Hot Topics: Informed Consent
by Keisha Ray PhD and Jane Cooper MBE
One of the inequities to come out of the Covid-19 pandemic is an increase in the disproportionate effects of environmental toxins on poor people and/or people of color.…
Full ArticleSTUDENT VOICES | CHYNN ETHICS PRIZE HONORABLE MENTIONBy Julia Sese For the first half of my education at Fordham, I was determined to become a doctor and practice medicine abroad in countries that do not have access to adequate health care. It was not until my Junior year, after taking “Anthropology of Health and Healing,” […]
Full ArticleU.S. Election Why There is no Ethical Reason Not to Vote (Unless You Come Down with COVID-19 on Election Day)“The three most common reasons I hear are: “I don’t have enough information,” “I don’t like any of the candidates,” and “I don’t want to give this election legitimacy.” It is worth examining why, in my […]
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by Craig Klugman
In a startling whistleblower report, Dawn Looten who is a licensed nurse practitioner at the Irwin County (GA) Detention Center (ICDC) stated that patients were denied COVID tests, medical records were altered and destroyed, and most disturbingly, that a very high number of hysterectomies were performed on detained immigrant women who may not have understood what was being done to them.…
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by Andrew Helmers, MDCM, MHSc (Bioethics), MSc, FRCPC
The Journal of Vascular Surgery (and Irony) published a rather odd piece that set Twitter ablaze even amidst the wildfire that is COVID-19.…
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by Arnold R. Eiser, MD MACP
Our healthcare system is failing our most senior citizens by assuming they want and need to receive maximal technological intervention despite modest or minimal benefit to them and the increasing of substantial discomfort to them.…
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by Amy C. Reese, Pharm.D.
My pharmacy received a prescription for prednisolone solution written for a 5-year-old patient. We only had the manufacturer of prednisolone with 5% alcohol in it as a solvent.…
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by Jing Wan,Yuqiong Huang, Amaneh Abdel Hafez Aljaafreh, Dandan Dong, Yali Cong , Jun Lin, Hongxiang Chen
COVID-19 is an emerging infectious disease that is extremely contagious and can cause serious consequences and even death.
by Katharine Wright & Julian Sheather
Pratt et al. highlight important ways in which solidarity between researchers and communities provides both an ethical underpinning, and an ethical goal, for community engagement in global health research.…
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by Jerry Menikoff, MD, JD
In a world with far too much dissonance, sometimes things nonetheless manage to come together. Such is the case regarding the article by Dickert and colleagues in this issue, “Partnering with Patients to Bridge Gaps in Consent for Acute Care Research”, and the recent changes in the Common Rule relating to improving research consent.…
Full ArticleBrain Death Testing: Time for National Uniformity
How Bioethics and Case Law Diverge in Assessments of Mental Capacity: An Argument for a Narrative Coherence Standard
Principles of Biomedical Ethics: Marking Its Fortieth Anniversary
Older Teens’ Understanding and Perceptions of Risks in Studies With Genetic Testing: A Pilot Study
Exploring Understanding of “Understanding”: The Paradigm Case of Biobank Consent Comprehension
Preventive Misconception and Risk Behaviors in a Multinational HIV Prevention Trial
When Is It Ethical for Physician-Investigators to Seek Consent From Their Own Patients?
How can we think about the future of ethical gene therapy research and practice? Past medical practice has impeded these efforts. “Now, a fresh effort to cure Gelsinger’s disease is bearing fruit, in the latest sign of the field’s resurgence.”
Full Article“Vaccines represent a way to end the COVID-19 pandemic and protect individuals, so authorities would like people to sign up for them. But the shots come with risks that need to be communicated transparently to maintain trust and uphold scientific ethics”
Full Article“Germany has made a further step towards legal assisted suicide after the country’s doctors’ association deleted from its code of conduct a ban on the practice” What does this mean for the future of assisted suicide in Germany and in other countries?
Full ArticleThe J&J vaccine pause has been a source of recent debate and concern. “Use of the one-shot Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccine will resume within days, but with a warning added to its label about the risk for a rare blood-clotting disorder.”
Full Article“So, if you are or are not vaccinated can your boss know? The answer, despite a lot of rhetoric to the contrary, is yes.” Check out this opinion piece by Arthur Caplan on mandatory vaccination and employment, and how this reality may be one that manifests itself in many ways moving forward.
Full ArticleMixed messaging can cause problems in the pandemic. “Blood clot-scare risks setting vaccination campaigns back. Public confidence in the vaccine is plummeting in France, Germany and Spain.” What can we do to help this issue?
Full ArticleCan we imagine a new model for informed consent in primary care? Informed consent is a crucial aspect of patient autonomy and currently may be functioning with a wide variety across the United States. What model can address this?
Full ArticleCan we work faster to make vaccines? How can we get vaccines distributed across the world? What are the ethical challenges of vaccine distribution? All these questions need to be considered for what it takes to vaccinate the world against COVID-19.
Full Article“In a vision of bioethics that is oriented toward health justice, moving from crisis to repair will involve thinking beyond the border, to sustained practices of learning from migrant communities and from our colleagues in Global South.”
Full ArticleSurrogate decision-making process for incarcerated persons lack state/national standards. “Failure to address this inadequacy with well thought-out practical protocols further perpetuates the known disparities in care suffered by this group.”
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