Recent Developments Open Access. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, Volume 19, Issue 2. Megan Prictor Extract This article describes a recent United States (U.S.) government settlement with a company producing clinical decision support software (CDSS) for kickbacks the company received from a pharmaceutical company intended to drive up opioid prescribing. It reflects on the legal avenues…
Original Research Open Access. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, Volume 19, Issue 2 Mark A. Irwin Abstract In 2018, the remarkable rescue of twelve young boys and their football coach trapped in a flooded cave in Thailand captured worldwide attention. The rescue required the boys to be dived out of the cave system while fully anaesthetized…
Critical Perspectives Open Access. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, Volume 19, Issue 2 Bethany Russell, Leeroy William & Michael Chapman Abstract Human connection is universally important, particularly in the context of serious illness and at the end of life. The presence of close family and friends has many benefits when death is close. Hospital visitation restrictions…
Original Research Open Access. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, Volume 19, Issue 2. Hazem Zohny, Brian D. Earp & Julian Savulescu Abstract Transgender healthcare faces a dilemma. On the one hand, access to certain medical interventions, including hormone treatments or surgeries, where desired, may be beneficial or even vital for some gender dysphoric trans people. But…
Original Research Open Access. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, Volume 19, Issue 2 Tamra Lysaght, Gerald Owen Schaefer, Teck Chuan Voo, Hwee Lin Wee & Roy Joseph Abstract High degrees of uncertainty and a lack of effective therapeutic treatments have characterized the COVID-19 pandemic and the provision of drug products outside research settings has been controversial….
Original Research Open Access. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, Volume 19, Issue 2 Ryan Essex Abstract Resistance involves a range of actions such as disobedience, insubordination, misbehaviour, agitation, advocacy, subversion, and opposition. Action that occurs both publicly, privately, and day-to-day in the delivery of care, in discourse and knowledge. In this article I will demonstrate how…
Original Research Open Access. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, Volume 19, Issue 2 Kasoka Kasoka & Matthew Weait Abstract In recent times, informed consent has been adopted worldwide as a cornerstone to ensure autonomy during HIV testing. However, there are still ongoing debates on whether the edifice on which informed consent requirements are grounded, that is,…
Original Research Open Access. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, Volume 19, Issue 2. Cristina Voinea, Tenzin Wangmo & Constantin Vică Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated many social problems and put the already vulnerable, such as racial minorities, low-income communities, and older individuals, at an even greater risk than before. In this paper we focus on…
Michael A. Ashby Editorial. Free Access. Published online 21 June 2022. As previously argued in this column, the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed and magnified all the old potholes, the existing inequalities, deficits, state failures, discrimination, and vulnerabilities, rather than, for the most part, creating new problems. It is true that all people across the world–including…
Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, Volume 19, Issue 2 Free Access Editorial: Nature of Suffering, Anarchy, Life and Liberty: Is the Cure Worse Than the Disease? Michael Ashby Open Access Recent Developments: Clinical Software and Bad Decisions: The “Practice Fusion” Settlement and Its Implications Megan Prictor Open Access Critical Perspectives: An Ethical Framework for Visitation of…