Health
Call to action for research ethics in the time of COVID-19 and BLM
Several University of Illinois Chicago faculty members have addressed the issue of how to ethically conduct research with Black populations.
Feb 19, 2021
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Journal of Medical Ethics
- Publisher
- BMJ Group
- Country
- United Kingdom
- History
- 1975-present
- Website
- http://jme.bmj.com/
- Impact factor
- 1.20 (2009)
Vaccination
It's morally wrong for rich nations to hoard COVID-19 vaccine
Rich nations should not engage in "vaccine nationalism" and keep the COVID-19 vaccine to themselves when poorer nations need them, according to Nicole Hassoun, professor of philosophy at Binghamton University, State University ...
Feb 16, 2021
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Extend 14-day human embryo research limit to 28 days, urges ethicist
It's time to extend the legal limit on human embryo research from 14 to 28 days, because technology and knowledge have moved on during the 40 years since it was introduced, urges a leading ethicist in the Journal of Medical ...
Feb 01, 2021
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Other
Frozen egg wastage prompts calls for women to donate unused eggs
Current estimates suggest that less than one in five women who freeze their eggs will return to use them later. With more women needing donor eggs to conceive—often sourced from overseas countries—researchers are encouraging ...
Jan 11, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Immunity passports: Ethical conflict and opportunity
Immunity passports are a means of registering whether an individual has developed immunity to COVID-19 and is therefore unlikely to either catch or spread the disease. They may take the form of certificates, bracelets, mobile ...
Dec 04, 2020
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Health
Design and market sexbots for older adults with disabilities, argues ethicist
The sexbot industry should include older adults with disabilities in the design and marketing of its products, to support their emotional health and wellbeing and help counter ageism and stereotyping, argues an ethicist in ...
Nov 16, 2020
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Health
Pay people to get COVID-19 jab to ensure widespread coverage, says leading ethicist
Governments should consider incentivising people to get a COVID-19 jab, when the vaccine becomes available, to achieve the required level of herd immunity—which could be up to 80%+ of the population—and stamp out the ...
Nov 05, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID-19 pandemic has created flood of potentially substandard research
The COVID-19 pandemic has created a flood of potentially substandard research amid the rush to publish, with a string of papers retracted or under a cloud and a surge in submissions to pre-print servers where fewer quality ...
Oct 01, 2020
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Vaccination
COVID-19 vaccine development: New guidelines for ethical approach to infecting trial volunteers
Allowing consenting volunteers to be deliberately infected with COVID-19 for the purposes of developing a vaccine could be done ethically and potentially speed up its development, a University of Warwick researcher has argued ...
May 28, 2020
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Health
Patient notes could offer solution to the 'missing' coronavirus diagnoses
GP's notes currently unavailable to medical researchers could provide clues to help manage major health crises—like COVID-19.
May 26, 2020
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