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Religion, Pandemics and Ethics. A Diaconal-Ethical Perspective on the Covid-19 Pandemic
The crisis caused by the Corona pandemic is a medical, political, social and economic, but also an ethical challenge and test. It is not only about...
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Ethical and Legal Challenges of Digital Medicine in Pandemics
The Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting restrictions on mobility, contact bans, mobile phone surveillance apps, and other strategies for containment...
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Solidarity in Times of a Pandemic: Everyday Practices and Prioritization Decisions in Light of the Solidarity Concept
Since the beginning of the Corona pandemic, appeals for solidarity within society and the international community of states have been ubiquitous. The...
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Immunity and Vaccination Certificates in the Covid-19 Crisis
After about one year of “corona crisis”, it had become clear that even very strict and comprehensive hygiene protection measures in themselves are...
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Ethical Challenges of Resource Allocation in Pandemics
A pandemic is characterized by the worldwide spread of an infectious disease, which is often associated with severe courses of disease. Pandemics...
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The Roles of National Ethics Committees in Pandemics. Orientation in Times of Crisis
Pandemics such as SARS, pandemic influenza, and Covid-19 raise a variety of ethical questions for policy-makers and societies as a whole. National...
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Duties and Rights of Health Professionals During a Pandemic
The chapter on the rights and duties of health professionals during a pandemic focuses on doctors, nurses and other health professionals describes...
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Pandemics and the Dignity of Man. Reflections on the History of Disease
Epidemics and diseases, especially pandemics, raise—as Covid-19 has been proving for months—a wealth of questions that touch on fundamental aspects...
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Covid-19 Pandemic and the Protection of Older People in International Comparison. Results of Comparative Research from an Ethical Perspective
The corona pandemic affects older people in particular: isolation and quarantine in the lockdown, strict visiting regulations in institutions, etc....
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Balance Sheet and Answer
The last section of a balance and answer can be kept compact. At the end of the three stages and in the summary of the fields of evidence, the...
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Introduction—Reproductive Health Rights and Reproductive Technologies in Africa
The International Conference on PopulationAdelakun, Olanike S. and Development (ICPD)International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD)...
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The Provision of Safe and Legal Abortion Services in South Africa: Expanding Access Through Telemedicine and Lessons Learned During the Covid-19 Pandemic
South AfricaSouth Africa boasts one of the most progressiveSolomons, Nasreen abortion laws globally. The importance of the abortionAbortion...
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Products of Biotechnology and IP System
The purpose of this chapter is to explore the role of the IP system in biotechnology summarizing the developments of the past few decades. While...
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The Application of Patent Law to Biotechnology
As the biotechnology industry has expanded, the importance of intellectual property (IP) law in protecting and incentivizing innovation in this field...
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The Limits and Challenges of Gene Editing
This chapter explores the legal and ethical challenges surrounding gene editing, specifically the controversy surrounding the patenting of living...
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COVID-19 and Business Interruption Coverage in the United States: An Example of Judicial Regulation
Insureds in the United States have initiated thousands of lawsuits for business interruption losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. This litigation...
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The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on the Sports Industry and Sports Insurance: Case of Novak Djokovic and Australian Open Tennis Tournament 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic and the restrictions imposed by governments around the world to limit the propagation effect of a virus outbreak have caused...
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Business Interruption Insurance and COVID-19: A Critical Analysis of the Jurisprudence and the Response of the Spanish Insurance Sector
The closure of commercial establishments decided by Spanish authorities on several occasions between 2020 and 2021 as a measure to prevent the spread...
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COVID-19 Pandemic and Vaccination
The COVID-19 pandemic spread rapidly worldwide in the beginning of 2020 and has infected billions. Its causative agent, the SARS-CoV-2 virus, is a...
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Sex Preselection
Sex selection is the term currently used when the woman with or without her partner tries to dictate the sex of the baby to be born. The parental...