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….
Issue 21(4) – December 2024 Editorials Recent Developments Critical Perspectives Original Research Book Reviews
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…
In That Case Comment on “The Ethics of Isolation for Patients With Tuberculosis in Australia” by Jane Carroll, published in the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 13(1). J.-G. Cho Ludwig Engel Centre for Respiratory Research, Westmead Institute for Medical Research, The University of Sydney, P.O. Box 533, Wentworthville, NSW 2145 Australia e-mail: jingun@gmail.com A. L. Byrne…
In That Case Comment on “The Ethics of Isolation for Patients With Tuberculosis in Australia” by Jane Carroll, published in the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 13(1). Hafid Soualhine, Ph.D. Mycobacteriology Institut National de sante publique du Quebec Montréal, Québec, Canada e-mail: hafid.soualhine@inspq.qc.ca Bioethics emerged in the 1960s as an interdisciplinary field of inquiry concerned with…
“Trust” image courtesy of FreeImages.com/Berkeley Robinson Call for Papers—2017 Special Issue Investigating Public Trust in Expert Knowledge: Ethics, Narrative, and Engagement We invite the submission of papers for a forthcoming (2017) special issue in the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry on “Investigating Public Trust in Expert Knowledge: Ethics, Narrative, and Engagement.” Guest Editors Silvia Camporesi (King’s College London) Mark…
Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, Volume 10, Number 4 (December 2013) Guest Editors: Rob Irvine, Chris Degeling, and Ian Kerridge Editorials “As Flies to Wanton Boys”: Dilemmas and Dodging in the Field of Nonhuman Animal Ethics Michael A. Ashby and Leigh E. Rich Recent Developments Who Makes the Decisions, Especially When It Concerns Minors? Thaddeus Mason…
Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, Volume 9, Number 4 (December 2012) Editorials Cases and Culture Michael A. Ashby and Leigh E. Rich The New EU Directive on the Use of Animals for Research and the Value of Moral Consistency Jan Deckers A Time to Give Thanks Leigh E. Rich and Michael A. Ashby Recent Developments Making…