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Screening
         

              Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Ethics of screening for asymptomatic herpes virus type 2 infection
Krantz I, Gun-Britt Lowhagen G-B, Ahlberg BM, et al  
BMJ  2004;329:618-621
 Paper		  
Patient Exploitation
 
          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
 Health, human rights, and the conduct of clinical research within oppressed populations.
Mills EJ, Singh S. 
Global Health. 2007 Nov 8;3(1):10
 Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Crossing professional boundaries in medicine: the slippery slope to patient sexual
exploitation.
Galletly CA. 
Med J Aust. 2004 Oct 4;181(7):380-3
 Paper
Refusal of Care/Services
 
          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Homeless persons' decisions to accept or reject public health disease-detection
services.
Swigart V, Kolb R.
Public Health Nurs. 2004 Mar-Apr;21(2):162-70
 Abstract
Detention
 

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Detention and the evolving threat of tuberculosis: evidence, ethics, and law.
Coker R, Thomas M, Lock K, Martin R. J Law Med Ethics. 2007 Winter;35(4):609-15.
Abstract
Compulsory Treatment
 

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Frontiers in care: a case of compulsory treatment in AIDS dementia. Case study and
commentaries.
Higgs R, Pinching AJ.
J Med Ethics 2000 Feb;26(1):61-5
Abstract
Decision-Making
 
          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Problems With Prioritization: Exploring Ethical Solutions to Inequalities in HIV Care.
Johansson KA, Norheim OF.
 Am J Bioeth. 2011 Dec;11(12):32-40.
 Abstract

Living with conflicts-ethical dilemmas and moral distress in the health care system.
Kalvemark S, Hoglund AT, Hansson MG, et al.
Soc Sci Med. 2004 Mar; 58(6): 1075-84
 Abstract

Internal and External Standards for Medical Morality.
Beauchamp TL
J Med Philos 2001 Dec;26(6):601-619
 Abstract
   
  The Internal Morality of Medicine: An Evolutionary Perspective.
Miller FG, Brody H. 
J Med Philos 2001 Dec;26(6):581-599
 Abstract
   
  The Internal Morality of Clinical Medicine: A Paradigm for the Ethics of the Helping and
Healing Professions.
Pellegrino ED.
J Med Philos 2001 Dec;26(6):559-579
 Abstract
   
  Ethical decision making and patient autonomy : A comparison of physicians and patients
in japan and the united states.
Ruhnke GW, Wilson SR, Akamatsu T, et al. 
Chest 2000 Oct;118(4):1172-82 
 Abstract

         Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
  Gray areas-ethics and boundaries for outreach workers
M Soto, K Mount
 (15IAC)
Abstract
Post-Exposure Prophylaxis following
Non-Occupational HIV Exposure
            Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Post-exposure prophylaxis following non-occupational exposure to HIV: risks, uncertainties,
and ethics.
Mackie NE, Coker RJ
Int J STD AIDS 2000 Jul;11(7):424-7
Abstract
   
  HIV post-exposure therapy for drug users in treatment.
O'Connor PG
J Subst Abuse Treat 2000 Jan;18(1):17-21
 Abstract
Names Reporting/ Partner Notification
 
           Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Support Among Persons Infected with HIV for Routine Health Department Contact
for HIV Partner Notification.
Golden MR, Hopkins SG, Morris M  
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2003 Feb 1;32(2):196-202
 Abstract		  
Transplants
         
General Reports

           Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
 The use of prisoners as sources of organs-an ethically dubious practice.
 Caplan A.
Am J Bioeth. 2011 Oct;11(10):1-5.
 Abstract

A WEEK IN REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
Ethical and scientific issues surrounding solid organ transplantation in HIV-positive patients:
Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
Christie T, Jiwani B, Asrat G, et al 
Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol. 2006 Jan;17(1):15-8.
 Abstract
 
Ethics of organ donation and transplantation involving prisoners: the debate extends
beyond our borders.
Westall GP, Komesaroff P, Gorton MW, Snell GI.
Intern Med J. 2008 Jan;38(1):56-9.
 Abstract
 
Organ transplantation using organs taken from executed prisoners in China--a call for the
cessation of Israeli participation in the process.  
Lavee J.
Lavee J.Harefuah. 2006 Oct;145(10):749-52,
 Abstract
 
Human organs, scarcities, and sale: morality revisited
Kishore RR  
J Med Ethics 2005;31 362-365
 Am J Transplant. 2005 Jun;5(6):1319-25
 Abstract

Determinants of Transplant Surgeons' Willingness to Provide Organs to Patients Infected
with HBV, HCV or HIV.
 Halpern SD, Asch DA, Shaked A, et al 
Am J Transplant. 2005 Jun;5(6):1319-25
 Abstract

HCV+ Patients   

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Hemodialysis patients with hepatitis C: should they be considered for renal transplant.
 Mansy H, El-Sherif M, El-Dusari MS, Faqeeh M.
 Saudi Med J. 2003 Jul;24 Suppl 2:S127-8.
 Abstract
 
HIV+ Patients   

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Ethical and scientific issues surrounding solid organ transplantation in HIV-positive patients:
Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
 Christie T, Jiwani B, Asrat G, et al 
Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol. 2006 Jan;17(1):15-8.
 Abstract
 

Should HIV-positive patients with lymphoma be offered stem cell transplants?
Krishnan A, Zaia J, Forman SJ.
Bone Marrow Transplant. 2003 Oct;32(8):741-8.
 Abstract
 
         Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
  The ethics of HIV and solid organ transplantation
Braff J
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
Reproductive Challenges
         
          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Taskforce 8: Ethics of medically assisted fertility treatment for HIV positive men and
women.
Shenfield F, Pennings G, Cohen J, 
Hum Reprod. 2004 Sep 30
 Abstract
End 0f Life Care
Provider-Assisted Suicide        
          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
End-of-life practices in palliative care: a cross sectional survey of physician members of the
German Society for Palliative Medicine.
Schildmann J, Hoetzel J, Mueller-Busch C, Vollmann J.
Palliat Med. 2010 Sep 6
 Abstract
 
Clinical decision making in palliative care and end of life care.
Mahon MM.
Nurs Clin North Am. 2010 Sep;45(3):345-62.
 Abstract
 
Research in end-of-life settings: an ethical inquiry.
LeBlanc TW, Wheeler JL, Abernethy AP.
J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother. 2010 Sep;24(3):244-50.
 Abstract

A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
Who Will Speak for Me? Improving End-of-Life Decision-Making for Adolescents With HIV
and Their Families.
Lyon ME, Garvie PA, McCarter R, et al
Pediatrics. 2009 Feb;123(2):e199-206.
 Abstract
 
Current Research Findings on End-of-Life Decision Making Among Racially or Ethnically
Diverse Groups.
Kwak J, Haley WE. 
Gerontologist. 2005 Oct;45(5):634-41.
 Abstract
 
Whose information is it anyway? Informing a 12-year-old patient of her terminal prognosis.
Goldie J, Schwartz L, Morrison J. 
J Med Ethics. 2005 Jul;31(7):427-34
 Abstract
 
Challenges in End-of-Life Care in the ICU: Statement of the 5th International Consensus
Conference in Critical Care: Brussels, Belgium, April 2003: Executive Summary.
Thompson BT, Cox PN, Antonelli M, et al
Crit Care Med. 2004 Aug;32(8):1781-1784
 Abstract

Challenges in end-of-life care in the ICU Statement of the 5th International Consensus
Conference in Critical Care: Brussels, Belgium, April 2003.
Carlet J, Thijs LG, Antonelli M, Cassell , et al
Intensive Care Med. 2004 Apr 20
 Abstract
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Twenty five years of requests for euthanasia and physician assisted suicide in Dutch
general practice: trend analysis
 R L Marquet, A Bartelds, G J Visser, et al.
BMJ 2003;327 201-202
 Paper
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
National survey of medical decisions at end of life made by New Zealand general practitioners
Mitchell K, Owens RG
BMJ 2003;327 202-203
 Paper
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Effects of euthanasia on the bereaved family and friends: a cross sectional study
Swarte NB,van der Lee ML, Johanna G van der Bom JG et al,
BMJ 2003;327 189-0
 Paper
 
Physician-assisted suicide in Oregon: what are the key factors?
Wineberg H, Werth JL Jr.
 Death Stud. 2003 Jul;27(6):501-18.
Abstract

Withholding life prolonging treatment, and self deception
G M Sayers and S Perera
 J Med Ethics 2002;28 347-3527
 Abstract

Assisting death or letting die? Withdrawing treatment at the patients' request.
 Baldwin A, Hurley C.
Nurs Crit Care 2002 Sep-Oct;7(5):241-6
 Abstract

"Choice" in end-of-life decision making: researching fact or fiction?
Drought TS, Koenig BA. 
Gerontologist 2002 Oct;42 Spec No 3:114-28
 Abstract

What's end of life got to do with it? Research ethics with populations at life's end.
Phipps EJ. 
Gerontologist 2002 Oct;42 Spec No 3:104-8
 Abstract

  
Enteral Nutrition
         

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Ethical and Legal Aspects of Enteral Nutrition.
Korner U, Bondolfi A, Buhler E, et al 
Clin Nutr. 2006 May 5;
 Abstract
 
Professional Associations
         

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Gaps, conflicts, and consensus in the ethics statements of professional associations,
medical groups, and health plans.
Berkman ND, Wynia MK, Churchill LR. et al
J Med Ethics. 2004 Aug;30(4):395-401
 Abstract		  
Physician Reimbursement
         

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Ethics, economics, and physician reimbursement.
Baily MA.
Mt Sinai J Med. 2004 Sep;71(4):231-5.
 Abstract		  
Bioterrorism
         
          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Ethical challenges in preparing for bioterrorism: barriers within the health care system.
Wynia MK, Gostin LO.
Am J Public Health. 2004 Jul;94(7):1096-102
 Abstract
HIV/AIDS Exceptionalism
         
          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Rethinking HIV exceptionalism: the ethics of opt-out HIV testing in sub-Saharan Africa.
April MD.
Bull World Health Organ. 2010 Sep 1;88(9):703-8
 Abstract

HIV exceptionalism, CD4+ cell testing, and conscientious subversion
Jansen LA 
J Med Ethics 2005;31 322-326
 Abstract
Pharmaceutical Industry
         
          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
Should patents for antiretrovirals be waived in the developing world?
Annual varsity medical debate - London, 21 January 2011.
Corrick F, Watson R, Budhdeo S.
Philos Ethics Humanit Med. 2011 Jul 8;6(1):13.
 Abstract

A WEEK IN REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
Institutional mistrust in the organization of pharmaceutical clinical trials.
Fisher JA.
Med Health Care Philos. 2008 Jul 17.
 Abstract
 
A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
Global health: the ethical responsibility of the pharmaceutical industry.
Lassen LC, Thomsen MK.   
Novo Nordisk, Novo Alle 1 Dan Med Bull. 2007 Feb;54(1):35-6.
 Abstract
 
A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
Conflicts of interest in clinical practice: Ethical analysis of some relationships with the
pharmaceutical industry.
Salas SP, Osorio F M, Vial C P
Rev Med Chil. 2006 Dec;134(12):1576-82.
 Abstract

Global health--the ethical responsibility of the pharmaceutical industry
Lassen LC, Thomsen MK.
Ugeskr Laeger. 2006 Sep 4;168(36):2994-5
 Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Pharmaceutical industry's corporate social responsibility towards HIV/AIDS
Khanna AK.
 J Postgrad Med. 2006 Jul-Sep;52(3):194-6.
Paper
 
Private-sector research ethics: marketing or good conflicts management?
Dresser R.
Theor Med Bioeth. 2006;27(2):115-39.
 Abstract
 
Intellectual property and pharmaceutical drugs: an ethical analysis.
De George RT.
Bus Ethics Q. 2005 Oct;15(4):549-75.
 Abstract
 
The UNESCO Bioethics Declaration 'social responsibility' principle and cost-effectiveness price
evaluations for essential medicines.
Faunce TA.
Monash Bioeth Rev. 2005 Jul;24(3):10-9.
 Abstract
 
The UK House of Commons report on the influence of the pharmaceutical industry: lessons for
equitable access to medicines in Australia.
Faunce TS, Tomossy GF.
Monash Bioeth Rev. 2005 Apr;24(2):38-42.
Abstract
 
The pharmaceutical industry's responsibility for protecting human subjects of
clinical trials in developing nations.
Columbia J Law Soc Probl. 2004 Fall;38(1):67-106
Kelleher F.
Abstract
 
A new model for drug discovery--meeting our societal obligation.
Stein RL.
Drug Discov Today. 2003 Mar 15;8(6):245-8.
Abstract
 
Accountability of the pharmaceutical industry.
Dukes MN.
 Lancet. 2002 Nov 23;360(9346):1682-4.
Abstract
 
Priceless goods: how should life-saving drugs be priced
Maitland I.
 Bus Ethics Q. 2002 Oct;12(4):451-80
 Abstract
 
          Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
  A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
Pharmaceutical practices, health equality, and work place ethics
BE Manning, CM Alcorn 
(134 APHA)
 Abstract
Hepatitis Seroprevalence Studies
         
          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Ethical issues about seroprevalence studies on viral hepatitis
Gaze R, Carvalho DM, Yoshida CF, et al
Rev Assoc Med Bras. 2006 May-Jun;52(3):162-9.
 Abstract
HIV Prevention
         
          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 2011 HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)—A Quantitative Ethics Appraisal.
Kokolo MB, Fergusson DA, Cameron DW,  et  al
PLoS ONE 6(8): e22497.
Paper

The obligation to provide antiretroviral treatment in HIV prevention trials.
 Lo B, Padian N, Barnes M. 
AIDS. 2007 Jun;21(10):1229-1231.
 Abstract
 
          Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
 
POSTER
 Saying 'no' to clinical research: Malawi's denial to study tenofovir PrEP
E. Chigwedere, M. Mkunthi, M. Ukpong, et al
(XVIII International AIDS Conference)
PDF Poster     Abstract

POSTER
Ethical appraisal of HIV oral pre-exposure prophylaxis trials: literature review and
proposed tool
M.B. Kokolo
(5th IAS Conference)
PDF Poster     Abstract

Revisiting the ethics of HIV prevention research in developing countries
Weijer C., LeBlanc G. 
(XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
Open Access
         
          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  FULL TEXT PDF ARTICLE
Ethics of open access to biomedical research: Just a special case of ethics of
open access to research.
Harnad S.
Philos Ethics Humanit Med. 2007 Dec 7;2(1):31
Commentary
Stigma
         
          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Stigma and the ethics of public health: not can we but should we.
Bayer R.  
Soc Sci Med. 2008 Aug;67(3):463-72
 Abstract
Executions
         
          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  The medical-legal quandary of healthcare in capital punishment: an ethical dilemma for the anesthesia provider.
Johnson KW.  
 AANA J. 2008 Dec;76(6):417-9.
 Abstract

 

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