Ethics Committees and Social Issues: Potentials and Pitfalls

1992 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Callahan
Keyword(s):  
New Jersey ◽  
Supreme Court ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Ethics Committees ◽  
Societal Issues

When the Karen Ann Quinlan case emerged in the mid-1970s and the New Jersey Supreme Court made mention of the role that ethics committees might play in such cases, no one could have predicted at the time what the consequences of that observation might be. It took a while for momentum to build, but we are now seeing the flowering of what is an important movement in the field of bioethics: the interplay of ethics committees and broader societal issues.

Department of Constitutional Law. Lumberville, Delaware, Bridge Co., v. State Board of Assessors. Supreme Court of New Jersey

1894 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 128
Author(s):  
Christopher G. Tiedeman ◽  
Wm. Draper Lewis ◽  
Wm. Struthers Ellis ◽  
W. T. Ellis
Keyword(s):  
New Jersey ◽  
Supreme Court ◽  
Constitutional Law ◽  
State Board

Beshada v. Johns-Manville Products Corp.: The Function of State of the Art Evidence in Strict Products Liability

1984 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jack Berman
Keyword(s):  
New Jersey ◽  
Supreme Court ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Strict Liability ◽  
The State ◽  
Health Hazards ◽  
Products Liability ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
Liability Claims

AbstractIn Beshada v. Johns-Manville Products Corp., the Supreme Court of New Jersey held that a state of the art defense is unavailable in cases brought under a theory of strict liability for failure to warn. The court indicated that asbestos producers may be held liable for their products' harms even if the health hazards of asbestos were unknown and not discoverable when the products were marketed. In a subsequent case, the New Jersey court held that state of the art evidence is relevant to whether a product is defective. This Case Comment examines these different uses of knowledge evidence in the disposition of products liability cases. It contends that manufacturers should not be held liable for unknowable risks. The Comment concludes that the state of the art defense establishes a logical limit on strict liability and promotes efficient resolution of products liability claims.

Ethical and Social Issues in Medicine

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberta Springer Loewy ◽  
Erich H. Loewy ◽  
Faith T. Fitzgerald
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Ethics Committees ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Moral Authority ◽  
Health Care Ethics ◽  
Good Medicine ◽  
Personal Morality ◽  
Online Access

So rapidly has the field of health care ethics continued to grow that, when recently “googled,” the term produced 28.2 million hits. The challenge is to address the ethical and social issues in medicine in this very limited article space. It remains an impossible task to present more than a superficial discussion of these complex issues and the complicated cases in which they are to be found. Like good medicine, good ethics cannot be practiced by algorithm. The authors have opted to provide an operational guide to help clinicians sort through the ethical and social quandaries they must face on a daily basis. To that end, the authors have chosen to divide this chapter into the following sections: 1. A brief description of the biopsychosocial nature of ethics and how it differs from personal morality 2. A method for identifying and dealing with ethical issues 3. A discussion of the role of bioethicists and ethics committees 4. The professional fiduciary role of clinicians 5. Listings of some of the common key bioethical and legal terms (online access only) 6. A very brief discussion of the terms cited in the above listings (online access only) This reviews contains 4 tables, 8 references, 1 appendix, and 20 additional readings. Keywords: Ethical, social, right, wrong, good, bad, obligation, moral authority, critically reflective, and multiperspectival activity, Curiosity, Honesty, Patience, Open-mindedness

Ethical and Social Issues in Medicine

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberta Springer Loewy ◽  
Erich H. Loewy ◽  
Faith T. Fitzgerald
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Ethics Committees ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Moral Authority ◽  
Health Care Ethics ◽  
Good Medicine ◽  
Personal Morality ◽  
Online Access

So rapidly has the field of health care ethics continued to grow that, when recently “googled,” the term produced 28.2 million hits. The challenge is to address the ethical and social issues in medicine in this very limited article space. It remains an impossible task to present more than a superficial discussion of these complex issues and the complicated cases in which they are to be found. Like good medicine, good ethics cannot be practiced by algorithm. The authors have opted to provide an operational guide to help clinicians sort through the ethical and social quandaries they must face on a daily basis. To that end, the authors have chosen to divide this chapter into the following sections: 1. A brief description of the biopsychosocial nature of ethics and how it differs from personal morality 2. A method for identifying and dealing with ethical issues 3. A discussion of the role of bioethicists and ethics committees 4. The professional fiduciary role of clinicians 5. Listings of some of the common key bioethical and legal terms (online access only) 6. A very brief discussion of the terms cited in the above listings (online access only) This reviews contains 4 tables, 8 references, 1 appendix, and 20 additional readings. Keywords: Ethical, social, right, wrong, good, bad, obligation, moral authority, critically reflective, and multiperspectival activity, Curiosity, Honesty, Patience, Open-mindedness

scholarly journals Anthropological contributions for thinking and acting in the health area and its ethical dilemas

2008 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 329-339 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Cecília de Souza Minayo
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Ethics Committees ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Health Area ◽  
Health Council ◽  
Mandatory Requirement

This paper attempts to analyze the way in which the issue of ethics in social research is dealt by institutional commissions based in biomedicine criteria. This discussion is particularly important for Social Sciences in Health, as our projects must necessarily be presented to Committees for assessment. In actual fact, Resolution Nº 196/1996 issued by the National Health Council establishes this mandatory requirement for all social areas. However, there is a question among researchers working with social issues, arguing that the health sector is moving outside its field when attempting to regulate actions in other fields of investigation. Grounded on philosophical anthropology, this paper is divided into three parts: (1) elements of anthropological foundations of ethics; (2) contributions of Anthropology to thinking about ethics and human rights in health; (3) internal and external questioning about anthropological practice. I conclude that if the ethical issue that involves human beings cannot be reduced to the procedures established by Ethics Committees, discussions in greater depth are required among social scientists on the construction of a practice based on and guided by respect for the intersubjectivity of all the players engaged in a research project.

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