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 Sarah Ward, JBI Intern Despite ample literature, defining autonomy and applying it in healthcare contexts has been challenging (Slowther, 2007). Broadly described as the capacity to make informed and voluntary decisions, autonomy is complex in the context of dementia, particularly in advanced stages, where cognitive decline alters the decision-making capacities of individuals (Taylor, 2018). …
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…
By Liam Kelly, JBI Intern As I write this, the film Warfare – co-directed by Civil War’s Alex Garland and Iraq War veteran Ray Mendoza – is wrapping up its theatrical run in Australian cinemas. Much of the popular and critical buzz surrounding Warfare concerns its deliberately-narrow scope and purpose: the film purports to represent…
Expressions of interest are sought for the position of Joint Editor in Chief (Content) to fill a vacancy resulting from the retirement of the Professor Michael Ashby MD FRACP in early 2025. Closing Date: February 22, 2025. The Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (JBI) is an international, multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal that publishes scholarly papers and commentary…
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…
Ian Kerridge, Wendy Lipworth, Christopher F. C. Jordens & Paul A. Komesaroff Free Access Editorial. The Journal of Bioethical Inquiry was established in 2004 with the explicit aim of being more than “just a journal”—more than merely a place where scholars and practitioners could publish their research, critical reflections, and analyses of bioethical issues and practice. Rather,…
As part of an exciting strategic review and restructure of the JBI we are seeking new Section and Discipline Editors in the following areas: Discipline EditorsDisability StudiesEnvironment and Non-Human AnimalsFaith and CultureGender StudiesMental HealthOral HealthPublic Health, Politics and Social JusticeQueer StudiesResearch EthicsClinical EthicsEmerging TechnologiesScience and GeneticsSociologyNeuroethics Section Editors Book, Film and Art ReviewsFocus Article and…
Michael A. Ashby Free Access Editorial. The late Helen Bamber was a distinguished pioneer of torture, trauma survivor, and refugee welfare work in the United Kingdom. She paints a vivid picture of the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945 as a young Jewish welfare worker. She describes what she calls the Saturday afternoon…
Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, Volume 20, Issue 3 Free Access Editorial: Ethics, Politics, and Minorities Michael A. Ashby Open Access Critical Perspectives: Supporting One Health for Pandemic Prevention: The Need for Ethical Innovation Elena R. Diller & Laura Williamson Critical Perspectives: The Impairment Argument and Future-Like-Ours: A Problematic Dependence Christopher Bobier Open Access Critical Perspectives:…