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Ethics
Mercer Gary
Summary: Contemporary critical approaches to bioethics are increasingly based on relationality, but there is confusion due to the diverse theoretical lineages of relational approaches. This article identifies four key differences among commonly referenced relational approaches, which have consequences for their usage in academic and clinical bioethics. These differences are related to various objects of critique within mainstream bioethics and imply distinct metaethical commitments. The author suggests caution in combining relational approaches from different lineages, but also acknowledges their potential usefulness as lenses in bioethical theories, drawing on Susan Sherwin's perspective.
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Ying Ma
Summary: STEM education in China is currently policy and economy-driven, but should be reframed to include dimensions of life, ethics, and history. Teachers and educators should reconsider STEM education and conduct critical research from an interdisciplinary perspective.
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Health Care Sciences & Services
Julie W. Childers, Robert Arnold
Summary: This article discusses the impact of family influence on medical decision-making, noting that many individuals consider their family members' opinions and well-being when making decisions. It points out that family decision-making norms vary and statements from family members may reflect grief rather than true values or intent.
JOURNAL OF PAIN AND SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT
(2021)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Tomas Pernecky
Summary: This paper explores the potential of relational thought to critically examine various detrimental patterns in tourism that negatively impact individuals, communities, other species, and the environment. It discusses the need for transformation in areas such as unsustainable growth, colonial dominance, environmental disregard, gender inequality, and injustices. The paper introduces the concept of critico-relational inquiry and its relevance to sustainability and critical scholarship, offering new vocabulary to enhance the examination of relations. It suggests that critico-relational inquiry can be a viable strategy for transitioning towards sustainable alternatives and plays a crucial role in future sustainability and critical studies.
JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE TOURISM
(2023)
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Communication
Kristen L. Cole
Summary: Through autoethnographic analysis, the author presents their personal illness story as a case study in patient consent, exploring the complexities that arise at the intersection of gender and health. Reflecting on ideological and systemic factors, the author considers the paradox of consent versus noncompliance in US healthcare contexts, offering alternative options to facilitate patients' agency in gendered health contexts.
HEALTH COMMUNICATION
(2021)
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Economics
Johannes Glueckler, Richard Shearmur, Kirsten Martinus
Summary: This article reconstructs discussions of periphery in the context of the geography of firm-level innovation, arguing for a relational definition of periphery as a distant, dispersed, and disconnected position relative to a core within a field. The authors propose a dual core-periphery framework that combines geographic and network dimensions to scrutinize the role of periphery in innovation processes. Although focused on the geography of innovation, this framework can be applied more broadly to discussions of peripherality.
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
(2023)
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Ethics
Sara Kolmes, Christine Ha, Jordan Potter
Summary: This paper discusses the important dilemmas that arise when providing care to patients from cultures with non-individualistic conceptions of autonomy. It focuses on the challenge faced by medical professionals when families request that patients be kept unaware of bad medical news. The case study highlights the importance of determining a patient's values and respecting their autonomy, even if it means limiting their own autonomy. The ethical approach centers on the patient's values rather than the family's or care team's, ensuring appropriate care.
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Ethics
Sabine Salloch, Frank Ursin
Summary: This article explores the prospects of the emerging field of digital bioethics, which includes empirical digital bioethics and argumentative digital bioethics. The article focuses on the disciplinary boundaries, chances and challenges, and potentially undesirable developments of the research field, and provides concrete suggestions for future debates and measures.
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Clinical Neurology
Taslim Uddin, M. A. Shakoor, Farooq A. Rathore, Mohamed Sakel
Summary: This study aims to identify the ethical issues and dilemmas faced by rehabilitation professionals in low and lower-middle-income countries (LMICs) when delivering services to individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI). By conducting small group discussions and an online literature search, the study found that the ethical dilemmas encountered by rehabilitation professionals in LMICs are different from those reported in Western and developed countries.
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Ethics
Graziani Izidoro Ferreira, Laryssa Bezerra da Silva, Andre Di Carlo Araujo Duarte, Cesar Oliveira, Dirce Guilhem
Summary: This study aimed to analyze women's autonomy in induced childbirth through an electronic questionnaire survey of 383 participants. The results showed that 28.8% underwent induced labor, with oxytocin being the most commonly used method.
REVISTA COLOMBIANA DE BIOETICA
(2021)
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Ethics
Jesper Ahlin Marceta
Summary: The commentary criticizes Ahlzen's article for its shortcomings in addressing the moral issue and the concept of authenticity, arguing that he neglects central contributions to the philosophy of authenticity, presents an internally inconsistent theory, and conflates crucial distinctions in the debate.
MEDICINE HEALTH CARE AND PHILOSOPHY
(2021)
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Ethics
Thi Dung Le, Shih-Chun Lin, Mei-Chih Huang, Sheng-Yu Fan, Chi-Yin Kao
Summary: This study conducted a meta-synthesis to explore the impact of relational factors on medical decision-making in adults. The findings suggest that establishing supportive relationships, including between individuals, healthcare providers, and families, is crucial in the decision-making process. Healthcare providers should appreciate an individual's values and preferences and incorporate them into decision recommendations.
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Ravichandran Moorthy, Sarjit S. Gill, Sivapalan Selvadurai, Angelina Gurunathan
Summary: This paper examines the ethical issues arising in Malaysia's COVID-19 vaccination discourse, focusing on vaccine justice and the principle of 'respect for autonomy'. Despite shortcomings in the immunization process, most Malaysians remain optimistic and supportive of the government's initiatives. The paper highlights the importance of building public trust and suggests that health agencies should make efforts to inform the public about the benefits and risks of vaccines, as well as the transparency of immunization processes.
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Ethics
Daniel A. Wilkenfeld, Grace Campbell
Summary: This study argues that there are serious deficits in the process of obtaining informed consent in medical interventions, with the proposal that the responsibility of obtaining informed consent should be shifted from physicians to nurses in order to address issues related to patient's lack of appropriate cognitive state during interventions.
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Ethics
S. Wallaert, S. Segers
Summary: This article expands on Della Croce's ambition to interpret epistemic injustice as a specification of non-maleficence within the influential four-principle framework. While commendable, both Della Croce's attempt and our critique of it remain tentative. However, the article takes on the challenge to critically address two main points: broadening the analysis to include deliberations about hermeneutical injustice and exploring the potential moral responsibilities beyond the individual level.
JOURNAL OF BIOETHICAL INQUIRY
(2023)