Photo © Ne¾a Èerin/FreeImages.com Tamara Kayali Browne and Tereza Hendl On April 20, 2017, the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) finally released its long-awaited revision of the Ethical Guidelines on the Use of Assisted Reproductive Technology in Clinical Practice and Research. We breathed a sigh of relief that it decided to maintain its ban…
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JBI seeks new Editor in Chief
The Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (JBI) is seeking a new Editor in chief. The JBI is an international, peer-reviewed scholarly journal of bioethics established in 2004 and published by Springer in both print and on-line forms. It aims to: foster an interdisciplinary approach to bioethics by publishing original research at the intersection of ethics, social theory, philosophy,…
What Happens If Migrants Are Detected With TB Before They Migrate?
In That Case Comment on “The Ethics of Isolation for Patients With Tuberculosis in Australia” by Jane Carroll, published in the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 13(1). Dinh Thi Nhung Center for Creative Initiative in Health and Population, 48 Nguyen Khang St., Cau Giay District, Hanoi, Vietnam Woolcock Institute in Vietnam, 147 Hoa Lu St., Ward…
Reciprocity and Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis
In That Case Comment on “The Ethics of Isolation for Patients With Tuberculosis in Australia” by Jane Carroll, published in the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 13(1). J.-G. Cho Ludwig Engel Centre for Respiratory Research, Westmead Institute for Medical Research, The University of Sydney, P.O. Box 533, Wentworthville, NSW 2145 Australia e-mail: jingun@gmail.com A. L. Byrne…
Ethical Dilemmas in Areas Hyperendemic for Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
In That Case Comment on “The Ethics of Isolation for Patients With Tuberculosis in Australia” by Jane Carroll, published in the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 13(1). Marian Loveday Health Systems Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa e-mail: marian.loveday@mrc.ac.za Nalini Singh King Dinuzulu Hospital, KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health, Durban, South Africa…
A Canadian Perspective on the Ethics of Isolation for Tuberculosis
In That Case Comment on “The Ethics of Isolation for Patients With Tuberculosis in Australia” by Jane Carroll, published in the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 13(1). Jane Batt, M.D., Ph.D. St. Michaels Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada e-mail: jane.batt@utoronto.ca Sarah Brode, M.D. West Park Healthcare Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Elisabeth…
A Principle-Based Framework Needed for Screening and Treatment of TB
In That Case Comment on “The Ethics of Isolation for Patients With Tuberculosis in Australia” by Jane Carroll, published in the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 13(1). Hafid Soualhine, Ph.D. Mycobacteriology Institut National de sante publique du Quebec Montréal, Québec, Canada e-mail: hafid.soualhine@inspq.qc.ca Bioethics emerged in the 1960s as an interdisciplinary field of inquiry concerned with…



