Blar i Faculty of Medicine på tidsskrift "BMC Medical Ethics"
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Can clinical ethics committees be legitimate actors in bedside rationing?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-12-19)Background Rationing and allocation decisions at the clinical level – bedside rationing – entail complex dilemmas that clinicians and managers often find difficult to handle. There is a lack of mechanisms and aids for ... -
The challenge of community engagement and informed consent in rural Zambia: an example from a pilot study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-07-04)Background: There is a need for empirically based research on social and ethical challenges related to informed consent processes, particularly in studies focusing on adolescent sexual and reproductive health. In a pilot ... -
Clinical ethics dilemmas in a low-income setting - a national survey among physicians in Ethiopia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-09-13)Background Ethical dilemmas are part of medicine, but the type of challenges, the frequency of their occurrence and the nuances in the difficulties have not been systematically studied in low-income settings. The objective ... -
Community perspectives on randomisation and fairness in a cluster randomised controlled trial in Zambia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-12-21)Background: One important ethical issue in randomised controlled trials (RCTs) is randomisation. Relatively little is known about how participating individuals and communities understand and perceive central aspects of ... -
Huge variation in obtaining ethical permission for a non-interventional observational study in Europe
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-06-03)Background Ethical approval (EA) must be obtained before medical research can start. We describe the differences in EA for an pseudonymous, non-interventional, observational European study. Methods Sixteen European national ... -
Precision medicine and the principle of equal treatment: a conjoint analysis
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background: In precision medicine biomarkers stratify patients into groups that are offered different treatments, but this may conflict with the principle of equal treatment. While some patient characteristics are seen as ... -
Pursuing impact in research: towards an ethical approach
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background Research proactively and deliberately aims to bring about specific changes to how societies function and individual lives fare. However, in the ever-expanding field of ethical regulations and guidance for ... -
Roles and responsibilities of clinical ethics committees in priority setting
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-12-01)Background: Fair prioritization of healthcare resources has been on the agenda for decades, but resource allocation dilemmas in clinical practice remain challenging. Can clinical ethics committees (CECs) be of help? The ... -
Translational ethics: an analytical framework of translational movements between theory and practice and a sketch of a comprehensive approach
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-09-30)Background: Translational research in medicine requires researchers to identify the steps to transfer basic scientific discoveries from laboratory benches to bedside decision-making, and eventually into clinical practice. ... -
When the law makes doors slightly open: ethical dilemmas among abortion service providers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-09-05)Background: In 2005, Ethiopia changed its abortion law to curb its high maternal mortality. This has led to a considerable reduction in deaths from unsafe abortions. Abortion is now legal if the woman’s pregnancy is a ...