Biology

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Authors: Lewis, Stephen
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Teaching Philosophy
Abstract: This article introduces a method that engages students in self-generated discussions about scientifically recognized but philosophically complex terms such as 'disease' and 'health.' Through these discussions about these words, the ...
Year: 2005

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-07-14 16:55

Authors: National Academy of Engineering, Online Ethics Center
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This case addresses issues of peer review, the need for more explicit guidelines and the ethical dilemmas faced by reviewers when avoiding conflicts of interest and maintaining confidentiality. Commentaries Included Online...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/CMS/2963/rescases/gradres/gradresv2/review.aspx

Authors: Krimsky, Sheldon
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: A commentary discussing two case studies illustrating the complexities of the protection offered to whistleblowers in science that appear in the same volume of Science and Engineering Ethics, entitled "On the hazards of whistleblowe...
Year: 1995
DOI: 10.1007/BF02583250

Authors: Itai, K. ; Kosugi, S. ; Onishi, M. ; Tsuchiya, Y. ; Asai, A.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Journal of Medical Ethics
Abstract: This article reports on a survey that studied how how educators involved in the teaching of bioethics to healthcare university students in Japan would cope with ethical disagreement in the classroom, and to identify factors influenc...
Year: 2006

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

Authors: Kishore, R. R.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: This article looks at the adequacy of international guidelines on the use of human subjects in research, and their adequacy in protecting the poor against exploitation. The author concludes that given failure of ethical guidelines i...
Year: 2006
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-006-0017-8

Authors: Friedman, PJ ; Kalichman, Michael W.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Academic Medicine
Abstract: This survey, completed in 1990, looked at biomedical students' perceptions about unethical practices in research, and their own experiences with responsible conduct of research education. Of the over 500 students interviewed, aroun...
Year: 1992
URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1418260

Authors: Hillman, Harold
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: The concept of parafraud is described as "illogical or improper behaviour towards other peoples' views or publications," and 19 different kinds of common practices coming under this heading are listed. Ways of combating it are sugge...
Year: 1997
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-997-0003-9

Authors: Jones, Nancy L.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: This article presents a prototype code of ethics for life sciences research that outlines the goal for research in this field, and the social responsibilities associated with life sciences research. ...
Year: 2007
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-006-0007-x

Authors: National Academy of Engineering, Online Ethics Center ; National Academy of Engineering, Online Ethics Center
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A scenario that covers ethical issues that arise when people collaborate on research ideas....
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/CMS/2963/modindex/resethpages/creditcollab.aspx

Authors: Whittaker, Peter ; Santos, Heloisa G. dos ; Sakaguchi, Donald ; Pareja, Enrique ; Gouvenia, Maria M. C.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Mr. and Mrs. Smith went through in vitro fertilization a number of years ago and had a number of viable embryos kept frozen at their local hospital. A year later, both of the Smiths were killed in an automobile accident. Now, a re...
Year: 2004
URL: http://www.bioethics.iastate.edu/classroom/orphanembryos.html

Authors: Naylor, Gavin J. ; Mallapragada, Surya ; Health, Carol A. ; Hammerberg, Bruce ; Deaver, Emily ; Bristol, David ; Baldwin, Christopher ; Richardson, Elaine ; Wilson, Jim
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A series of short cases and discussion questions on organ transplantation in humans and animals. ...
Year: 2004
URL: http://www.bioethics.iastate.edu/classroom/organtransplants.html

Authors: Morris, Scott ; Mitcham, Carl ; Hardman, Lee ; Cavaletto, Cathy ; Bytnar, Pat ; Vigmostad, Karen E.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: While beginning work on a summer home on the Great Lakes, the developer is confronted by an ecologist who is worried that building the house will result in the destruction of one of the last stretches of undisturbed sand dunes on Mi...
Year: 1997
URL: http://www.bioethics.iastate.edu/classroom/summerhome.html

Authors: Newberry, Ruth ; Lane, T. J. ; Peyton, R. B.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: From 1994 to 1996, the USDA saw a rise in the number of Tuberculosis cases in wild deer. The case discusses some of the actions taken by Michigan authorities to help contain the problems, and the reactions of stakeholders, such as f...
Year: 2004

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-08-26 14:34

Authors: Freeman, Arthur Jr. ; Dunning, John B. ; Carroll, Natalie ; Halberg, Constance A. ; Morgan, Janice
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Case study discussing the ethics of reintroducing gray wolves to Yellowstone National Park. ...
Year: 1997
URL: http://www.bioethics.iastate.edu/classroom/graywolf.html

Authors: Fryer-Edwards, K ; Deming, N ; Robins, L ; Hopley, E ; Culver, J ; Starks, H ; Dudzinski, D ; Burke, W
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Academic Medicine
Abstract: This survey looked at how senior researchers respond to everyday ethical dilemmas that occur in research with human participants, and how education programs can be restructured to help new researchers effectively solve these dilemma...
Year: 2007
DOI: 10.1097/01.ACM.0000250028.51329.6b

Authors: Rickerl, Diane ; Tenore, Kenneth ; Boavida, Maria Jose ; Azeiteiro, Ulisses
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: When studying how the flourishing of a type of phytoplankton can cause fish to die, the researchers working on this project run into a number of problems, involving the publication of research data, and getting for federal funding f...
Year: 2004
URL: http://www.bioethics.iastate.edu/classroom/pfiesteriahysteria.html

Authors: Byron, Michael ; Barnbaum, Deborah R.
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: After introducing some of the main perspectives on ethics and ethical theories, this collection of readings covers various aspects of the use of human subjects in research - including readings on vulnerable populations, aspects of t...
Year: 2001

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-07-10 15:37

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

Authors: Edsall, John T.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: This article discusses some whistleblowing cases that occurred from 1960-1990, and highlights some of the difficulties and dangers they have faced, even though their actions have often been indispensable for the maintenance of hones...
Year: 1995
DOI: 10.1007/BF02583249

Authors: Maschke, Karen J.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: American Journal of Bioethics
Abstract: Discusses the impact of ethics education on scientific enterprise and the well-being of humans. Purpose of the February 1975 conference held by a group of molecular biologists in California; Factors that contributed to the developme...
Year: 2002

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-07-14 16:55

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

Authors: Clarkeburn, Henriikka ; Downie, J. Roger ; Matthew, Bob
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Teaching in Higher Education
Abstract: The article describes the development of a ethics program for inclusion into the life science curriculum at the University of Glasgow. The key aims of this program was to support the development of students' ethical sensitivity and ...
Year: 2002
DOI: 10.1080/13562510120100391

Authors: Ajuwon, AJ ; Kass, Nancy E.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: BMC Medical Ethics
Abstract: In many cases, access to training in research ethics is limited due to a weak social, economic, and health infrastructure. The article describes a project to develop the capacity of academic staff of the College of Medicine, Univers...
Year: 2008
URL: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6939/9/1
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6939-9-1