Project MUSE®: Asian Bioethics Review - Latest Articles
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Project MUSE®: Latest articles in Asian Bioethics Review.daily12026-05-15T00:00:00-05:00text/htmlen-USInaugural edition (2008); Vol. 1 (2009) - vol. 8 (2016)Latest Articles: Asian Bioethics ReviewTWOProject MUSE®Asian Bioethics Review1793-94531793-8759Latest articles in Asian Bioethics Review. Feed provided by Project MUSE®Critical Reflection Revisited
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/643880
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This issue of the Asian Bioethics Review marks a crucial transition. Professor Leonardo de Castro, who has been the journal’s founding Editor-in-Chief, and Mrs Sally Campbell, its Managing Editor, have retired from their respective positions. Under their nearly decade-long leadership, the Asian Bioethics Review has become one of the most visible scholarly publications in the region and among the most cited journals on bioethics internationally. Despite these changes, Asian Bioethics Review remains the flagship publication of Centre for Biomedical Ethics of Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore. The Editorial Board and the Centre wish to record their deep indebtedness and gratitude to
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-15T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/538/image/coversmallCritical Reflection Revisited2016-12-29text/htmlen-USCritical Reflection Revisited2016-12-292016TWOProject MUSE®90452026-05-15T00:00:00-05:002016-12-29Physicians in Cyberspace: Finding Boundaries
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/643881
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Social media, particularly Facebook, is a popular tool among medical professionals all over the world and Pakistanis are no exception. Facebook originated as a social media application targeted at university students in Boston in 2004 but opened up to the general public in 2006.1 With currently over 500 million users worldwide, there are over 23 million Facebook subscribers in Pakistan according to a report.2 In addition to purely personal social interactions, such media is also being used for a variety of professional and educational interactions, so much so that the term “social” media seems like a misnomer.There are no estimates available regarding healthcare professionals on Facebook in Pakistan. It can be
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-15T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/538/image/coversmallPhysicians in Cyberspace: Finding Boundaries2016-12-29text/htmlen-USPhysicians in Cyberspace: Finding Boundaries2016-12-292016TWOProject MUSE®842052026-05-15T00:00:00-05:002016-12-29Terminal Discharges and Passive Euthanasia—Two Fundamentally Different Entities That Should Not Be Likened to Each Other
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/643882
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Terminal Discharges (TDs) or “Rapid Discharges” within the palliative medicine setting sees terminally ill patients being discharged from institutional care to their preferred place of care.1 Such patients suffer from advanced cancer or organ failure. In Singapore, the most frequent destination for a TD is the patient’s home.Typically, the decision for TD are made on very short notice. As such, there may be little time to determine futility before important treatments are ceased. As both Passive Euthanasia (PE) and TD may involve withdrawal of treatment, parallels may be drawn between the two. However, in a TD, the aim is to realise a very specific goal of dying at home for a patient whose death is imminent.
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-15T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/538/image/coversmallTerminal Discharges and Passive Euthanasia—Two Fundamentally Different Entities That Should Not Be Likened to Each Other2016-12-29text/htmlen-USTerminal Discharges and Passive Euthanasia—Two Fundamentally Different Entities That Should Not Be Likened to Each Other2016-12-292016TWOProject MUSE®432102026-05-15T00:00:00-05:002016-12-29Compassion in Medical Ethics of Traditional Mongolian Medicine
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/643883
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Medical ethics shaped by Western medicine in present-day Mongolia has developed since the socialist era under the influence of the Soviet Union, as well as traditional Mongolian medicine, which has roots in Buddhist philosophy. Compassion is considered as a main determinant in both Eastern and Western medical ethics. In Western medical ethics, compassion is seen as conduct of the physician and emphasized significantly in rules, regulations, codices and oaths. In this context, compassion in developed Western countries defines the responsibilities and duties of medical professionals (Ngandajina and Silva, 2007). In contrast, medical ethics of Mongolian traditional medicine based on Mahayana Tibetan Buddhism consider
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-15T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/538/image/coversmallCompassion in Medical Ethics of Traditional Mongolian Medicine2016-12-29text/htmlen-USCompassion in Medical Ethics of Traditional Mongolian Medicine2016-12-292016TWOProject MUSE®174662026-05-15T00:00:00-05:002016-12-29Debating Ethical Issues in Genome Editing Technology
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/643884
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The ethical issues in genome editing technology has become one of the main focuses of bioethical research in the world as well as in China, aiming to develop regulations on its research and application. On 18 April 2015 a Chinese research team headed by Dr J. Wang (Liang et al. 2015) published a paper titled “CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene editing in human tripronuclear zygotes” in Protein & Cell online, in which they reported the result of their successful modifications of genome in human embryos. On 29 June 2015 an article titled “A scientific ethical divide between China and West” was published in New York Times (Science pages). The main points of the author Tatlow (2015) are:“Medical researchers in China are
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-15T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/538/image/coversmallDebating Ethical Issues in Genome Editing Technology2016-12-29text/htmlen-USDebating Ethical Issues in Genome Editing Technology2016-12-292016TWOProject MUSE®708632026-05-15T00:00:00-05:002016-12-29Newer Practice of Informed Consent Process of Clinical Trials in India
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/643885
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Informed Consent Document (ICD) is one of the important prerequisites in all types of biomedical research involving human participants including clinical trials. It has two components—Participant/Patient information sheet (PIS) and Informed consent form (ICF).1, 2, 3In clinical research, informed consent is not merely the obtaining of written consent through a signature. It is a process of information exchange that includes subject recruitment material, verbal instructions, written materials, question-and-answer sessions, and agreement documented and acknowledged by signature.4 So it can be referred to as an informed consent process that is to be started way before the study is initiated and should be continued
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-15T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/538/image/coversmallNewer Practice of Informed Consent Process of Clinical Trials in India2016-12-29text/htmlen-USNewer Practice of Informed Consent Process of Clinical Trials in India2016-12-292016TWOProject MUSE®377892026-05-15T00:00:00-05:002016-12-29Saviour Siblings: A Relational Approach to the Welfare of the Child in Selective Reproduction by Michelle Taylor-Sands (review)
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/643886
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Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) has opened up a new pathway to selecting the kinds of children we might have through allowing us an insight into the genetic make-up of embryos. While Michelle Taylor-Sands’ book acknowledges and responds to some of the now familiar controversies in the ‘designer babies’ debate such as selecting for traits like sex and disability, its primary concern is with the use of this technology to produce so-called ‘saviour siblings’—children deliberately selected to be born because genetic diagnosis shows them to be an exact tissue match for an existing sibling with a disease which could be treated with their umbilical cord blood, bone marrow or other tissue.In countries such as the
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-15T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/538/image/coversmallSaviour Siblings: A Relational Approach to the Welfare of the Child in Selective Reproduction by Michelle Taylor-Sands (review)2016-12-29text/htmlen-USSaviour Siblings: A Relational Approach to the Welfare of the Child in Selective Reproduction by Michelle Taylor-Sands (review)2016-12-292016TWOProject MUSE®142152026-05-15T00:00:00-05:002016-12-29