Critical Perspectives Open Access. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry. Published online 24 June 2022. Andreas De Block, Pierre Delaere & Kristien Hens Abstract In September 2020, the surgeon Paulo Macchiarini, who used stem cell technology to enable the transplants of artificial and donor trachea, was charged with aggravated assault in Sweden. In this comment, we argue…
Editorial. Free Access. Published online 6 April 2022. Michael A. Ashby This edition of the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry carries a symposium compiled in honour of the work of a distinguished pioneer of Australian bioethics: Miles Little. As the symposium shows, Little started to work on methods and subjects that seem obvious to us now (the patient…
Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, Volume 19, Issue 1, 2022 Guest Editors: Claire Hooker, Ian Kerridge, Wendy Lipworth, and Kathryn MacKay The full texts of all the symposium articles are available to read using the links below**. Editorial : Liminality: The Not-So-New Normal?, Free Access, Michael Ashby Lead essay: A Discursive Exploration of Values and Ethics in…
Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, Volume 19, Issue 1, 2022 Guest Editors: Claire Hooker, Ian Kerridge, Wendy Lipworth, and Kathryn MacKay Editorial Michael Ashby Liminality: The Not-So-New Normal? Editorial David Shaw The Side Effects of Not Being Vaccinated: Individual Risk and Vaccine Hesitancy Nationalism Open Access Recent Developments Carolyn Johnston Ethical Design and Use of Robotic…
Recent Developments Open Access. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry. Published 21 March 2022. Carolyn Johnston Abstract: The Australian Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety acknowledged understaffing and substandard care in residential aged care and home care services, and recommendations were made that that the Australian Government should promote assistive technology within aged care. Robotic…
Critical Perspectives Open Access. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry. Published 17 January 2022. Pietro Pietrini, Andrea Lavazza & Mirko Farina Abstract: This critical essay evaluates the potential integration of distinct kinds of expertise in policymaking, especially during situations of critical emergencies, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. This article relies on two case studies: (i) herd immunity…
Editorial. Published online 23 December 2021. Michael A. Ashby As we age, it is so easy to slip into the trap of lamentations: that there were salad days when values were nobler and better upheld, civility reigned, and localism meant that people were more connected. Of course this is not altogether true, and there is…
Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, Volume 18, Issue 4, 2021 Free Access Editorial: A Lost Idyll of Connection? Michael Ashby Recent Developments: Semi-Automated Care: Video-Algorithmic Patient Monitoring and Surveillance in Care Settings Piers M. Gooding & David M. Clifford Letter to the Editor: It Is Time to Stop Racial Exclusion in Scholarly Citations Afsaneh Shirani Critical Perspectives:…
Original Research Open Access. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry. Published online 25 October 2021. David M. Shaw Abstract: We have a responsibility to obey COVID-19 rules, in order to minimize risk. Yet it is still seen as rude to challenge people who do not respect those rules, when in fact the opposite is true; it is…
Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, Volume 18, Issue 3, 2021 Free Access Editorial Michael Ashby, Bronwen Morrell The Pensive Gaze Recent Developments Michaela Estelle Okninski & Joel Grieger Evolving Law: Further Developments Concerning MAID in Canada—Bill C-7 Receives Royal Assent and Revisiting Ethicon Sàrl Letter to the Editor Needle Stick Injury From a COVID-19 Patient—Fear It…