Thomas Douglas,Katrien Devolder
Thomas Douglas
We seek to develop a plausible conception of genetic parenthood, taking a recent discussion by Heidi Mertes as our point of departure. Mertes considers two conceptions of genetic parenthood-one invoking genetic resemblance and the other gen...
Deceased-directed donation: Considering the ethical permissibility in a multicultural setting [0.03%]
多元文化背景下的遗体捐献伦理许可性研究
Andria Bianchi,Rebecca Greenberg
Andria Bianchi
This paper explores the ethics of deceased-directed donation (DDD) and brings a unique perspective to this issue-the relevance of providing family-centered care and culturally sensitive care to deceased donors, potential recipients, and the...
Uterus transplantation as radical reproduction: Taking the adoption alternative more seriously [0.03%]
子宫移植作为激进的生育方式：更认真地看待收养这一选择
Mianna Lotz
Mianna Lotz
This paper urges reconsideration of analyses of the alternatives to reproductive uterus transplantation (UTx). I focus here specifically on the adoption alternative. Importantly, my purpose is not to oppose UTx provision. Rather, it is to p...
David Merry,Christoph Schickhardt,Katja Mehlis et al.
David Merry et al.
Molecular tumour boards (MTBs) offer recommendations for potentially effective, but potentially burdensome, molecularly targeted treatments to a patient's treating physician. In this paper, we discuss the question of who is responsible for ...
Conscientious objection in healthcare: How much discretionary space best supports good medicine? [0.03%]
医疗保健中的良心拒斥：多少酌情空间最有利于良好的医学实践？
Doug McConnell
Doug McConnell
Daniel Sulmasy has recently argued that good medicine depends on physicians having a wide discretionary space in which they can act on their consciences. The only constraints Sulmasy believes we should place on physicians' discretionary spa...
Eric Lee
Eric Lee
Some worry that offering too much money to participate in medical research can seduce people into participating against their better judgment. These overly attractive offers that impair judgment are often referred to as 'undue inducements'....
Reuven Brandt
Reuven Brandt
The Institute of Medicine has recently endorsed arguments put forward by John Appleby calling for mandatory sex selection against female offspring in the initial trials of mitochondrial replacement techniques. In this paper I argue that, de...
Humanitarian medical aid to the Syrian people: Ethical implications and dilemmas [0.03%]
叙利亚人民的人道主义医疗援助：伦理影响及困境
Salman Zarka,Morshid Farhat,Tamar Gidron
Salman Zarka
Medical professionals providing humanitarian aid in times of crisis face complicated ethical and clinical challenges. Today, humanitarian aid is given in accordance with existing guidelines developed by international humanitarian organizati...
Tu Youyou winning the Nobel Prize: Ethical research on the value and safety of traditional Chinese medicine [0.03%]
屠呦呦获诺贝尔奖：注重价值与安全性的中医药伦理研究
Wei-Rong Zheng,En-Chang Li,Song Peng et al.
Wei-Rong Zheng et al.
In 2015, the Chinese pharmacologist, Tu Youyou, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of artemisinin. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) was the source of inspiration for Tu's discovery and provides an opp...
David Hershenov
David Hershenov
Material property has traditionally been conceived of as separable from its owner and thus alienable in an exchange. So it seems that you could sell your watch or even your kidney because it can be removed from your wrist or abdomen and tra...