Journal of Bioethical Inquiry
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An interdisciplinary forum for ethical and legal debate. An international, multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal.
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Is Australia Ethically Justified in Implementing a Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSB) Tax?
J Luo (Unimelb) discusses effectiveness, proportionality, necessity, least infringement, equity + transparency.
Read full article free: rdcu.be/ePhb2
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J Luo (Unimelb) discusses effectiveness, proportionality, necessity, least infringement, equity + transparency.
Read full article free: rdcu.be/ePhb2
Subscribers: lnkd.in/eeQy-JGM
Image: Copilot AI & Canva
November 11, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Is Australia Ethically Justified in Implementing a Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSB) Tax?
J Luo (Unimelb) discusses effectiveness, proportionality, necessity, least infringement, equity + transparency.
Read full article free: rdcu.be/ePhb2
Subscribers: lnkd.in/eeQy-JGM
Image: Copilot AI & Canva
J Luo (Unimelb) discusses effectiveness, proportionality, necessity, least infringement, equity + transparency.
Read full article free: rdcu.be/ePhb2
Subscribers: lnkd.in/eeQy-JGM
Image: Copilot AI & Canva
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📢Hot off the press #IslamicBioethics & #dignity in #endoflife healthcare in @bioethicalinquiry.bsky.social
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November 11, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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If genetic information is integrated into Electronic Health Records (EHRs), how might we deal with the scenario of an adolescent accessing their EHR and inadvertently discovering information about misattributed parentage?
Sivan Tamir, Sivan Gazit & Tal Patalon: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Sivan Tamir, Sivan Gazit & Tal Patalon: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Integrating Genetic Information into the Electronic Health Record: The Case of Adolescents’ Revelation of Misattributed Parentage - Journal of Bioethical Inquiry
In the near future, the electronic health record (EHR) is likely to include patients’ genetic information, in addition to other clinical information and administrative data. This warrants some prepara...
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November 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
If genetic information is integrated into Electronic Health Records (EHRs), how might we deal with the scenario of an adolescent accessing their EHR and inadvertently discovering information about misattributed parentage?
Sivan Tamir, Sivan Gazit & Tal Patalon: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Sivan Tamir, Sivan Gazit & Tal Patalon: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Honoured to be working as co Editor in Chief of the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry!
We have such a wonderful history to build from but, no doubt, it’s a difficult and transitional time for academic publishing. Helping steward JBI, alongside Chris and Bronwen, will be an exciting new challenge!
We have such a wonderful history to build from but, no doubt, it’s a difficult and transitional time for academic publishing. Helping steward JBI, alongside Chris and Bronwen, will be an exciting new challenge!
📣 Introducing new JBI editors-in-chief (content) Chris Mayes and Diego Silva.
They both join our continuing editor-in-chief of production, Bronwen Morrell.
Thanks to our outgoing EiC (content) Michael Ashby, who is retiring from the JBI and leaving it in these great hands!
They both join our continuing editor-in-chief of production, Bronwen Morrell.
Thanks to our outgoing EiC (content) Michael Ashby, who is retiring from the JBI and leaving it in these great hands!
October 1, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Honoured to be working as co Editor in Chief of the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry!
We have such a wonderful history to build from but, no doubt, it’s a difficult and transitional time for academic publishing. Helping steward JBI, alongside Chris and Bronwen, will be an exciting new challenge!
We have such a wonderful history to build from but, no doubt, it’s a difficult and transitional time for academic publishing. Helping steward JBI, alongside Chris and Bronwen, will be an exciting new challenge!
📣 Introducing new JBI editors-in-chief (content) Chris Mayes and Diego Silva.
They both join our continuing editor-in-chief of production, Bronwen Morrell.
Thanks to our outgoing EiC (content) Michael Ashby, who is retiring from the JBI and leaving it in these great hands!
They both join our continuing editor-in-chief of production, Bronwen Morrell.
Thanks to our outgoing EiC (content) Michael Ashby, who is retiring from the JBI and leaving it in these great hands!
October 1, 2025 at 9:47 AM
📣 Introducing new JBI editors-in-chief (content) Chris Mayes and Diego Silva.
They both join our continuing editor-in-chief of production, Bronwen Morrell.
Thanks to our outgoing EiC (content) Michael Ashby, who is retiring from the JBI and leaving it in these great hands!
They both join our continuing editor-in-chief of production, Bronwen Morrell.
Thanks to our outgoing EiC (content) Michael Ashby, who is retiring from the JBI and leaving it in these great hands!
New study in the JBI on AI tools (LLms) in bioethics. LLMs: not ethical agents, but powerful analytical tools!
🔗 Read more: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#AIethics #Bioethics #LLMs
🔗 Read more: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#AIethics #Bioethics #LLMs
September 23, 2025 at 3:28 AM
New study in the JBI on AI tools (LLms) in bioethics. LLMs: not ethical agents, but powerful analytical tools!
🔗 Read more: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#AIethics #Bioethics #LLMs
🔗 Read more: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#AIethics #Bioethics #LLMs
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🎙️ Fresh podcast ep now live 🎙️
What is AI ethics and what is it not? What is ‘responsible AI’ vs ‘ethical AI’? What’s in the ethics ‘toolbox’ on the front-lines at a global biotech company? How many ‘r’s are there in the word “strawberry”?
www.buzzsprout.com/1365892/epis... Or via Apple/Spotify
What is AI ethics and what is it not? What is ‘responsible AI’ vs ‘ethical AI’? What’s in the ethics ‘toolbox’ on the front-lines at a global biotech company? How many ‘r’s are there in the word “strawberry”?
www.buzzsprout.com/1365892/epis... Or via Apple/Spotify
July 23, 2025 at 2:33 AM
🎙️ Fresh podcast ep now live 🎙️
What is AI ethics and what is it not? What is ‘responsible AI’ vs ‘ethical AI’? What’s in the ethics ‘toolbox’ on the front-lines at a global biotech company? How many ‘r’s are there in the word “strawberry”?
www.buzzsprout.com/1365892/epis... Or via Apple/Spotify
What is AI ethics and what is it not? What is ‘responsible AI’ vs ‘ethical AI’? What’s in the ethics ‘toolbox’ on the front-lines at a global biotech company? How many ‘r’s are there in the word “strawberry”?
www.buzzsprout.com/1365892/epis... Or via Apple/Spotify
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Dove, Edward (2024) Psychiatric Illness and Clinical Negligence: When Can “Secondary Victims” Successfully Claim for Damages? Recent Developments from the United Kingdom. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 21 (2).
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Psychiatric Illness and Clinical Negligence: When Can “Secondary Victims” Successfully Claim for Damages? Recent Developments from the United Kingdom - MURAL - Maynooth University Research Archive L...
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May 20, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Dove, Edward (2024) Psychiatric Illness and Clinical Negligence: When Can “Secondary Victims” Successfully Claim for Damages? Recent Developments from the United Kingdom. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 21 (2).
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For a discussion of ethical principles around using visual identifiers:
A Principle-Based Approach to Visual Identification Systems for Hospitalized People with Dementia
by T.V. Brigden, C. Mitchell, K. Kuberska & A. Hall
@bioethicalinquiry.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
A Principle-Based Approach to Visual Identification Systems for Hospitalized People with Dementia
by T.V. Brigden, C. Mitchell, K. Kuberska & A. Hall
@bioethicalinquiry.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
A Principle-Based Approach to Visual Identification Systems for Hospitalized People with Dementia - Journal of Bioethical Inquiry
A large proportion of hospital inpatients are affected by cognitive impairment, posing challenges in the provision of their care in busy, fast-paced acute wards. Signs and symbols, known as visual ide...
link.springer.com
May 9, 2025 at 9:04 AM
For a discussion of ethical principles around using visual identifiers:
A Principle-Based Approach to Visual Identification Systems for Hospitalized People with Dementia
by T.V. Brigden, C. Mitchell, K. Kuberska & A. Hall
@bioethicalinquiry.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
A Principle-Based Approach to Visual Identification Systems for Hospitalized People with Dementia
by T.V. Brigden, C. Mitchell, K. Kuberska & A. Hall
@bioethicalinquiry.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Recent film ‘Warfare’ uses perspective to realistically represent the experience of combat.
JBI blogger asks: does this perspective not conceal, as much as it reveals? + highlights a recent JBI article by Davidovic & Crowell on soldiers’ perspectives and bioethics of war.
tinyurl.com/4ws3fw85
JBI blogger asks: does this perspective not conceal, as much as it reveals? + highlights a recent JBI article by Davidovic & Crowell on soldiers’ perspectives and bioethics of war.
tinyurl.com/4ws3fw85
May 13, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Recent film ‘Warfare’ uses perspective to realistically represent the experience of combat.
JBI blogger asks: does this perspective not conceal, as much as it reveals? + highlights a recent JBI article by Davidovic & Crowell on soldiers’ perspectives and bioethics of war.
tinyurl.com/4ws3fw85
JBI blogger asks: does this perspective not conceal, as much as it reveals? + highlights a recent JBI article by Davidovic & Crowell on soldiers’ perspectives and bioethics of war.
tinyurl.com/4ws3fw85
Debate in the JBI: pluriversalism and bioethics?
@profjecker.bsky.social et al put forth a pluriversal approach to religion in global bioethics. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
S Lucas argues against: rdcu.be/ek4qF
Z Lederman argues justice b4 pluriversality: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
@profjecker.bsky.social et al put forth a pluriversal approach to religion in global bioethics. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
S Lucas argues against: rdcu.be/ek4qF
Z Lederman argues justice b4 pluriversality: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
May 7, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Debate in the JBI: pluriversalism and bioethics?
@profjecker.bsky.social et al put forth a pluriversal approach to religion in global bioethics. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
S Lucas argues against: rdcu.be/ek4qF
Z Lederman argues justice b4 pluriversality: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
@profjecker.bsky.social et al put forth a pluriversal approach to religion in global bioethics. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
S Lucas argues against: rdcu.be/ek4qF
Z Lederman argues justice b4 pluriversality: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Event: Odia Kane, "Using Empirical Bioethics to Navigate AI Concerns" Moderated by Tanjala Purnell. Thurs, Mar 13, 1p EDT. Link for free registration to join via Zoom | AIM AHEAD Northeast Hub - JHU jh.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
March 12, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Event: Odia Kane, "Using Empirical Bioethics to Navigate AI Concerns" Moderated by Tanjala Purnell. Thurs, Mar 13, 1p EDT. Link for free registration to join via Zoom | AIM AHEAD Northeast Hub - JHU jh.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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www.thehastingscenter.org/heavy-metal-... Can listening to heavy metal, or any music, make bioethicists better at what they do? This bioethicist-drummer thinks so.
Heavy Metal Bioethics
I had never thought much about Alzheimer’s disease, other than to hope that I never suffer from it. But after attending a heavy metal concert, that condition began to weigh on my heart and mind. The s...
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March 18, 2025 at 12:59 AM
www.thehastingscenter.org/heavy-metal-... Can listening to heavy metal, or any music, make bioethicists better at what they do? This bioethicist-drummer thinks so.
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Bioethics Webinar - Katherine Bassil, "Responsible Communication of Brain Research, Neurotechnology, and Neuroethics: From Challenges to Solutions". Mon, Mar 24, Noon EDT. Open to all, link for more info and to join via Zoom mailchi.mp/jhu/bioethic...
March 17, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Bioethics Webinar - Katherine Bassil, "Responsible Communication of Brain Research, Neurotechnology, and Neuroethics: From Challenges to Solutions". Mon, Mar 24, Noon EDT. Open to all, link for more info and to join via Zoom mailchi.mp/jhu/bioethic...
* ICYMI * this Feb article by ND Brantley exploring: "How does biopolitics, as the governance of human bodies, at the nexus of infectious and chronic disease, impact national and global public health priorities?"
Read #openaccess: buff.ly/Rw1x1aJ
#bioethics #publichealth
Read #openaccess: buff.ly/Rw1x1aJ
#bioethics #publichealth
March 2, 2025 at 11:43 PM
* ICYMI * this Feb article by ND Brantley exploring: "How does biopolitics, as the governance of human bodies, at the nexus of infectious and chronic disease, impact national and global public health priorities?"
Read #openaccess: buff.ly/Rw1x1aJ
#bioethics #publichealth
Read #openaccess: buff.ly/Rw1x1aJ
#bioethics #publichealth
Just under 2 weeks to submit your EOI to be Joint Editor-in-Chief (Content) here at the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (SpringerNature).
Position details here: bioethicalinquiry.com/call-for-exp...
#editorinchief #eic #academicjobs #bioethics #bioethicalinquiry
Position details here: bioethicalinquiry.com/call-for-exp...
#editorinchief #eic #academicjobs #bioethics #bioethicalinquiry
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February 11, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Just under 2 weeks to submit your EOI to be Joint Editor-in-Chief (Content) here at the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (SpringerNature).
Position details here: bioethicalinquiry.com/call-for-exp...
#editorinchief #eic #academicjobs #bioethics #bioethicalinquiry
Position details here: bioethicalinquiry.com/call-for-exp...
#editorinchief #eic #academicjobs #bioethics #bioethicalinquiry
We're looking for a new joint Editor-in-Chief (content)!
Send your expression of interest by Feb 22, 2025.
Find out more: bioethicalinquiry.com/call-for-exp...
Send your expression of interest by Feb 22, 2025.
Find out more: bioethicalinquiry.com/call-for-exp...
Call for expressions of interest: Joint Editor in Chief (Content) - Journal of Bioethical Inquiry
Expressions of interest are sought for the position of Joint Editor in Chief (Content) to fill a vacancy resulting from the retirement of the Professor Michael Ashby MD FRACP in early 2025. Closing Da...
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February 3, 2025 at 9:30 PM
We're looking for a new joint Editor-in-Chief (content)!
Send your expression of interest by Feb 22, 2025.
Find out more: bioethicalinquiry.com/call-for-exp...
Send your expression of interest by Feb 22, 2025.
Find out more: bioethicalinquiry.com/call-for-exp...
Our latest issue is officially out! Thanks to all the authors, editors and contributors.
You can check it out now or save this link to your 2025 reading list:
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You can check it out now or save this link to your 2025 reading list:
link.springer.com/journal/1167...
Journal of Bioethical Inquiry | Volume 21, issue 3
Volume 21, issue 3 articles listing for Journal of Bioethical Inquiry
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December 19, 2024 at 2:41 AM
Our latest issue is officially out! Thanks to all the authors, editors and contributors.
You can check it out now or save this link to your 2025 reading list:
link.springer.com/journal/1167...
You can check it out now or save this link to your 2025 reading list:
link.springer.com/journal/1167...
Can you believe that after 7 years of working together, our co-editors in chief only met in person for the first time last night at our 20th anniversary celebration? Thanks to all those who came along + those who contribute to the JBI - cheers to another 20 years! #bioethics @aabhl.bsky.social
December 3, 2024 at 3:15 AM
Can you believe that after 7 years of working together, our co-editors in chief only met in person for the first time last night at our 20th anniversary celebration? Thanks to all those who came along + those who contribute to the JBI - cheers to another 20 years! #bioethics @aabhl.bsky.social
About a decade on from Leigh E Rich's tenure as our editor-in-chief, what articles still standout today? A fabulous chat with Leigh on 3 articles from the JBI archives that keep giving! Plus some reflections on #bioethics and doubt.
Listen: www.buzzsprout.com/1365892/epis...
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Listen: www.buzzsprout.com/1365892/epis...
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November 28, 2024 at 10:20 PM
About a decade on from Leigh E Rich's tenure as our editor-in-chief, what articles still standout today? A fabulous chat with Leigh on 3 articles from the JBI archives that keep giving! Plus some reflections on #bioethics and doubt.
Listen: www.buzzsprout.com/1365892/epis...
+Google/Apple/Spotify
Listen: www.buzzsprout.com/1365892/epis...
+Google/Apple/Spotify
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I created a small but mighty starter pack of clinical ethics people. Happy to add more. Who am I missing?
#ClinicalEthics #bioethics #hec-c #MedicalEthics
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#ClinicalEthics #bioethics #hec-c #MedicalEthics
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November 24, 2024 at 2:41 PM
I created a small but mighty starter pack of clinical ethics people. Happy to add more. Who am I missing?
#ClinicalEthics #bioethics #hec-c #MedicalEthics
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#ClinicalEthics #bioethics #hec-c #MedicalEthics
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I just set up a starter pack for bioethics/applied health ethics/public health ethics. I'm sure I've missed a ton of people, so let me know if you'd like to be included.
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November 8, 2024 at 5:55 PM
I just set up a starter pack for bioethics/applied health ethics/public health ethics. I'm sure I've missed a ton of people, so let me know if you'd like to be included.
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The JBI Dialogues podcast RETURNS!
Ever wondered how a journal like the JBI goes from mere idea to in-print to 20 years of scholarship? In this episode, founding JBI member Paul Komesaroff reflects on 20 years of the JBI + what's next.
Full ep: www.buzzsprout.com/1365892/epis...
Ever wondered how a journal like the JBI goes from mere idea to in-print to 20 years of scholarship? In this episode, founding JBI member Paul Komesaroff reflects on 20 years of the JBI + what's next.
Full ep: www.buzzsprout.com/1365892/epis...
November 19, 2024 at 11:53 PM
The JBI Dialogues podcast RETURNS!
Ever wondered how a journal like the JBI goes from mere idea to in-print to 20 years of scholarship? In this episode, founding JBI member Paul Komesaroff reflects on 20 years of the JBI + what's next.
Full ep: www.buzzsprout.com/1365892/epis...
Ever wondered how a journal like the JBI goes from mere idea to in-print to 20 years of scholarship? In this episode, founding JBI member Paul Komesaroff reflects on 20 years of the JBI + what's next.
Full ep: www.buzzsprout.com/1365892/epis...