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Merleau-Ponty, Metaphysical Realism and the Natural World (2007)
Journal Article
James, S. P. (2007). Merleau-Ponty, Metaphysical Realism and the Natural World. International Journal of Philosophical Studies, 15(4), 501-519. https://doi.org/10.1080/09672550701654917

Environmental thinkers often suppose that the natural world (or some parts of it, at least) exists in its own right, independent of human concerns. The arguments developed in this paper suggest that it is possible to do justice to this thought withou... Read More about Merleau-Ponty, Metaphysical Realism and the Natural World.

Genetic Manipulation and the Body of Christ (2007)
Journal Article
Song, R. (2007). Genetic Manipulation and the Body of Christ. Studies in Christian Ethics, 20(3), 399-420. https://doi.org/10.1177/0953946807082935

Efforts to distinguish therapeutic from non-therapeutic genetic interventions in the human body have floundered on the assumption that the body should be understood as a psycho-physical corpus. This article argues by contrast that the body of Christ,... Read More about Genetic Manipulation and the Body of Christ.

Negotiating the Therapeutic Gap: Prenatal Diagnostics and Termination in Sri Lanka. (2007)
Journal Article
Simpson, B. (2007). Negotiating the Therapeutic Gap: Prenatal Diagnostics and Termination in Sri Lanka. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 5(3), 207-215. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11673-007-9070-5

In Sri Lanka, termination of pregnancy, other than in extreme circumstances, is strictly illegal. Among the public and large sections of the medical community there is widespread support for some degree of liberalization of the law, particularly wher... Read More about Negotiating the Therapeutic Gap: Prenatal Diagnostics and Termination in Sri Lanka..

A novel role for the nuclear membrane protein emerin in association of the centrosome to the outer nuclear membrane (2007)
Journal Article
Salpingidou, G., Smertenko, A., Hausmanowa-Petrucewicz, I., Hussey, P., & Hutchison, C. (2007). A novel role for the nuclear membrane protein emerin in association of the centrosome to the outer nuclear membrane. Journal of Cell Biology, 178(6), 897-904. https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.200702026

The type II inner nuclear membrane protein emerin is a component of the LINC complex that connects the nuclear lamina to the actin cytoskeleton. In emerin-null or -deficient human dermal fibroblasts we find that the centrosome is detached from the nu... Read More about A novel role for the nuclear membrane protein emerin in association of the centrosome to the outer nuclear membrane.

Article 14 ECHR: a Protector, Not a Prosecutor (2007)
Book Chapter
Baker, A. (2007). Article 14 ECHR: a Protector, Not a Prosecutor. In H. Fenwick, G. Phillipson, & R. Masterman (Eds.), Judicial reasoning under the UK Human Rights Act (348-376). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511493775.015

When the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) brought the protections of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) into UK law, it entrusted the judiciary with a role with which it had little experience. The HRA asks judges to decide, among other things,... Read More about Article 14 ECHR: a Protector, Not a Prosecutor.

Intellectual property, genetically modified crops and bioethics. (2007)
Journal Article
Adcock, M. (2007). Intellectual property, genetically modified crops and bioethics. Biotechnology Journal, 2(9), 1088-1092. https://doi.org/10.1002/biot.200700090

The implementation of a new technology is almost always surrounded by a debate on the moral and social implications that may arise. The debate with regard to genetically modified (GM) crops has been one of the longest and most controversial. However,... Read More about Intellectual property, genetically modified crops and bioethics..

Age-adjusted Plasmodium falciparum antibody levels in school-aged children are a stable marker of microgeographical variations in exposure to Plasmodium infection (2007)
Journal Article
Wilson, S., Booth, M., Jones, F. M., Mwatha, J. K., Kimani, G., Kariuki, H. C., …Dunne, D. W. (2007). Age-adjusted Plasmodium falciparum antibody levels in school-aged children are a stable marker of microgeographical variations in exposure to Plasmodium infection. BMC Infectious Diseases, 7, https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-7-67

BACKGROUND: Amongst school-aged children living in malaria endemic areas, chronic morbidity and exacerbation of morbidity associated with other infections are often not coincident with the presence or levels of Plasmodium parasitaemia, but may result... Read More about Age-adjusted Plasmodium falciparum antibody levels in school-aged children are a stable marker of microgeographical variations in exposure to Plasmodium infection.

Globalization and social determinants of health : promoting health equity in global governance (part 3 of 3) (2007)
Journal Article
Labonté, R., & Schrecker, T. (2007). Globalization and social determinants of health : promoting health equity in global governance (part 3 of 3). Globalization and Health, 3, Article 7. https://doi.org/10.1186/1744-8603-3-7

This article is the third in a three-part review of research on globalization and the social determinants of health (SDH). In the first article of the series, we identified and defended an economically oriented definition of globalization and address... Read More about Globalization and social determinants of health : promoting health equity in global governance (part 3 of 3).

Globalization and social determinants of health : the role of the global marketplace (part 2 of 3) (2007)
Journal Article
Labonté, R., & Schrecker, T. (2007). Globalization and social determinants of health : the role of the global marketplace (part 2 of 3). Globalization and Health, 3, Article 6. https://doi.org/10.1186/1744-8603-3-6

Globalization is a key context for the study of social determinants of health (SDH): broadly stated, SDH are the conditions in which people live and work, and that affect their opportunities to lead healthy lives. In the first article in this three p... Read More about Globalization and social determinants of health : the role of the global marketplace (part 2 of 3).

Clinical Audit and Reform of the UK Research Ethics Review System (2007)
Journal Article
Cave, E., & Nichols, C. (2007). Clinical Audit and Reform of the UK Research Ethics Review System. Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics, 28(3), 181-203. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11017-007-9034-0

There is an international consensus that medical research involving humans should only be undertaken in accordance with ethical principles. Paradoxically though, there is no consensus over the kinds of activities that constitute research and should b... Read More about Clinical Audit and Reform of the UK Research Ethics Review System.

Reforming the Ethical Review System: Balancing the Rights and Interests of Research Participants with the Duty to Facilitate Good Research (2007)
Journal Article
Cave, E., & Nichols, C. (2007). Reforming the Ethical Review System: Balancing the Rights and Interests of Research Participants with the Duty to Facilitate Good Research. Clinical Ethics, 2(2), 74-79. https://doi.org/10.1258/147775007781029573

Researchers have frequently complained that the NHS ethical review system stifles good research. At last measures are being put in place to address this criticism, but will they undermine the protection of research participants? The Declaration of He... Read More about Reforming the Ethical Review System: Balancing the Rights and Interests of Research Participants with the Duty to Facilitate Good Research.

Internationalising New Technologies of Crime Control: Forensic DNA Databasing and Datasharing in the European Union. (2007)
Journal Article
Johnson, P., & Williams, R. (2007). Internationalising New Technologies of Crime Control: Forensic DNA Databasing and Datasharing in the European Union. Policing and Society, 17(2), 103-118. https://doi.org/10.1080/10439460701302669

The use of DNA profiling in support of criminal investigations by police forces across the world has expanded remarkably during the last decade. The effectiveness of the world's first national DNA database—the National DNA Database of England & Wales... Read More about Internationalising New Technologies of Crime Control: Forensic DNA Databasing and Datasharing in the European Union..

Drink and Drugs in Pregnancy: Can the Law Prevent Avoidable Harm to the Future Child? (2007)
Journal Article
Cave, E. (2007). Drink and Drugs in Pregnancy: Can the Law Prevent Avoidable Harm to the Future Child?. Medical Law International, 8(2), 165-187. https://doi.org/10.1177/096853320700800203

Alcohol and drug misuse in pregnancy can cause long-term harm to the born-alive child. Where pregnant women decide to bring the foetus to term but resist medical treatment that will benefit them both, there are two ways in which the law might force i... Read More about Drink and Drugs in Pregnancy: Can the Law Prevent Avoidable Harm to the Future Child?.

Landesbericht Grossbritannien (2007)
Book Chapter
Pattinson, S. D., & Beyleveld, D. (2007). Landesbericht Grossbritannien. In A. Eser, H. Koch, & C. Seith (Eds.), Internationale Perspektiven zu Status und Schutz des extrakorporalen: International Perspectives on the Status and Protection of the Extracorporeal Embryo (171-203). Nomos

Foreign policy matters : a normative view of the G8 and population health (2007)
Journal Article
Labonté, R., & Schrecker, T. (2007). Foreign policy matters : a normative view of the G8 and population health. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 85(3), 185-191. https://doi.org/10.2471/blt.06.037242

The Group of Eight (G8) countries occupy a dominant position in the international economic and political order. Given what is known about influences on the social determinants of health in an interconnected world, the G8 are a logical starting point... Read More about Foreign policy matters : a normative view of the G8 and population health.