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Screening is not always healthy: an ethical analysis of health screening packages in Singapore
BackgroundHealth screening is undertaken to identify individuals who are deemed at higher risk of disease for further diagnostic testing so that they...
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Genetic Testing and Screening of Children
Scientific advancements in the genetic testing and screeningGenetic testing and screening of children have provided answers for some and afforded...
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Ethico-Political aspects of clinical judgment in opportunistic screening for cognitive impairment: Arendtian and aristotelian perspectives
This article examines a population-based opportunistic screening practice for cognitive impairment that takes place at a hospital in Sweden. At the...
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Screening, Scale and Certainty
A common concern about screening programmes is that there is much uncertainty about their effects. Using the example of CT-based screening for lung...
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Patient-Derived Organoids in Precision Oncology – Towards a Science of and for the Individual?
An interesting question for philosophy of science is how the “personal” gets constituted, scientifically as well as socially, through new...
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Parachutes, randomized controlled trials, and all-cause mortality
In 2003 and 2018 researchers discussed the perils of blind reliance on randomized controlled trials that have been substituted for medical experience...
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Genetic testing for breast cancer risk, from BRCA1/2 to a seven gene panel: an ethical analysis
BackgroundGenetic testing is moving from targeted investigations of monogenetic diseases to broader testing that may provide more information. For...
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Just Caring: Precision Health vs. Ethical Ambiguity: Can we Afford the Ethical and Economic Costs?
Many see “precision medicine” and “precision health” complementing one another. Precision medicine is critical when we have a life-threatening cancer...
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Is cancer a matter of luck?
In 2015, Tomasetti and Vogelstein published a paper in Science containing the following provocative statement: “… only a third of the variation in...
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The Dynamics of the Labelling Game: An Essay On FLT3 Mutated Acute Myeloid Leukaemia
With evolving knowledge and with the development and implementation of precision oncology related practices the meaning of cancer is rapidly...
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Social and Ethical Implications of Integrating Precision Medicine into Healthcare
Precision Medicine with the use of genomic information can provide tailored screening and prevention strategies in healthcare if it is used in...
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Concluding Thoughts
Scholars like J.D. Prince (2018) emphasizes that PM has been anticipated as the new paradigm for healthcare delivery, because of its potential...
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Regulating New Challenges in the Natural Sciences: Data Protection and Data Sharing in Translational Genetic Research
In cancer genome research, measurement and understanding are important at three levels: in the collection of patient data, in their scientific...
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Personalised Prevention: Increasing or Decreasing Over-Medicalisation , Overdiagnosis and Overtreatment ?
The development of personalised prevention has been followed by rising concerns over over-medicalisation, overdiagnosis and overtreatment. Indeed, it...
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Rare Disease Research
We address ethical issues in the field of rare diseases (RDs) focusing on four aspects that are relevant for research and translation into clinical...
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Cervical Cancer Screening in India
Three clinical trials took place in India between 1998 and 2015 in urbanUrban and ruralRural areas of MumbaiMumbai , OsmanabadOsmanabad and...
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Healthcare Artificial Intelligence in India and Ethical Aspects
Goal 3 in Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) talks about Good Health and Well-being for all by 2030. Several nations globally, including India,...
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Why Precision Oncology Is Not Very Precise (and Why This Should Not Surprise Us)
Precision oncology seems for many the best bet for precision medicine generally. In the ideal case, there is a test provided to patients, which will...
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Will Artificial Intelligence Improve Health Disparities?
The rapid paceArtificial intelligence of innovation is astounding, but it is also unsettling. Artificial intelligence holds great promise to improve...
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The Need for Specialized Oncology Training for Clinical Ethicists
Numerous ethical issues are raised in cancer treatment and research. Informed consent is challenging due to complex treatment modalities and...