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23An Alternative University-Wide Model for the Ethical Review of Human Subject ResearchResearch Ethics 2 (2): 47-50. 2006.This paper is, in part, a response to the model of university-based human subjects ethics review described by Bryn Williams-Jones and Soren Holm in Research Ethics Review [1] and the current ethical review process at the University of Ulster [2]. In this paper the two predominant systems of ethical review within UK universities are described. It is argued that each of these systems has significant deficiencies. Having suggested why these two models are less than ideal, a “third way’ of ethical r…Read more
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23We could be heroes: ethical issues with the pre-recruitment of research participantsJournal of Medical Ethics 41 (7): 557-558. 2015.
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22The challenge of "sperm ships": the need for the global regulation of medical technologyJournal of Medical Ethics 34 (7): 552-556. 2008.This paper discusses the notion of using international shipping legislation to provide healthcare technologies to inhabitants of a country on a ship in international waters based just outside the country’s border. This allows technologies that would otherwise be unavailable, regulated or banned to the citizens of a particular nation to be available, just offshore. This is because in international waters ships are governed by the laws of their home nation not those they are nearby. We focus on th…Read more
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21Bioethics and vulnerability: A latin american view – by Florencia LunaDeveloping World Bioethics 8 (3): 242-243. 2008.No Abstract
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20Is There a Case for a Distinction Between Ethics and Policy?American Journal of Bioethics 10 (6): 24-25. 2010.
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20Eyes wide shut: Ethical issues in avoiding the need for disclosure of incidental findings in researchResearch Ethics 11 (3): 122-123. 2015.
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16Can research ethics committees stop unethical international trials?Research Ethics 10 (2): 66-68. 2014.
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13Can the Regulatory Response to SUPPORT be Supported?American Journal of Bioethics 13 (12): 37-39. 2013.No abstract
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13Placebos and Moral Perils for ParticipantsResearch Ethics 2 (2): 71-72. 2006.Research ethics committees should ensure that there has been a direct enquiry into research participants' moral and spiritual beliefs so as to ensure that volunteers are not inadvertently being led into doing things that might contravene their beliefs.
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12Who Cares? Human Rights, Dignity and Ethics in Research AREC Conference, Birmingham, March 2008Research Ethics 4 (2): 83-84. 2008.
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12Using the community of inquiry methodology in teaching bioethics: a focus on skills developmentMonash Bioethics Review 27 (1-2): 33-41. 2008.The community of inquiry methodology was developed by Professor Matthew Lipman to enable the teaching of philosophy in schools. Lipman felt that inquiry-based learning was essential in schools because:Education should empower children to be thoughtful about the lives they lead, and doing philosophy is important to that goalThe community of inquiry is a powerful pedagogical tool to foster student engagement, critical thinking, and collaborative and affective skills development As such it can be u…Read more
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12Is there a need for global health ethics? For and againstIn S. R. Benatar & Gillian Brock (eds.), Global Health and Global Health Ethics, Cambridge University Press. 2011.
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10The Roles of Research Ethics Committees: Implications for MembershipResearch Ethics 3 (1): 24-26. 2007.In this brief paper I intend to make some distinctions between the activities that research ethics committees are required to undertake as part of their role in protecting research participants. These functions are, identifying ethical issues and risks within research projects, providing advice on how to resolve these issues and risks without compromising the validity of the research and finally, when this cannot be achieved, deciding whether the research should still be allowed to go ahead. Dis…Read more
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7forthcoming in Journal of Philosophical Research. This paper argues against David Armstrong’s view that singular beliefs are not dispositions. It also begins to develop the view that self-conscious belief is a matter of belief revision.
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6Bioethics and Vulnerability: A Latin American View – By Florencia Luna (review)Developing World Bioethics 8 (3): 242-243. 2008.
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4Ethical Issues in Emergency ResearchResearch Ethics 5 (3): 125-126. 2009.This study appeared in full in the last issue of Research Ethics Review : 83). Based on prior research that has indicated it may be beneficial, a researcher wants to administer a heart medication to patients who have suffered lung injuries in car crashes. Due to the emergency nature of the research, seeking consent either from the research participants or, at least initially, their next of kin is difficult.
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2Book ReviewBiomedical Research and Beyond: Expanding the Ethics of Inquiry: TollefsenChristopher O.; Publishe by Routledge, 2007. ISBN 9780415961165 Price £60.00 (review)Research Ethics 4 (3): 121-121. 2008.
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1Are New Genetic Technologies Unlucky for Luck EgalitarianismEthical Perspectives 19 (1): 33-54. 2012.New genetic technologies can not only be used to ‘cure’ many significant healthcare conditions, but at least potentially they can be used in ways that either change the user’s identity significantly and/or cause a different person to come into existence. It might be argued that these technologies present a challenge for Luck Egalitarians – the essence of this challenge being the claim that, given a commitment towards luck neutralisation, a Luck Egalitarian ought to be committed to equalisation o…Read more
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Directives for Knowledge and BeliefIn Daniel Whiting, Conor McHugh & Jonathan Way (eds.), Normativity: Epistemic and Practical. 2018.
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