Kathryn Muyskens
Biographic Data
| ID | 6809276 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kathryn Muyskens |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kathryn |
| FAMILY NAME | Muyskens |
| SIGNATURE | MUYSKENS K |
| AFFILIATIONS | National University of Singapore |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8506-0659 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Promise and Peril of Precision Medicine
Ziran (自然)
Bifurcations in beneficence
Interest in the integration of traditional and biomedical health practices is growing globally, as indicated by the WHO’s 2023 global summit on traditional medicines. The place of traditional medicines in a biomedical health system is also gaining attention locally in the Singaporean context, where recent health policy changes have emphasised an integrative approach that prioritises continuity of care to improve health outcomes. Yet, this drive t…
A Confucian Perspective on Public Health Ethics
Debates in public health ethics have been dominated by the assumptions of Western liberalism: a priority given to liberty and autonomy over other values, an individualistic view of social ontology, a focus on personal responsibility, a minimal set of obligations (only created through consent), and a marginalization of social, cultural, and religious context. Examining issues in public health ethics from the perspective of a different moral tradit…
Relational epistemic humility in the clinical encounter
Epistemic humility has garnered increased attention in recent years, including within the realm of clinical ethics and is increasingly accepted as an important part of patient-centred practice and clinical care. However, while literature on the topic often states what epistemic humility is not , there have been few positive definitions given for the term. Further, these few positive definitions downplay the relational nature of epistemic humility…
Confucian reflections on the new reproductive model of Ropa
Some countries are legalizing same‐sex marriage and assisted reproductive technologies (ART) for homosexual couples. One unique form of ART, ROPA (Reception of Oocytes from Partner), recently stirred up controversy in China, when a custody dispute between a female same‐sex couple who used ROPA brought this reproductive model into the public eye. Some Western scholars have argued for the legitimacy of ROPA from the perspective of autonomy and repr…
Daoist Views on Disability and Genetic Intervention
This letter responds to the essay “Nothing about Us without Us in Precision Medicine: A Call to Reframe Disability Difference in Genetics and Genomics,” by Kevin Mintz, Joseph Stramondo, and Holly Tabor, in “Envisioning a More Just Genomics,” the November‐December 2024 special report of the Hastings Center Report
Medical Pluralism as a Matter of Justice
A Human Right to What Kind of Health
Until now, it has mostly been assumed that the kind of health the human right to health is concerned with is clearly understood and universal. Here, I question this assumption and offer an explicitly political and pluralistic account of health that is designed to help guide international and cross-cultural interventions on behalf of health. In order to be a useful mechanism of accountability, the human right to health needs an enforceable minimum…
Intervening on Behalf of the Human Right to Health
A common understanding of the political function of human rights is as a trigger for international intervention, with states typically understood to be duty bound by these rights claims. The unique character of the human right to health raises some complications for these conventional views. In this paper, I will argue that because of the unique character of the human right to health, intervention on its behalf can be justified not only in respon…
A Human Right to What Kind of Health
Until now, it has mostly been assumed that the kind of health the human right to health is concerned with is clearly understood and universal. Here, I question this assumption and offer an explicitly political and pluralistic account of health that is designed to help guide international and cross-cultural interventions on behalf of health. In order to be a useful mechanism of accountability, the human right to health needs an enforceable minimum…
Intervening on Behalf of the Human Right to Health
A common understanding of the political function of human rights is as a trigger for international intervention, with states typically understood to be duty bound by these rights claims. The unique character of the human right to health raises some complications for these conventional views. In this paper, I will argue that because of the unique character of the human right to health, intervention on its behalf can be justified not only in respon…
Intervening on Behalf of the Human Right to Health
A common understanding of the political function of human rights is as a trigger for international intervention, with states typically understood to be duty bound by these rights claims. The unique character of the human right to health raises some complications for these conventional views. In this paper, I will argue that because of the unique character of the human right to health, intervention on its behalf can be justified not only in respon…
A Human Right to What Kind of Health
Until now, it has mostly been assumed that the kind of health the human right to health is concerned with is clearly understood and universal. Here, I question this assumption and offer an explicitly political and pluralistic account of health that is designed to help guide international and cross-cultural interventions on behalf of health. In order to be a useful mechanism of accountability, the human right to health needs an enforceable minimum…
Medical Pluralism as a Matter of Justice
Relational epistemic humility in the clinical encounter
Epistemic humility has garnered increased attention in recent years, including within the realm of clinical ethics and is increasingly accepted as an important part of patient-centred practice and clinical care. However, while literature on the topic often states what epistemic humility is not , there have been few positive definitions given for the term. Further, these few positive definitions downplay the relational nature of epistemic humility…
Confucian reflections on the new reproductive model of Ropa
Some countries are legalizing same‐sex marriage and assisted reproductive technologies (ART) for homosexual couples. One unique form of ART, ROPA (Reception of Oocytes from Partner), recently stirred up controversy in China, when a custody dispute between a female same‐sex couple who used ROPA brought this reproductive model into the public eye. Some Western scholars have argued for the legitimacy of ROPA from the perspective of autonomy and repr…
Daoist Views on Disability and Genetic Intervention
This letter responds to the essay “Nothing about Us without Us in Precision Medicine: A Call to Reframe Disability Difference in Genetics and Genomics,” by Kevin Mintz, Joseph Stramondo, and Holly Tabor, in “Envisioning a More Just Genomics,” the November‐December 2024 special report of the Hastings Center Report
The Promise and Peril of Precision Medicine
Ziran (自然)
Bifurcations in beneficence
Interest in the integration of traditional and biomedical health practices is growing globally, as indicated by the WHO’s 2023 global summit on traditional medicines. The place of traditional medicines in a biomedical health system is also gaining attention locally in the Singaporean context, where recent health policy changes have emphasised an integrative approach that prioritises continuity of care to improve health outcomes. Yet, this drive t…
A Confucian Perspective on Public Health Ethics
Debates in public health ethics have been dominated by the assumptions of Western liberalism: a priority given to liberty and autonomy over other values, an individualistic view of social ontology, a focus on personal responsibility, a minimal set of obligations (only created through consent), and a marginalization of social, cultural, and religious context. Examining issues in public health ethics from the perspective of a different moral tradit…
Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Bioethics (4 works) · Ethics in medical practice (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Human rights (3 works)