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Competence and authority: adolescent treatment refusals for physical and mental health conditions (2012)
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Cave, E. (2013). Competence and authority: adolescent treatment refusals for physical and mental health conditions. Contemporary Social Science, 8(2), 92-103. https://doi.org/10.1080/21582041.2012.751502

This article explores the relationship between competence and authority in relation to medical treatment refusals. Comparing provisions directed at adults and young people, the author explores the options before the court if a test case (called for b... Read More about Competence and authority: adolescent treatment refusals for physical and mental health conditions.

The interview as narrative ethnography: seeking and shaping connections in qualitative research (2012)
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Hampshire, K., Blell, M., Iqbal, N., & Simpson, B. (2014). The interview as narrative ethnography: seeking and shaping connections in qualitative research. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 17(3), 215-231. https://doi.org/10.1080/13645579.2012.729405

Acts of counter-subjectification in qualitative research are always present but are often submerged in accounts that seek to locate the power of subjectification entirely with the researcher. This is particularly so when talking to people about sensi... Read More about The interview as narrative ethnography: seeking and shaping connections in qualitative research.

Multiple crises and global health : new and necessary frontiers of health politics (2012)
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Schrecker, T. (2012). Multiple crises and global health : new and necessary frontiers of health politics. Global Public Health, 7(6), 557-573. https://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2012.691524

The world economy is entering an era of multiple crises, involving finance, food security and global environmental change. This article assesses the implications for global public health, describes the contours of post-2007 crises in food security an... Read More about Multiple crises and global health : new and necessary frontiers of health politics.

Emergency Research and the Interests of Participants (2012)
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Pattinson, S. D. (2012). Emergency Research and the Interests of Participants. Medical Law International, 12(2), 121-141. https://doi.org/10.1177/0968533212465615

The UK Clinical Trials Regulations were amended in 2006 and 2008 to facilitate research on medicinal products administered in emergency situations. The Regulations, which implement the EU Clinical Trials Directive, had previously required prior conse... Read More about Emergency Research and the Interests of Participants.

Emerging Technologies, Extreme Uncertainty, and the Principle of Rational Precautionary Reasoning (2012)
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Beyleveld, D., & Brownsword, R. (2012). Emerging Technologies, Extreme Uncertainty, and the Principle of Rational Precautionary Reasoning. Law, Innovation and Technology, 4(1), 35-65. https://doi.org/10.5235/175799612800650644

This paper argues that, in a context of 'extreme uncertainty' (where it is believed that it is possible that an emerging technology might cause harm to humans, damage to the environment, or some form of moral violation; but where the likelihood of su... Read More about Emerging Technologies, Extreme Uncertainty, and the Principle of Rational Precautionary Reasoning.

Minors' Capacity to Refuse Treatment: A Reply to Gilmore and Herring (2012)
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Cave, E., & Wallbank, J. (2012). Minors' Capacity to Refuse Treatment: A Reply to Gilmore and Herring. Medical Law Review, 20(3), 423-449. https://doi.org/10.1093/medlaw/fws003

Re R and Re W allow a parent to consent to treatment a competent minor refuses, but the cases have not been tested post-Human Rights Act 1998. Gilmore and Herring offer a means by which they might be distinguished or sidelined. They interpret Gillick... Read More about Minors' Capacity to Refuse Treatment: A Reply to Gilmore and Herring.

The Value of Bodily Material: Acquiring and Allocating Human Gametes (2012)
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Pattinson, S. D. (2012). The Value of Bodily Material: Acquiring and Allocating Human Gametes. Medical Law Review, 20(4), 576-603. https://doi.org/10.1093/medlaw/fws005

The UK is facing increasing demand for sperm and eggs for use in medical treatment and research. The disparity between supply and demand has led a number of UK bodies to recommend the adoption of a national donation system, at least with regard to ga... Read More about The Value of Bodily Material: Acquiring and Allocating Human Gametes.

‘Everybody is moving on’: Infertility, relationality and the aesthetics of family among British-Pakistani Muslims (2012)
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Hampshire, K., Blell, M., & Simpson, B. (2012). ‘Everybody is moving on’: Infertility, relationality and the aesthetics of family among British-Pakistani Muslims. Social Science & Medicine, 74(7), 1045-1052. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.12.031

It is now widely recognised that experiences of infertility are socially and culturally contingent. Drawing on reproductive narratives of 108 British-Pakistani Muslims living in Northeast England (collected from 2007 to 2010), we show that subjective... Read More about ‘Everybody is moving on’: Infertility, relationality and the aesthetics of family among British-Pakistani Muslims.

Blinding Authority: Randomized Clinical Trials and the Production of Global Scientific Knowledge in Contemporary Sri Lanka (2012)
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Simpson, B., & Sariola, S. (2012). Blinding Authority: Randomized Clinical Trials and the Production of Global Scientific Knowledge in Contemporary Sri Lanka. Science, Technology, & Human Values, 37(5), 555-575. https://doi.org/10.1177/0162243911432648

In this article, the authors present an ethnography of biomedical knowledge production and science collaboration when they take place in developing country contexts. The authors focus on the arrival of international clinical trials to Sri Lanka and p... Read More about Blinding Authority: Randomized Clinical Trials and the Production of Global Scientific Knowledge in Contemporary Sri Lanka.

Global health and national borders : the ethics of foreign aid in a time of financial crisis (2012)
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Johri, M., Chung, R., Dawson, A., & Schrecker, T. (2012). Global health and national borders : the ethics of foreign aid in a time of financial crisis. Globalization and Health, 8, Article 19. https://doi.org/10.1186/1744-8603-8-19

Background: The governments and citizens of the developed nations are increasingly called upon to contribute financially to health initiatives outside their borders. Although international development assistance for health has grown rapidly over the... Read More about Global health and national borders : the ethics of foreign aid in a time of financial crisis.