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1The ethical foundations of patient-centered care in aesthetic medicinePhilosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine 19 (1): 1-7. 2024.This article addresses some critical aspects of the relationship between aesthetic medicine (AM) and ethics and proposes a possible deontological ethical line to pursue based on current practices. The role of AM has always been controversial and suffers from unclear practical and moral boundaries, even within academic settings, since it aims to improve the appearance of individuals, not to cure a disease. Today, it is essential and pertinent to discuss these issues, as AM specialists are dealing…Read more
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6The ethical foundations of patient-centered care in aesthetic medicinePhilosophy, Ethics and Humanities in Medicine 19 (1): 1-7. 2024.This article addresses some critical aspects of the relationship between aesthetic medicine (AM) and ethics and proposes a possible deontological ethical line to pursue based on current practices. The role of AM has always been controversial and suffers from unclear practical and moral boundaries, even within academic settings, since it aims to improve the appearance of individuals, not to cure a disease. Today, it is essential and pertinent to discuss these issues, as AM specialists are dealing…Read more
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19Master in “Clinical Bioethics Consultation”: an Italian training program for Clinical Ethics ConsultantsInternational Journal of Ethics Education 2 (1): 49-56. 2016.A Second level Master in “Clinical Bioethics Consultation” has been organized in Italy to offer an opportunity to offer an adequate training to carry out an ethics consultation in different health fields. The master has been promoted and realized by different institutions: Catholic University of Sacred Hearth in Rome, Insubria University in Varese, “Federico II” University in Naples, Lanza Foundation in Padua and the Local Health and Social Care Unit n.7 in Veneto Region. The aim of the master i…Read more
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22Editor’s Note: Journal of Clinical Research & BioethicsJournal of Clinical Research and Bioethics 8 (3). 2017.
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49Research Ethics Committee Auditing: The Experience of a University Hospital (review)HEC Forum 25 (3): 257-268. 2013.The authors report the first Italian experience of a research ethics committee (REC) audit focused on the evaluation of the REC’s compliance with standard operating procedures, requirements in insurance coverage, informed consent, protection of privacy and confidentiality, predictable risks/harms, selection of subjects, withdrawal criteria and other issues, such as advertisement details and justification of placebo. The internal audit was conducted over a two-year period (March 2009–February 201…Read more
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34Outlining ethical issues in nanotechnologiesBioethics 23 (7): 394-402. 2008.ABSTRACT Nanotechnologies are an expression of the human ability to control and manipulate matter on a very small scale. Their use will enable an even and constant monitoring of human organisms, in a new and perhaps less invasive way. Debates at all levels – national, European and international – have pointed out the common difficulty of giving a complete, clear definition of nanotechnologies. This is primarily due to the variety of their components, to the fact that there is not just one techno…Read more
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54Objective Reasons for Conscientious Objection in Health CareThe National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly 12 (4): 611-620. 2012.Conscientious objection in the health care field—that is, refusal on the part of a medical professional to perform or cooperate in a procedure when it violates his or her conscience—is a growing concern for international legislators and a source of contentious debates among ethicists and the general public. Recognizing a general right to conscientious objection based on individual liberty, and thus a subjective right, could have negative consequences. Conscientious objection in health care setti…Read more
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29Centrarse en la práctica”: ética clínica de consulta en un caso de trasplante hepático ortotópicoPersona y Bioética 20 (1): 70-76. 2016.The contribution describes a case report addressed in 2011 by the clinical ethics consultation service team of the Institute of Bioethics and Medical Humanities at the “Agostino Gemelli” School of Medicine of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome. The clinical case regards ethical dilemmas about the patient’s prospects for receiving an orthotopic liver transplant, because she was a non-resident and lacked a caregiver to assist her during the follow-up period, as well as a place to stay …Read more
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Università Cattolica del Sacro CuoreRegular Faculty
Areas of Specialization
Applied Ethics |
Normative Ethics |
Areas of Interest
Applied Ethics |
Normative Ethics |