Thomas A Shannon
Biographic Data
| ID | 7169218 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas A Shannon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas A |
| FAMILY NAME | Shannon |
| SIGNATURE | SHANNON T A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1977 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Reflections on Peter Clark's Moral Analysis of the Use of Methotrexate in Ectopic Pregnancies
An expert on bioethics and Roman Catholic social justice reviews Catholic ethicist Peter Clark's article on why the use of methotrexate for ectopic pregnancies is morally permissible. Virtual Mentor is a monthly bioethics journal published by the American Medical Association
Nutrition and Hydration
Implications of the Papal Allocution on Feeding Tubes
The recent papal allocution To the International Congress on Life-Sustaining Treatment and Vegetative State. Scientific Advances and Ethical Dilemmas has been the occasion for much discussion concerning the use of artificial feeding tubes for nutrition and hydration. Briefly, the Pope stated in the March address that such tubes were a medical act and that their use represents a natural means of preserving life and is part of normal care. Therefor…
A Further Postscript to Mark Johnson
Delayed Hominization
Brain Metaphysics
The Search for the New Pineal Gland Brain Life and Personhood
The concept of "brain life," sometimes offered as the criterion for determining when personhood begins, cannot tell us what we want to know about persons. Neurological facts will not automatically yield ethical conclusions
Approving High Risk, Rejecting Low Risk
In private conversation, business meetings of IRBs, and workshops on human subject research, concern is often expressed over the apparent lack of consistency in the way in which IRBs evaluate protocols. Conclusions are sometimes perceived as arbitrary and capricious. We have observed that protocols with high-risk elements are often quickly approved, while other protocols that present apparently lower risks run into great difficulty during the eva…
How an Investigator and an IRB Cooperated in Research Design
vant. Rather, a more sensitive approach is required-one which focuses on the psychological and social effects of each alternative within the social context. Though we do have a situation of competing ideals we also have a way of adjudicating between them by reflection on the kinds of lives and relationships people will achieve under each. 12See Bourne, Richard and Newberger, Eli, 'Family autonomy' or 'coercive intervention'? Ambiguity and conflic…
Whistle Blowing and Countersuits
Special Supplement
Privacy and Studying Services for Rape Victims
Consent in a Neonatal Screening Program
http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3564556
Should Medical Students Be Research Subjects
Medical Ethics Anthologies
What Guidance from the Guidelines
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What Guidance from the Guidelines
Medical Ethics Anthologies
Consent in a Neonatal Screening Program
http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3564556
Should Medical Students Be Research Subjects
Special Supplement
Privacy and Studying Services for Rape Victims
Whistle Blowing and Countersuits
How an Investigator and an IRB Cooperated in Research Design
vant. Rather, a more sensitive approach is required-one which focuses on the psychological and social effects of each alternative within the social context. Though we do have a situation of competing ideals we also have a way of adjudicating between them by reflection on the kinds of lives and relationships people will achieve under each. 12See Bourne, Richard and Newberger, Eli, 'Family autonomy' or 'coercive intervention'? Ambiguity and conflic…
Approving High Risk, Rejecting Low Risk
In private conversation, business meetings of IRBs, and workshops on human subject research, concern is often expressed over the apparent lack of consistency in the way in which IRBs evaluate protocols. Conclusions are sometimes perceived as arbitrary and capricious. We have observed that protocols with high-risk elements are often quickly approved, while other protocols that present apparently lower risks run into great difficulty during the eva…
The Search for the New Pineal Gland Brain Life and Personhood
The concept of "brain life," sometimes offered as the criterion for determining when personhood begins, cannot tell us what we want to know about persons. Neurological facts will not automatically yield ethical conclusions
Brain Metaphysics
Delayed Hominization
A Further Postscript to Mark Johnson
Implications of the Papal Allocution on Feeding Tubes
The recent papal allocution To the International Congress on Life-Sustaining Treatment and Vegetative State. Scientific Advances and Ethical Dilemmas has been the occasion for much discussion concerning the use of artificial feeding tubes for nutrition and hydration. Briefly, the Pope stated in the March address that such tubes were a medical act and that their use represents a natural means of preserving life and is part of normal care. Therefor…
Nutrition and Hydration
Reflections on Peter Clark's Moral Analysis of the Use of Methotrexate in Ectopic Pregnancies
An expert on bioethics and Roman Catholic social justice reviews Catholic ethicist Peter Clark's article on why the use of methotrexate for ectopic pregnancies is morally permissible. Virtual Mentor is a monthly bioethics journal published by the American Medical Association
Psychology (11 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Criminology (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Biology (2 works) · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (2 works) · Economics (2 works)