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Acquiring and Allocating Human Gametes (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Pattinson, S. D. (2012, December). Acquiring and Allocating Human Gametes. Paper presented at Invited paper, Maastricht University, the Netherlands

Emergency Research: Law & Policy in the UK (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Pattinson, S. D. (2012, December). Emergency Research: Law & Policy in the UK. Paper presented at Emergency research: when consent might kill you, London

Bringing Stem Cell Research to Clinical Application (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Pattinson, S. D. (2012, December). Bringing Stem Cell Research to Clinical Application. Paper presented at Regulating Research in the Life Sciences in a Globalised World: Case Studies, Durham University

Emergency Research and the Interests of Participants (2012)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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.

The Value of Bodily Material: Acquiring and Allocating Human Gametes (2012)
Journal Article
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.

Hope and Belief (2012)
Book Chapter
Beyleveld, D. (2012). Hope and Belief. In R. Jenkins, & E. Sullivan (Eds.), Philosophy of Mind (1-36). Nova Science Publishers

The Principle of Generic Consistency as the Supreme Principle of Human Rights (2011)
Journal Article
Beyleveld, D. (2011). The Principle of Generic Consistency as the Supreme Principle of Human Rights. Human Rights Review, 13(1), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12142-011-0210-2

Alan Gewirth’s claim that agents contradict that they are agents if they do not accept that the principle of generic consistency (PGC) is the supreme principle of practical rationality has been greeted with widespread scepticism. The aim of this arti... Read More about The Principle of Generic Consistency as the Supreme Principle of Human Rights.

Directed donation and ownership of human organs (2011)
Journal Article
Pattinson, S. D. (2011). Directed donation and ownership of human organs. Legal Studies, 31(3), 392-410. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-121x.2011.00195.x

This paper explores the issue of donation of organs from deceased donors for transplantation into a specified recipient. It argues that proper account should be taken of the principles underlying the Human Tissue Act 2004, which grant the donor a for... Read More about Directed donation and ownership of human organs.

Medical Law and Ethics (2011)
Book
Pattinson, S. D. (2011). Medical Law and Ethics. (3rd ed.). Sweet and Maxwell

This interdisciplinary text seeks to advance understanding of medical law by application of a moral and contextual framework initially outlined in the first chapter and, in the process, seeks to demonstrate the need for a moral epistemology of the ty... Read More about Medical Law and Ethics.

Confidentiality and Data Protection (2010)
Book Chapter
Pattinson, S. D., & Beyleveld, D. (2010). Confidentiality and Data Protection. In A. Grubb, J. Laing, & J. McHale (Eds.), Principles of medical law (651-723). (3rd). Oxford University Press

Defending Moral Precaution as a Solution to the Problem of Other Minds: A Reply to Holm and Coggon (2010)
Journal Article
Pattinson, S. D., & Beyleveld, D. (2010). Defending Moral Precaution as a Solution to the Problem of Other Minds: A Reply to Holm and Coggon. Ratio Juris: An international journal of Jurisprudence and Philosophy of Law, 23(2), 258-273. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9337.2010.00453.x

This article responds to Holm & Coggon (2009) 22 Ratio Juris 295–309, which criticises a thesis advanced and defended in earlier (joint and sole authored) work . This ‘precautionary thesis’ is re-expressed and developed to show that Holm & Coggon’s c... Read More about Defending Moral Precaution as a Solution to the Problem of Other Minds: A Reply to Holm and Coggon.