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:…
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…
Michael A. Ashby Editorial. Free Access. Published online: 2 February 2023. The death of the British sovereign, the longest serving head of state in history as far as we know, commanded global media attention for many days, and paralysed the United Kingdom for at least a fortnight. Profound admiration was expressed for her unswerving commitment…
Original Research Open Access. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry. Published online 07 November 2022. Amelia Fiske & Stuart McLennan AbstractBackgroundBioethics can play an important role in addressing diversity both in and outside of academia, setting precedents for meaningful contributions to public discourse, research, teaching, training, and policy development. However, in order to do so, these conversations…
Original Research Open Access. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry. Published online 4 November 2022 B. Kvernflaten, P. Fedorcsák & K. N. Solbrække Abstract In vitro fertilization (IVF) involves making embryos outside of the human body, which has spurred debate about the status of the embryo, embryo research and donation. We explore couples’ perceptions about embryos and…
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:…
Original Research Open Access. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry. Published online 17 October 2022. Ben P. White, Lindy Willmott & Eliana Close Abstract Existing regulation of end-of-life care is flawed. Problems include poorly-designed laws, policies, ethical codes, training, and funding programs, which often are neither effective nor helpful in guiding decision-making. This leads to adverse outcomes…