Editorial. Published online 20 October 2021. Michael A. Ashby and Bronwen Morrell Ethical issues are often transacted with passion, righteous anger, and an unhealthy imbalance between heat and light. These strong emotions can be damaging and divisive but also demand our attention and understanding, as we are not, and do not wish to be, thinking…
Original Research Open Access. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry. Published online 20 July 2021. Tomasz Pietrzykowski Abstract: Committees established for the ethical review of research involving animals have become a widespread legal standard around the world. Despite many differences in their composition, powers, and institutional settings, they share many common problems related to the well-established standards…
Online conference: 23-25 November 2021 The Singapore Research Ethics Conference, to be held virtually on 23 – 25 November 2021, is jointly organised by the National Healthcare Group, National University of Singapore and Singapore Health Services. This year’s theme on “Navigating Ethical and Regulatory Challenges in the New Era for Human Subject Research”, aims to…
Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, Volume 17, Issue 4, December 2020Guest editors: Michael Chapman, Paul Komesaroff, Ian Kerridge, and Ross Upshur Lead essay: Inside the pandemic Symposium articles: 65 papers #Free2Read Podcast: Editors & authors in conversation Since I last wrote: Updates & reflections Images: CDC / Alissa Eckert, MSMI; Dan Higgins, MAMS (2020) Chapman Chow…
Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, Volume 17, Issue 4, December 2020Guest editors: Michael Chapman, Paul Komesaroff, Ian Kerridge, and Ross Upshur Recent Developments Neera Bhatia Whittington Hospital NHS Trust v XX [2020] UKSC 14: The Cost of International Commercial Surrogacy Recoverable as Damages: A Step in the Right Direction? Symposium: COVID-19 – Lead essay Michael Chapman, Paul…
Science at warp speed: Medical research during the COVID-19 pandemic – Melanie Gentgall In this episode of JBI Dialogues we welcome one of the authors of an article in the journal’s new symposium on the social and ethical implications of the COVID-19 pandemic. Melanie Gentgall is founding CEO of PRAXIS Australia, an independent not-for-profit that…
Social & ethical implications of the COVID-19 pandemic: symposium editors Michael Chapman, Paul Komesaroff, Ian Kerridge, & Ross Upshur In this our first episode of JBI Dialogues we welcome the editors of the journal’s new symposium on social and ethical implications of the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to their work in bioethics, Dr Michael Chapman and Professors…
ePub ahead of print, 10 November, 2020. The Journal of Bioethical Inquiry is pleased to share the second set of articles from its symposium on social and ethical implications of the COVID-19 pandemic. Together with the papers from part 1, the complete symposium presents 65 articles from 133 authors across the globe. The symposium editors…
Virtual workshop: 3-4 December 2020Call for papers: deadline 21 October 2020 Presented by the Public Health Law, Ethics & Policy (PHELP) and Research Ethics Streams of the Australasian Association for Bioethics and Health Law. AABHL members had hoped to come together around this time in Hobart, Tasmania. Unfortunately, that is not to be. This virtual…
Editorial—COVID-19 Symposium. Published 26 August 2020. Paul A. Komesaroff; Michael Chapman; Ian Kerridge; Ross E.G. Upshur In the space of six months, the COVID-19 pandemic has transformed the world. Beginning with what seemed like a routine public health challenge in a single location, it quickly became a global health emergency, then a social and an…