Ruth Chadwick
Biographic Data
| ID | 3919893 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ruth Chadwick |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ruth |
| FAMILY NAME | Chadwick |
| SIGNATURE | CHADWICK R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cardiff University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8265-4838 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 34 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 33 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Ecological Genome Project and the Promises of Ecogenomics for Society: Realising a Shared Vision as One Health
This paper develops a vision for The Ecological Genome Project : an aspirational, global endeavour to connect human genomic sciences with the ethos of ecological sciences. The Project's goal is to strengthen interdisciplinary networks that relate to diverse initiatives using genomic technologies, with respect to shared ethical frameworks and governance structures. To this end, this paper proposes a practical definition of ecogenomics to align var…
Little Things Mean A Lot
For various reasons I have been doing a lot of hospital visiting lately and it has offered an opportunity to observe the care that is provided by obviously overworked health care professionals, who are routinely faced with challenging situations in conditions that inevitably involve scarcity of resources. One incident that I witnessed concerned an apparently frail elderly person whose dentures had been lost in the hospital. The person's daughter …
Health care and the ethical implications of treatment spaces
The recent advertisement in the United Kingdom for nurses to give corridor care1 has revived discussion of the ethical issues associated with the spaces in which health care is delivered. While we are sadly used to seeing, on television screens at least, treatment given in situations of war and disasters—in conditions of extreme deprivation—there are concerns about the normalisation of less than optimal situations for delivery of care in relative…
Commercialization and the Olympics: A step too far
As Paris and the world prepare for the 2024 Olympics, attention turns to issues of security, of course, but also to ethical issues. There are several matters of ethical interest that arise in relation to sport, some of which concern, at bottom, issues of fair play (such as use of performance-enhancing drugs, enhancement, issues of gender and transgender eligibility policies), while others are political (e.g., exclusion of national branding from c…
Teachers’ experience of inquiry into socioscientific issues in the Irish lower secondary science curriculum
The Irish lower secondary science curriculum emphasises the development of scientific literacy through the use of inquiry teaching and learning approaches. The Science in Society Investigation assessment in this curriculum requires students to carry out inquiry into socioscientific issues (SSI). This research presents two case studies exploring how teachers used inquiry in the context of SSI for the development of students’ skills and knowledge. …
Mental health awareness
General practice: How important is the face‐to‐face consultation
Everyday ethics and disasters
Challenges for bioethics in the new normal
Impact of the Covid-19 crisis on learning, teaching and facilitation of practical activities in science upon reopening of Irish schools
In September 2020, Irish schools reopened following their emergency closure due to the COVID-19 crisis. Measures were put in place to minimise the risk of transmission of the virus within schools and communities. However, these measures were likely to impact on teachers’ capacity to facilitate learning in science, particularly the practical and investigative aspects of the Irish curriculum. This research explores the impact of the measures in pla…
Covid‐19 and bioethics: Looking back and looking forward
Freedom and responsibility in the Covid debate
References to freedom and responsibility have been widespread in discussion of the coronavirus pandemic, not least among politicians. They are both concepts that have multiple interpretations and are thus open to being leveraged to suit particular political purposes. My perspective here is influenced by the UK context but has wider relevance. As regards freedom, the emphasis in some quarters on the freedom not to wear a mask is difficult to under…
Getting back to normal
Covid‐19 and the possibility of solidarity
Much has been said about the ways in which features of the COVID-19 pandemic have been politicised, with some seeing at least some of the rules as a serious infringement of individual liberty. The new situation in which we find ourselves in the current pandemic also requires (and is receiving) considerable bioethical reflection, including on the concepts of autonomy, solidarity and justice (for example, intergenerational justice). Of course, publ…
Direct to consumer testing, drugs and gifts
Bioethics: Genetics and Genomics
From Elsa to responsible research and Promisomics
Correspondence: h.zwart@science. ru.nl Department of Philosophy and Science Studies, Radboud University Nijmegen, Faculty of Science, Institute for Science, Innovation and Society (ISIS), P.O. Box 9010, 6500, GL, Nijmegen, The Netherlands Centre for Society and the Life Sciences (CSG), P.O. Box 9010, 6500, GL, Nijmegen, The Netherlands Full list of author information is available at the end of the article
New Questions, or Only Old Questions in a New Guise
This comment reminds us that technological developments can redraw the boundaries of our concepts, introduce new ones and change interpretations, and it asks to what extent the BMI experiments covered by Kevin Warwick s article have such implications. The distinction between human enhancement and improvement is raised and the fact that consenting to uncertain and unforeseeable outcomes is always challenging. But why is it more challenging to cons…
Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics
Professional ethics and the 'good' of science
Proposals for an ethical code for scientists raise questions about the usefulness of the framework of professional ethics for debating relevant issues surrounding ethics and science. Is science a profession and if so should its professional ethic be self-derived or subject to external input? What needs to be addressed is the nature of the 'good' that science promotes. Explanations of science as a public good in terms of knowledge and diversity ar…
Genomic Databases as Global Public Goods
Ethical Issues in Journalism and the Media
Genetics, choice and responsibility
This paper addresses two competing perspectives choice and responsibility for the individual undergoing genetic resting and counselling, and the tension between them. A comparison with models applied to vaccination demonstrates the changes in ethical frameworks considered appropriate over time. The move from choice to responsibility, it is argued, is due to a number of reasons, including the value impact of new technology, which affect how concep…
Can Genetic Counseling Avoid the Charge of Eugenics
The ArgumentThe claim that x is a form of eugenics is frequently used as if it were a knockdown argument against x. Genetic counseling has tried to distance itself from eugenics by presenting itself as facilitating choice. Its success in this attempt has been challenged. The argument however is not a knockdown one and there is scope for some mediation between autonomy and public health goals in genetics
The human genome project, predictive testing and insurance contracts: Ethical and legal responses
From Elsa to responsible research and Promisomics
Correspondence: h.zwart@science. ru.nl Department of Philosophy and Science Studies, Radboud University Nijmegen, Faculty of Science, Institute for Science, Innovation and Society (ISIS), P.O. Box 9010, 6500, GL, Nijmegen, The Netherlands Centre for Society and the Life Sciences (CSG), P.O. Box 9010, 6500, GL, Nijmegen, The Netherlands Full list of author information is available at the end of the article
Can Genetic Counseling Avoid the Charge of Eugenics
The ArgumentThe claim that x is a form of eugenics is frequently used as if it were a knockdown argument against x. Genetic counseling has tried to distance itself from eugenics by presenting itself as facilitating choice. Its success in this attempt has been challenged. The argument however is not a knockdown one and there is scope for some mediation between autonomy and public health goals in genetics
The development of a normative standard in counselling for genetic disease: Ethics and law
The article critically examines the ethical and legal obligation of the genetic counsellor with particular emphasis on the giving of advice to, and the protection of the reproductive autonomy of, the counsellee. It is submitted that neutrality or non-directiveness in the counselling process is fundamental to the protection of reproductive autonomy and is a widely accepted professional ethic. However, it is suggested that, because there is an inhe…
Hospital Discharge of Frail Elderly People: Social and Ethical Considerations in the Discharge Decision-making Process
Using contributions from moral philosophy and sociology, this paper explores the decisions confronting care professionals when discharging frail elderly people from hospital. It is based on research into hospital discharge in South Glamorgan that has illuminated the nature of professional decision-making in multi-disciplinary ward meetings. Two key dilemmas are identified and examined in detail: first, the dilemma of discharging elderly people wh…
Ethics as a Vehicle for Media Quality
Given the connection between the media and democracy, the question of media quality is important. A recurring theme is the distinction between positive and negative aspects of media quality: what is required and what is prohibited. The legal route to media quality is considered and accepted as necessary, but not sufficient. It needs to be supplemented by the ethical route, understood as a competence to deploy ethical consideration in professional…
Germ-Line Gene Therapy, Autonomy, and Community
Symposium: Regulating Germ-Line Gene Therapy
Compensation for harm: The implications for medical research
Hospital Discharge of Frail Elderly People: Social and Ethical Considerations in the Discharge Decision-making Process
Using contributions from moral philosophy and sociology, this paper explores the decisions confronting care professionals when discharging frail elderly people from hospital. It is based on research into hospital discharge in South Glamorgan that has illuminated the nature of professional decision-making in multi-disciplinary ward meetings. Two key dilemmas are identified and examined in detail: first, the dilemma of discharging elderly people wh…
Short Notices
Journal Article Short Notices Get access Robert H. Blank, Life, Death and Public Policy, Dekalb, Illinois: Northern Illinois University Press, 1988. Pp. x + 182. £6.80 (pbk.). ISBN 0-87580-142-0-x. RUTH F. CHADWICK RUTH F. CHADWICK University of Wales College of Cardiff Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Social History of Medicine, Volume 3, Issue 3, December 1990, Pages 512–513, https://doi.org/10.109…
The development of a normative standard in counselling for genetic disease: Ethics and law
The article critically examines the ethical and legal obligation of the genetic counsellor with particular emphasis on the giving of advice to, and the protection of the reproductive autonomy of, the counsellee. It is submitted that neutrality or non-directiveness in the counselling process is fundamental to the protection of reproductive autonomy and is a widely accepted professional ethic. However, it is suggested that, because there is an inhe…
Ethics, Reproduction and Genetic Control
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access Ethics, Reproduction and Genetic Control. Edited By Ruth Chadwick. (London: Routledge, 1990. Pp. xi + 200. Price £8.99 pbk.) G. E. M. Anscombe G. E. M. Anscombe New Hall, University of Cambridge Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 42, Issue 166, January 1992, Pages 126–129, https://doi.org/10.2307/2220465 Published: 01 January 1992
Compensation for harm: The implications for medical research
Ethics and the professions
Germ-Line Gene Therapy, Autonomy, and Community
Symposium: Regulating Germ-Line Gene Therapy
The human genome project, predictive testing and insurance contracts: Ethical and legal responses
Ethics as a Vehicle for Media Quality
Given the connection between the media and democracy, the question of media quality is important. A recurring theme is the distinction between positive and negative aspects of media quality: what is required and what is prohibited. The legal route to media quality is considered and accepted as necessary, but not sufficient. It needs to be supplemented by the ethical route, understood as a competence to deploy ethical consideration in professional…
Ethical Issues in Journalism and the Media
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access Ethical Issues in Journalism and the Media. Edited By A. Belsey and R. Chadwick. (London: Routledge, 1992. Pp. xiii + 179. Price £30.00 h/b, £10.99.) Matthew Kieran Matthew Kieran University of Leeds Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 45, Issue 180, July 1995, Pages 408–410, https://doi.org/10.2307/2219672 Published: 01 July 1995
Can Genetic Counseling Avoid the Charge of Eugenics
The ArgumentThe claim that x is a form of eugenics is frequently used as if it were a knockdown argument against x. Genetic counseling has tried to distance itself from eugenics by presenting itself as facilitating choice. Its success in this attempt has been challenged. The argument however is not a knockdown one and there is scope for some mediation between autonomy and public health goals in genetics
Genetics, choice and responsibility
This paper addresses two competing perspectives choice and responsibility for the individual undergoing genetic resting and counselling, and the tension between them. A comparison with models applied to vaccination demonstrates the changes in ethical frameworks considered appropriate over time. The move from choice to responsibility, it is argued, is due to a number of reasons, including the value impact of new technology, which affect how concep…
Ethical Issues in Journalism and the Media
Genomic Databases as Global Public Goods
Professional ethics and the 'good' of science
Proposals for an ethical code for scientists raise questions about the usefulness of the framework of professional ethics for debating relevant issues surrounding ethics and science. Is science a profession and if so should its professional ethic be self-derived or subject to external input? What needs to be addressed is the nature of the 'good' that science promotes. Explanations of science as a public good in terms of knowledge and diversity ar…
New Questions, or Only Old Questions in a New Guise
This comment reminds us that technological developments can redraw the boundaries of our concepts, introduce new ones and change interpretations, and it asks to what extent the BMI experiments covered by Kevin Warwick s article have such implications. The distinction between human enhancement and improvement is raised and the fact that consenting to uncertain and unforeseeable outcomes is always challenging. But why is it more challenging to cons…
Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics
From Elsa to responsible research and Promisomics
Correspondence: h.zwart@science. ru.nl Department of Philosophy and Science Studies, Radboud University Nijmegen, Faculty of Science, Institute for Science, Innovation and Society (ISIS), P.O. Box 9010, 6500, GL, Nijmegen, The Netherlands Centre for Society and the Life Sciences (CSG), P.O. Box 9010, 6500, GL, Nijmegen, The Netherlands Full list of author information is available at the end of the article
Bioethics: Genetics and Genomics
Covid‐19 and the possibility of solidarity
Much has been said about the ways in which features of the COVID-19 pandemic have been politicised, with some seeing at least some of the rules as a serious infringement of individual liberty. The new situation in which we find ourselves in the current pandemic also requires (and is receiving) considerable bioethical reflection, including on the concepts of autonomy, solidarity and justice (for example, intergenerational justice). Of course, publ…
Direct to consumer testing, drugs and gifts
Impact of the Covid-19 crisis on learning, teaching and facilitation of practical activities in science upon reopening of Irish schools
In September 2020, Irish schools reopened following their emergency closure due to the COVID-19 crisis. Measures were put in place to minimise the risk of transmission of the virus within schools and communities. However, these measures were likely to impact on teachers’ capacity to facilitate learning in science, particularly the practical and investigative aspects of the Irish curriculum. This research explores the impact of the measures in pla…
Covid‐19 and bioethics: Looking back and looking forward
Freedom and responsibility in the Covid debate
References to freedom and responsibility have been widespread in discussion of the coronavirus pandemic, not least among politicians. They are both concepts that have multiple interpretations and are thus open to being leveraged to suit particular political purposes. My perspective here is influenced by the UK context but has wider relevance. As regards freedom, the emphasis in some quarters on the freedom not to wear a mask is difficult to under…
Getting back to normal
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