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Modern Medicine and Biotechnology: An Ethical Conflict of Interest?

Authors: Jansen, Brigitte
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: When confronting the issues related to developments in modern medicine and biotechnology, we must repeatedly ask ourselves anew what can and cannot be justified in an ethical sense. For radically new ethical questions seem to arise ...
Year: 2002
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-002-0051-0

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-07-13 15:38

Research Ethics: Beyond the Guidelines

Authors: Moellendorf, Darrel ; Jenkins, Trefor ; Schüklenk, Udo
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Developing World Bioethics
Abstract: Offers teaching materials on bioethics. Issues of confidentiality, informed consent, privacy and the question of abortion; Ethically relevant information about the social context in which the problems occur....
Year: 2001
DOI: 10.1111/1471-8847.00008

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-07-13 15:38

Discourse and Moral Responsibility in Biotechnical Communication

Authors: Jamieson, Dale
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: The author discusses public debates on biotechnological innovations, and how they are unlikely to affect how innovations in this field move forward. He argues that we are too ignorant of the consequences of these scientific advance...
Year: 2000

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-07-13 15:33

Individual, Family, and Societal Dimensions of Genetic Discrimination: A Case Study Analysis

Authors: Geller, Lisa N. ; Billings, Paul R. ; Alper, Joseph S.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: This article reports on the findings of a survey looking at genetic descrimination, or the the differential treatment of individuals based on real or perceived differences in their genomes, The researchers looked into 206 cases of a...
Year: 1996
DOI: 10.1007/BF02639319

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-07-13 15:20

The Role of Databank Managers As Guardians of Public Interests: Commentary on 'Strategies for Consulting with the Community: The Cases of Four Large-Scale Databanks'

Authors: Geller, Lisa N.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: Discusses the responsibilities of a genetic data bank manager to donors and the community, response to article, 'Strategies for Consulting with the Community: The Cases of Four Large-Scale Databanks'...
Year: 2004
DOI: http://www.springerlink.com/content/t4wm2222754w1473/

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-07-13 15:20

Ethical Issues in Biomedical Research: Perceptions and Practices of Postdoctoral Research Fellows Responding to a Survey

Authors: Derish, Pamela ; Eastwood, Susan ; Leash, Evangeline
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: This article reports on the results of a survey of postdoctoral fellows asking about their perception of ethical matters related to biomedical research and publishing. Around eighteen percent responded that they ahd taken a course ...
Year: 1996
DOI: 10.1007/BF02639320

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-07-13 15:12

A Metadisciplinary Course as a Means of Incorporating Applied Ethics into the Undergraduate Curriculum

Authors: Stern, Judy E. ; Green, Ronald M. ; Cramer, Catherine P.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Teaching Philosophy
Abstract: Describes a multidisciplinary course taught at Dartmouth College focusing on the scientific, ethical and social implications of new assisted reproductive technologies. The course was co-taught by a clinical reproductive biologist, a...
Year: 1998

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-07-13 15:09

Ethico-Legal Issues in Biomedicine Patenting: A Patent Professional Viewpoint

Authors: Crespi, R. Stephen
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: The author discusses the debate over the ethical implications of allowing patents for biological materials and processes. While most people see no major problems trademarks, copyrights, and other forms of intellectual property righ...
Year: 2005
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-005-0064-6

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-07-13 15:09

Neuroimaging research with children: ethical issues and case scenarios

Authors: Coch, Donna
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Journal of Moral Education
Abstract: The author introduces two fictional case scenarios to help highlight some of the ethical issues raised in neuroimaging research with children. Developmental and educational researchers need to be aware of the ethical quandaries inh...
Year: 2007

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-07-13 15:09

Funding, Objectivity and the Socialization of Medical Research

Authors: Brown, James Robert
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: There has been a sharp rise in private funding of medical research, especially in relation to patentable products. Several serious problems with this are described. To help alleviate these problems, the author offers a solution that...
Year: 2002
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-002-0048-8

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-07-10 16:03

Ethics and Patentability in Biotechnology

Authors: Witek, Rafal
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: The article discusses questions about the morality of patenting biotechnological inventions. Looking at recent events in Europe, the author concludes that patent law is not the right place to legislate the consequences of the morali...
Year: 2005
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-005-0062-8

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-09-14 13:52

Ethical Questions in the Age of the New Eugenics

Authors: Wiener, Neil I. ; Wiesenthal, David L.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: The ethical concepts of beneficence, avoidance of maleficence, autonomy, and equity are discussed in terms of aspects of the Human Genome Project. One major issue is the need for an ethical system available to health consumers that ...
Year: 1999
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-999-0029-2

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-09-14 13:52

Property Rights and Genetic Engineering: Developing Nations at Risk

Authors: Shrader-Frechette, Kristin Sharon
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: The author argues that genetically engineers seeds, while cutting labor costs, can cause major problems in developing nations, including food shortages, food shortages, unemployment, resistant weeds, and extinction of native cultiv...
Year: 2005
URL: http://www.nd.edu/~kshrader/pubs/gen-eng-KSF-2005.pdf

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-09-14 13:31

Modern Medicine and Biotechnology: An Ethical Conflict of Interest?

Authors: Jansen, Brigitte
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: The author looks at recent developments in modern medicine and biotechnology, and looks at the question of what techniques and treatments, such as stem cell research or preimplantation diagnosis, can be justified ethically, as well...
Year: 2002
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-002-0051-0

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-09-14 13:09

Science and Socially Responsible Freedom

Authors: Askland, Andrew
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science & Engineering Ethics
Abstract: The author presents comments on the article "Cognitive Enhancement: Methods, Ethics, Regulatory Challenges," which was written by N. Bostrom and A. Sandberg and published in this issue. He maintains that recurrent efforts to restric...
Year: 2009
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-009-9132-7