Blar i Fakultet for medisin og helsevitenskap (MH) på tidsskrift "BMC Medical Ethics"

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    • Attitudes to prenatal screening among Norwegian citizens: liberality, ambivalence and sensitivity 

      Supphellen, Magne; Solberg, Berge; Haugen, Guttorm; Magelssen, Morten (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Background Norway’s liberal abortion law allows for abortion on social indications, yet access to screening for fetal abnormalities is restricted. Norwegian regulation of, and public discourse about prenatal screening and ...

    • Bariatric surgery for obese children and adolescents: a review of the moral challenges 

      Hofmann, Bjørn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      Background Bariatric surgery for children and adolescents is becoming widespread. However, the evidence is still scarce and of poor quality, and many of the patients are too young to consent. This poses a series of moral ...

    • Biases in bioethics: a narrative review 

      Hofmann, Bjørn Morten (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)

    • Ethical analysis in HTA of complex health interventions 

      Lysdahl, Kristin Bakke; Oortwijn, Wija; Wilt, Gert Jan van der; Refolo, Pietro; Sacchini, Dario; Mozygemba, Kati; Gerhardus, Ansgar; Brereton, Louise; Hofmann, Bjørn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      Background: In the field of health technology assessment (HTA), there are several approaches that can be used for ethical analysis. However, there is a scarcity of literature that critically evaluates and compares the ...

    • Ethical issues with geographical variations in the provision of health care services 

      Hofmann, Bjørn Morten (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Geographical variations are documented for a wide range of health care services. As many such variations cannot be explained by demographical or epidemiological differences, they are problematic with respect to distributive ...

    • Fake facts and alternative truths in medical research 

      Hofmann, Bjørn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Background Fake news and alternative facts have become commonplace in these so-called “post-factual times.” What about medical research - are scientific facts fake as well? Many recent disclosures have fueled the claim ...

    • How do 66 European institutional review boards approve one protocol for an international prospective observational study on traumatic brain injury? Experiences from the CENTER-TBI study 

      Timmers, Marjolein; van Dijck, Jeroen T. J. M.; van Wijk, Roel P J; Legrand, Valerie; van Veen, Ernest; Maas, Andrew I.R.; Menon, David K; Citerio, Giuseppe; Stocchetti, Nino; Kompanje, Erwin J.O.; Andelic, Nada; Andreassen, Lasse; Anke, Audny; Frisvold, Shirin; Helseth, Eirik; Røe, Cecilie; Røise, Olav; Skandsen, Toril; Vik, Anne; Åkerlund, Cecilia; Amrein, Krisztina; Antoni, Anna; Audibert, Gerard; Azouvi, Philippe; Azzolini, Maria Luisa; Bartels, Ronald; Barzo, Pal; Beauvais, Romuald; Beer, Ronny; Bellander, Bo-Michael; Belli, Antonio; Benali, Habib; Berardino, Maurizio; Beretta, Luigi; Blaabjerg, Morten; Bragge, Peter; Brazinova, Alexandra; Brinck, Vibeke; Brooker, Joanne; Brorsson, Camilla; Buki, Andras; Bullinger, Monika; Cabeleira, Manuel; Caccioppola, Alessio; Calappi, Emiliana; Calvi, Maria Rosa; Cameron, Peter; Lozano, Guillermo Carbayo; Carbonara, Marco; Cavallo, Simona (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Bakgrunn Den europeiske unionen (EU) har som mål å optimalisere pasientbeskyttelse og effektivitet i helseforskningen ved å harmonisere prosedyrer i alle medlemsstater. Likevel kreves ytterligere forbedringer for å øke ...

    • Huge variation in obtaining ethical permission for a non-interventional observational study in Europe 

      de Lange, Dylan W.; Guidet, Bertrand R.; Andersen, Finn Husøy; Artigas, Antonio; Bertolini, Guido; Moreno, Rui; Christensen, Steffen; Cecconi, Maurizio; Agvald-Öhman, Christina; Gradišek, Primož; Jung, Christian; Marsh, Brian J.; Oeyen, Sandra; Bollen Pinto, Bernardo; Szczeklik, Wojciech; Watson, Ximena; Zafeiridis, Tilemachos; Flaatten, Hans (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Background Ethical approval (EA) must be obtained before medical research can start. We describe the differences in EA for an pseudonymous, non-interventional, observational European study. Methods Sixteen European ...

    • In pursuit of goodness in bioethics: Analysis of an exemplary article 

      Hofmann, Bjørn; Magelssen, Morten (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Background What is good bioethics? Addressing this question is key for reinforcing and developing the field. In particular, a discussion of potential quality criteria can heighten awareness and contribute to the quality ...

    • Incidental findings of uncertain significance: To know or not to know--that is not the question 

      Hofmann, Bjørn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)
      Background Although the “right not to know” is well established in international regulations, it has been heavily debated. Ubiquitous results from extended exome and genome analysis have challenged the right not to know. ...

    • Limits to human enhancement: Nature, disease, therapy or betterment? 

      Hofmann, Bjørn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Background New technologies facilitate the enhancement of a wide range of human dispositions, capacities, or abilities. While it is argued that we need to set limits to human enhancement, it is unclear where we should ...

    • Managing the moral expansion of medicine 

      Hofmann, Bjørn Morten (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Science and technology have vastly expanded the realm of medicine. The numbers of and knowledge about diseases has greatly increased, and we can help more people in many more ways than ever before. At the same time, the ...

    • Research based on existing clinical data and biospecimens: a systematic study of patients’ opinions 

      Eikemo, Hilde; Roten, Linda Tømmerdal; Vaaler, Arne (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Background The aim of the present survey was to investigate newly discharged hospital patients’ opinions on secondary use of their hospital data and biospecimens within the context of health research in general and, ...

    • Severity as a moral qualifier of malady 

      Solberg, Carl Tollef; Barra, Georg Mathias Honoré; Sandman, Lars; Hofmann, Bjørn Morten (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      The overarching aim of this article is to scrutinize how severity can work as a qualifier for the moral impetus of malady. While there is agreement that malady is of negative value, there is disagreement about precisely ...