treatment. He writes, ‘Life-sustaining treatment
implies that treatment is being given in order to maintain or create ... testing and
termination when there is no other means of avoiding intolerable suVering
on the part of the child and family. She was actually a member of the working
party of the Royal College of ... pre-embryos.
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Ethicalissues in
maternal–fetal medicine
Edited by
Donna L. Dickenson
John Ferguson Professor of Global Ethics, University of Birmingham, UK
into existence is a type of beneWt, failing...
... and stimulating debate.
15 7Ethical issuesin embryo interventions and cloning
Conclusion
Cloning is only one example, among the many discussed in this chapter, of
ethical dilemmas in the new ... revolution in the treatment of
subfertile men which involves micro-injecting the egg with a single sperm,
and pre-implantation diagnosis, a genetic diagnostic technique involving
biopsy of the embryo in ... diminished sense
of individuality and personal autonomy, belong to the same analysis.
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trates on practical issues, within the context of licensing clinics for testing
speciWc inherited...
... future
Balance of
probability <50% of
normality
Balance of
probability >50% of
normality
Figure 21.1. Ethicalissuesin withdrawing life-sustaining treatment from handicapped
neonates – in the ... becomes absolutely certain of the
outcome, except in retrospect. At what stage ‘the balance of probability’
34 1Ethical issuesin withdrawing life-sustaining treatment
results of the autopsy and how ... the principle of double eVect, whereby giving a medicine with the
primary intent to hasten death is illicit but giving a medicine to relieve
suVering, which may have the side eVect of hastening...
... to ‘termina-
tion’. Although ‘termination’ is the more honest description, a fair and
adequate deWnition of the procedure needs to include the aim of maintaining
the pregnancy by preserving some ... point.) In the light of these
limitations, the most common method of terminating some of the embryos
or fetuses in a multiple gestation is direct termination at 9 to 12 weeks
through transabdominal ... spe-
cialized training in infertility treatment can and do prescribe infertility drugs
without utilizing techniques that would minimize the risk of high-order
multiples. Whether administered by generalists...
... coal miners in terms of the “frame” of tons of coal mined, the health of miners appears to be
improving. That is, coal-mine deaths, per ton of coal mined, have been decreasing since 1950 in the ... miners in terms of the “frame” of
numbers of coal miners, the health of miners appears to be diminishing. That is, coal mine deaths, per
thousand coal-mine employees in the US, have been increasing ... some research projects (and not others), influences on the outcome ofresearch (i.e.,
findings), and influences on the dissemination ofresearch findings? Are some sources, types,
and targets of...
... Library.
Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication Data
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ethics) Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Nursing ethics. ... what
sense of best? Clinical best? Moral best?
Tensions between medicine and nursing are increasingly coming to
the fore in the field of health care research. In the past, says Blackburn
in chapter ... discovery in the
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Noddings’ work might be expected to have something important to say
for nursing ethics. She distinguishes between natural caring and ethical
caring and maintains...
... recent example of the apparent failure to grasp this distinction
is evident in the Report of the Panel of Inquiry into the Circumstances
Surrounding the Death of Jasmine Beckford, in which the ... forming the ‘classic’ phase in the
formulation of social work values had a common interest in elucidating
codifiable sets of principles. Probably the most influential of these was the
‘seven principles ... required to initiate many
policy changes within their organisations, including: strategic
marketing policies; appropriate developments in employment, services
and training; the strengthening of their...
...
restrictions of any sort, however inspiring the idea of moral principles and ethical codes
of conduct might initially sound?
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Ethical Issuesin Nursing
Edited by Geoffrey Hunt
Ethical Issuesin Social Work
Edited by Richard Hugman and David Smith
Genetic Counselling
Edited by Angus Clarke
The Ground of Professional...
... that
would support a presumption in favor of continuing the development of germline
genetic engineering. That is, we have argued that germline genetic engineering is
not intrinsically morally objectionable. ... arise.
INTRODUCTION
In this chapter we will be examining a number ofethicalissues related to molecular
medicine and gene therapy. In the first part we will be exploring these issuesin a clin-
ical context ... interests of the patient for whom they are caring. If all of
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Embryo Destruction
A fourth argument against germline genetic engineering...