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Thomas Johnson

Monash University
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    How Informed Is Online Informed Consent?
    with Connie K. Varnhagen, Matthew Gushta, Jason Daniels, Tara C. Peters, Neil Parmar, Danielle Law, Rachel Hirsch, and Bonnie Sadler Takach
    Ethics and Behavior 15 (1): 37-48. 2005.
    We examined participants' reading and recall of informed consent documents presented via paper or computer. Within each presentation medium, we presented the document as a continuous or paginated document to simulate common computer and paper presentation formats. Participants took slightly longer to read paginated and computer informed consent documents and recalled slightly more information from the paginated documents. We concluded that obtaining informed consent online is not substantially d…Read more
    Applied Ethics, MiscellaneousInternet EthicsPublic HealthInformed Consent in Medicine
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    Telling Stories: Metaphors of the Human Genome Project
    with Mary Rosner
    Hypatia 10 (4). 1995.
    Scientists of the Human Genome Project tend to rely on three metaphors to describe their work, each of which implicitly tells much the same story. Whether they claim to interpret the ultimate "book," to fix a flawed "machine," or to map a mysterious "wilderness," they invariably cast the researcher as one who dominates and exploits the Other. This essay, which explores the ways such a story conflicts with feminist values, proposes an alternative.
    Science and ValuesGenome ProjectFeminist Philosophy of ScienceFeminist EthicsFeminist Approaches to …Read more