Qualified to teach? How personal and academic characteristics of pre-service science teachers compare with their understandings of basic chemical ideas. (2009)
Conference Proceeding
Kind, V., & Kind, P. (2009). Qualified to teach? How personal and academic characteristics of pre-service science teachers compare with their understandings of basic chemical ideas.

We have always been modern: Buddhism, Science and the New Genetic and Reproductive Technologies in Sri Lanka (2009)
Journal Article
Simpson, B. (2009). We have always been modern: Buddhism, Science and the New Genetic and Reproductive Technologies in Sri Lanka. Culture and Religion, 10(2), 137-157. https://doi.org/10.1080/14755610903077547

This paper explores the traffic in ideas concerning new reproductive technologies in contemporary Sri Lanka. It attempts to locate the responses to the moral challenges posed by the new bio-technologies within wider political, religious and cultural... Read More about We have always been modern: Buddhism, Science and the New Genetic and Reproductive Technologies in Sri Lanka.

A conflict in your head: An exploration of trainee science teachers' subject matter knowledge development and its impact on teacher self-confidence (2009)
Journal Article
Kind, V. (2009). A conflict in your head: An exploration of trainee science teachers' subject matter knowledge development and its impact on teacher self-confidence. International Journal of Science Education, 31(11), 1529-1562. https://doi.org/10.1080/09500690802226062

Teachers' subject matter knowledge (SMK) is one factor contributing to teaching 'successfully', as this provides a basis from which pedagogical content knowledge develops. UK-based trainee science teachers teach all sciences to age 14 and often up to... Read More about A conflict in your head: An exploration of trainee science teachers' subject matter knowledge development and its impact on teacher self-confidence.

'Please give a drop of blood’: Blood donation, conflict and the haemato-global assemblage in contemporary Sri Lanka'. (2009)
Journal Article
Simpson, B. (2009). 'Please give a drop of blood’: Blood donation, conflict and the haemato-global assemblage in contemporary Sri Lanka'. Body & Society, 15(2), 101-122. https://doi.org/10.1177/1357034x09103439

Blood is now essential for a widening reprtoire of therapies and with these come new forms of regulation and governmentality focused on the collection, use and storage of blood. Here blood begins to lose its 'natural' underpinnings as it is drawn int... Read More about 'Please give a drop of blood’: Blood donation, conflict and the haemato-global assemblage in contemporary Sri Lanka'..

Risk Factors for Helminth, Malaria, and HIV Infection in Pregnancy in Entebbe, Uganda (2009)
Journal Article
Woodburn, P., Muhangi, L., Hillier, S., Ndibazza, J., Namujju, P., Kizza, M., …Elliott, A. (2009). Risk Factors for Helminth, Malaria, and HIV Infection in Pregnancy in Entebbe, Uganda. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 3(6), Article e473. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000473

Background: Infections during pregnancy may have serious consequences for both mother and baby. Assessment of risk factors for infections informs planning of interventions and analysis of the impact of infections on health outcomes. Objectives: To de... Read More about Risk Factors for Helminth, Malaria, and HIV Infection in Pregnancy in Entebbe, Uganda.

A Short History of the Drug Receptor Concept (2009)
Book
Pruell, C., Maehle, A., & Halliwell, R. (2009). A Short History of the Drug Receptor Concept. Palgrave Macmillan

Humans have long used plant and animal extracts for their medicinal properties but until the end of the 19th century their actions were often explained in a speculative manner. The systematic study of drugs did not begin until the 1860s, and the conc... Read More about A Short History of the Drug Receptor Concept.

Causation, Idiopathic Conditions and the Limits of Epidemiology. (2009)
Journal Article
Goldberg, R. (2009). Causation, Idiopathic Conditions and the Limits of Epidemiology. Edinburgh Law Review, 13(2), 282-286. https://doi.org/10.3366/e1364980909001401

The absence of scientific evidence with respect to the cause of damage is one of the most difficult problems faced by courts in determining causation. Occasionally, Scots law is required to resolve such cases.1 They are essentially about scientific u... Read More about Causation, Idiopathic Conditions and the Limits of Epidemiology..

International stem cell environments: a world of difference. (2009)
Journal Article
Caulfield, T., Pattinson, S. D., & authors, 2. A. (2009). International stem cell environments: a world of difference. Nature reports. Stem cells, https://doi.org/10.1038/stemcells.2009.61

Morality and the god of reason. Inaugural Lecture as Professor of Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics University of Utrecht. (2009)
Other
Beyleveld, D. (2009). Morality and the god of reason. Inaugural Lecture as Professor of Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics University of Utrecht

Consent and informational responsibility (2009)
Journal Article
Pattinson, S. D. (2009). Consent and informational responsibility. Journal of Medical Ethics, 35(3), 176-179. https://doi.org/10.1136/jme.2008.026401

The notion of “consent” is frequently referred to as “informed consent” to emphasise the informational component of a valid consent. This article considers aspects of that informational component. One misuse of the language of informed consent is hig... Read More about Consent and informational responsibility.

Doctors, Honour and the Law: Medical Ethics in Imperial Germany (2009)
Book
Maehle, A. (2009). Doctors, Honour and the Law: Medical Ethics in Imperial Germany. Palgrave Macmillan

Medical ethics in Imperial Germany were deeply entangled in professional, legal and social issues. This book shows how doctors' ethical decision-making during the Kaiserreich was guided by their notions of male honour and professional reputation and... Read More about Doctors, Honour and the Law: Medical Ethics in Imperial Germany.

The Foundational Role of the Principal of Instrumental Reason in Gewirth’s Argument for the Principle of Generic Consistency: A Response to Andrew Chitty. (2009)
Journal Article
Beyleveld, D., & Bos, G. (2009). The Foundational Role of the Principal of Instrumental Reason in Gewirth’s Argument for the Principle of Generic Consistency: A Response to Andrew Chitty. King's Law Journal, 20(1), 1-20

The legal idealism associated with the 'Sheffield School' rests on Gewirth's argument for the dialectical necessity of the 'PGC,' in which an interim derivation is the dialectically necessity for agents to claim the 'generic rights' for themselves. A... Read More about The Foundational Role of the Principal of Instrumental Reason in Gewirth’s Argument for the Principle of Generic Consistency: A Response to Andrew Chitty..

Phenomenology and the Problem of Animal Minds (2009)
Journal Article
James, S. P. (2009). Phenomenology and the Problem of Animal Minds. Environmental Values, 18(1), 33-49. https://doi.org/10.3197/096327109x404735

Attempts to determine whether nonhuman animals have minds are often thought to raise a particular sceptical concern; I call it the problem of animal minds. If there are such things as animal minds, the sceptic reasons, they will be private realms to... Read More about Phenomenology and the Problem of Animal Minds.

The Regulation of Hybrids and Chimeras in the UK (2009)
Book Chapter
Beyleveld, D., Finnegan, T., & Pattinson, S. D. (2009). The Regulation of Hybrids and Chimeras in the UK. In J. Taupitz, & M. Weschka (Eds.), Chimbrids : chimeras and hybrids in comparative European and international research : scientific, ethical, philosophical and legal aspects (603-825). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-93869-9_25

In this report, we will, for the most part, sidestep discussion of how “chimeras” and “hybrids” are to be defined and distinguished, by simply focusing on the UK’s regulation of the activities that CHIMBRIDS has identified as its concern. These are a... Read More about The Regulation of Hybrids and Chimeras in the UK.

Special Report: Health for All - from Alma Ata to Almaty (2009)
Other
Barten, F., Schrecker, T., & Woodward, D. (2009). Special Report: Health for All - from Alma Ata to Almaty

The global health policy landscape has changed considerably over the past decade. There is more money available to allocate to health initiatives than ever before, a large percentage of which has come from private funds and public private partnership... Read More about Special Report: Health for All - from Alma Ata to Almaty.

Abstraction and Equality (2009)
Journal Article
Lucy, W. (2009). Abstraction and Equality. Current Legal Problems, 62(1), 22-70. https://doi.org/10.1093/clp/62.1.22

Adolescent Consent and Confidentiality in the UK (2009)
Journal Article
Cave, E. (2009). Adolescent Consent and Confidentiality in the UK. European Journal of Health Law, 16(4), 309-331. https://doi.org/10.1163/092902709x12506817652775

In R (Axon) v Secretary of State for Health the Gillick competence test was confirmed. Commitment to childhood autonomy and privacy rights caused renewed academic criticism of the 'refusal' cases. This paper considers the form any changes to the law... Read More about Adolescent Consent and Confidentiality in the UK.

Medical Law and Ethics (2009)
Book
Pattinson, S. D. (2009). Medical Law and Ethics. (2nd ed.). Sweet and Maxwell