Scanning the body, sequencing the genome: Dealing with unsolicited findings [0.03%]
身体扫描，基因测序：如何应对意外发现
Roel H P Wouters,Candice Cornelis,Ainsley J Newson et al.
Roel H P Wouters et al.
The introduction of novel diagnostic techniques in clinical domains such as genomics and radiology has led to a rich ethical debate on how to handle unsolicited findings that result from these innovations. Yet while unsolicited findings ari...
Comparative Study
Bioethics. 2017 Nov;31(9):648-656. DOI:10.1111/bioe.12375 2017
A prospectus for ethical analysis of ageing individuals' responsibility to prevent cognitive decline [0.03%]
伦理分析老年人预防认知衰退责任的纲要
Cynthia Forlini,Wayne Hall
Cynthia Forlini
As the world's population ages, governments and non-governmental organizations in developed countries are promoting healthy cognitive ageing to reduce the rate of age-related cognitive decline and sustain economic productivity in an ageing ...
Phil Torres
Phil Torres
In Unfit for the Future, Ingmar Persson and Julian Savulescu argue that our collective existetial predicment is unprecedentedly dangerous due to climate change and terrorism. Given these global risks to human prosperity and survival, Persso...
Kenneth A Richman,Raya Bidshahri
Kenneth A Richman
Whether to treat autism as exculpatory in any given circumstance appears to be influenced both by models of autism and by theories of moral responsibility. This article looks at one particular combination of theories: autism as theory of mi...
Jake Earl,Colin Hickey,Travis N Rieder
Jake Earl
Several philosophers have recently argued that policies aimed at reducing human fertility are a practical and morally justifiable way to mitigate the risk of dangerous climate change. There is a powerful objection to such "population engine...
Angela Ballantyne
Angela Ballantyne
Paul Baines
Paul Baines
Medical decisions for children are usually justified by the claim that they are in a child's best interests. More recently, following criticisms of the best interests standard, some advocate that the family's interests should influence medi...
Ethical issues raised by thyroid cancer overdiagnosis: A matter for public health? [0.03%]
甲状腺癌过诊断带来的伦理问题：公共卫生的问题吗？
Wendy A Rogers,Wendy L Craig,Vikki A Entwistle
Wendy A Rogers
Current practices of identifying and treating small indolent thyroid cancers constitute an important but in some ways unusual form of overdiagnosis. Overdiagnosis refers to diagnoses that generally harm rather than benefit patients, primari...
Paul Macneill
Paul Macneill
This article is critical of "bioethics" as it is widely understood and taught, noting in particular an emphasis given to philosophical justification, reason and rationality. It is proposed that "balancing" bioethics be achieved by giving gr...
Florencia Luna
Florencia Luna
This article focuses on the initial reactions to the Zika epidemic by national and international public health agencies. It presents and analyzes some responses public officials made about sexual and reproductive health at the inception of ...