Kristine Bærøe

Biographic Data

ID8990175
NAMEKristine Bærøe
GIVEN NAMESKristine
FAMILY NAMEBærøe
SIGNATUREBÆRØE K
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Bergen
ORCID0000-0002-4626-7232
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR8
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX0

  • Towards an environmentally sensitive healthcare ethics

    Kristine Bærøe, Anand Bhopal et al.ARTICLEJournal of Medical Ethics2024

  • Translational bioethics

    Open AccessKristine BærøeARTICLEBioethics2024

    Translational ethics (TE) has been developed into a specific approach, which revolves around the argument that strategies for bridging the theory‐practice gap in bioethics must themselves be justified on ethical terms. This version of TE incorporates normative, empirical and foundational ethics research and continues to develop through application and in the face of new ethical challenges. Here, I explore the idea that the academic field of bioet…

  • Dual duties to patient and planet

    Anand Bhopal, Kristine BærøeARTICLEJournal of Medical Ethics2023

  • The Future Ethics of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine

    Open AccessTorbjørn Gundersen, Kristine BærøeARTICLEScience and Engineering Ethics2022

    This article examines the role of medical doctors, AI designers, and other stakeholders in making applied AI and machine learning ethically acceptable on the general premises of shared decision-making in medicine. Recent policy documents such as the EU strategy on trustworthy AI and the research literature have often suggested that AI could be made ethically acceptable by increased collaboration between developers and other stakeholders. The arti…

  • Difficult trade-offs in response to Covid-19

    Open AccessOle F Norheim, Joelle M Abi-Rached et al.ARTICLENature Medicine2021

    We argue that deliberative decision making that is inclusive, transparent and accountable can contribute to more trustworthy and legitimate decisions on difficult ethical questions and political trade-offs during the pandemic and beyond.

  • The need for empathetic healthcare systems

    Open AccessAngeliki Kerasidou, Kristine Bærøe et al.ARTICLEJournal of Medical Ethics2021

    Medicine is not merely a job that requires technical expertise, but a profession concerned with making the best decisions and recommendations with reference to, and in consultation with, the patient. This means that the skill set required for healthcare professionals in order to provide good care is a combination of scientific knowledge, technical aptitude, and affective qualities or virtues such as compassion and empathy

  • How to reach trustworthy decisions for caesarean sections on maternal request

    Open AccessKristiane Tislevoll Eide, Kristine BærøeARTICLEJournal of Medical Ethics2021

    Caesarean delivery is a common and life-saving intervention. However, it involves an overall increased risk for short-term and long-term complications for both mother and child compared with vaginal delivery. From a medical point of view, healthcare professionals should, therefore, not recommend caesarean sections without any anticipated medical benefit. Consequently, caesarean sections requested by women for maternal reasons can cause conflict b…

  • Disease Control Priorities for Neglected Tropical Diseases

    Open AccessElisabeth Marie Strømme, Kristine Bærøe et al.ARTICLEDeveloping World Bioethics2014

    BACKGROUND: In the context of limited health care budgets in countries where Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) are endemic, scaling up disease control interventions entails the setting of priorities. However, solutions based solely on cost-effectiveness analyses may lead to biased and insufficiently justified priorities. OBJECTIVES: The objectives of this paper are to 1) demonstrate how a range of equity concerns can be used to identify feasible…