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 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 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,…
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…
Editorial. Free Access. Published online 6 April 2022. Michael A. Ashby This edition of the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry carries a symposium compiled in honour of the work of a distinguished pioneer of Australian bioethics: Miles Little. As the symposium shows, Little started to work on methods and subjects that seem obvious to us now (the patient…
Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, Volume 19, Issue 1, 2022 Guest Editors: Claire Hooker, Ian Kerridge, Wendy Lipworth, and Kathryn MacKay The full texts of all the symposium articles are available to read using the links below**. Editorial : Liminality: The Not-So-New Normal?, Free Access, Michael Ashby Lead essay: A Discursive Exploration of Values and Ethics in…
Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, Volume 19, Issue 1, 2022 Guest Editors: Claire Hooker, Ian Kerridge, Wendy Lipworth, and Kathryn MacKay Editorial Michael Ashby Liminality: The Not-So-New Normal? Editorial David Shaw The Side Effects of Not Being Vaccinated: Individual Risk and Vaccine Hesitancy Nationalism Open Access Recent Developments Carolyn Johnston Ethical Design and Use of Robotic…
Recent Developments Open Access. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry. Published 21 March 2022. Carolyn Johnston Abstract: The Australian Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety acknowledged understaffing and substandard care in residential aged care and home care services, and recommendations were made that that the Australian Government should promote assistive technology within aged care. Robotic…
Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, Volume 18, Issue 4, 2021 Free Access Editorial: A Lost Idyll of Connection? Michael Ashby Recent Developments: Semi-Automated Care: Video-Algorithmic Patient Monitoring and Surveillance in Care Settings Piers M. Gooding & David M. Clifford Letter to the Editor: It Is Time to Stop Racial Exclusion in Scholarly Citations Afsaneh Shirani Critical Perspectives:…