By Liam Kelly Following the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) declaration that the international spread of COVID-19 constituted a pandemic on the 11th of March, 2020, it did not take long for institutions and individuals on the frontlines of response measures to recognize that they were actually confronted with two global public health crises at once….
By Lachlan Dowling, JBI Intern Amidst an era of turbulent change wherein the commitment of our prized institutions to the common good is doubted, a poem by the late-Russian Yevgeny Yevtushenko is particularly poignant. Entitled ‘Half Measures’, Yevtushenko criticises Russia during its 1990s democratisation over poorly implemented reforms: “…[W]ith every half-effective half measure Half the…
Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, Volume 20, Issue 4 Guest editors: Paul Komesaroff, Ross Upshur, Edwina Light, Ian Kerridge & Michael Chapman Editorial Remembering Miles Little (28.12.33 – 30.9.23) Ian Kerridge, Wendy Lipworth, Christopher F. C. Jordens & Paul A. Komesaroff Recent Developments Data Breach Notification Laws—Momentum Across the Asia-Pacific Region Megan Prictor Symposium The full…
Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, Volume 20, Issue 1 Free Access Editorial: “The Danger of Words”: Language Games in Bioethics Michael A. Ashby Free Access Editorial: Dogs, Epistemic Indefensibility and Ethical Denial: Don’t Let Sleeping Dog Owners Lie David Shaw Open Access Recent Developments: Voluntary Assisted Dying in Australia—Key Similarities and Points of Difference Concerning Eligibility…
Michael A. Ashby Editorial. Free Access. Published online: 19 April 2023. To most doctors and health workers who haven’t studied philosophy, the works of Ludwig Wittgenstein are hard to approach. Many of us outside the philosophical academy will tend to know more about him through the landmark biography by Ray Monk (1991): the irascible genius…
Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, Volume 19, Issue 4 Free Access Editorial: One Last Unexpected Lesson From the Life and Death of Queen Elizabeth II Michael Ashby Open Access Recent Developments: Victoria, Australia, is getting a new Mental Health and Wellbeing Bill Chris Maylea Free Access Letter to the Editor: Critical Incident Stress Debriefing George Skowronski…
Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, Volume 19, Issue 3, 2022 Guest Editor: Evie Kendal Editorial Michael Ashby Despair of the Intellect, but Hope of the Heart? Recent Developments Neera Bhatia Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust v WV [2022] EWCOP 9 Symposium: Lead essay Evie Kendal Ethical, Legal and Social Implications of Emerging Technology (ELSIET) Symposium Symposium:…
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. 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…