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Evidence and practice: a review of vignettes in qualitative research (2021)
Journal Article
Murphy, J., Hughes, J., Read, S., & Ashby, S. (2021). Evidence and practice: a review of vignettes in qualitative research. Nurse Researcher, 29(3), 8-14. https://doi.org/10.7748/nr.2021.e1787

BACKGROUND: Developing and working through a PhD research study requires tenacity, continuous development and application of knowledge. It is paramount when researching sensitive topics to consider carefully the construction of tools for collecting d... Read More about Evidence and practice: a review of vignettes in qualitative research.

Lockdown and levelling down: why Savulescu and Cameron are mistaken about selective isolation of the elderly. (2020)
Journal Article
Hughes. (2020). Lockdown and levelling down: why Savulescu and Cameron are mistaken about selective isolation of the elderly. Journal of Medical Ethics, 722-723. https://doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2020-106776

In their recent article, 'Why lockdown of the elderly is not ageist and why levelling down equality is wrong', Savulescu and Cameron argue for selective isolation of the elderly as an alternative to general lockdown. An important part of their argume... Read More about Lockdown and levelling down: why Savulescu and Cameron are mistaken about selective isolation of the elderly..

Weighing Ethical Considerations in Proposed Non-Recent Child Sexual Abuse Investigations: A Response to Maslen and Paine’s Oxford CSA Framework (2020)
Journal Article
Hughes. (2020). Weighing Ethical Considerations in Proposed Non-Recent Child Sexual Abuse Investigations: A Response to Maslen and Paine’s Oxford CSA Framework. Criminal Justice Ethics, https://doi.org/10.1080/0731129X.2020.1800179

Questions about when it is right for police forces to investigate alleged offences committed in the more or less distant past have become increasingly pressing. Recent widely publicized cases of child sexual abuse (CSA) and exploitation, sometimes in... Read More about Weighing Ethical Considerations in Proposed Non-Recent Child Sexual Abuse Investigations: A Response to Maslen and Paine’s Oxford CSA Framework.

Does the heterogeneity of autism undermine the neurodiversity paradigm? (2020)
Journal Article
Hughes. (2020). Does the heterogeneity of autism undermine the neurodiversity paradigm?. Bioethics, https://doi.org/10.1111/bioe.12780

The neurodiversity paradigm is presented by its proponents as providing a philosophical foundation for the activism of the neurodiversity movement. Its central claims are that autism and other neurodivergent conditions are not disorders because they... Read More about Does the heterogeneity of autism undermine the neurodiversity paradigm?.

Advance euthanasia directives and the Dutch prosecution. (2020)
Journal Article
Hughes. (2020). Advance euthanasia directives and the Dutch prosecution. Journal of Medical Ethics, 253-256. https://doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2020-106131

In a recent Dutch euthanasia case, a woman underwent euthanasia on the basis of an advance directive, having first been sedated without her knowledge and then restrained by members of her family while the euthanasia was administered. This article con... Read More about Advance euthanasia directives and the Dutch prosecution..

Conscientious objection in healthcare: why tribunals might be the answer (2016)
Journal Article
Hughes. (2016). Conscientious objection in healthcare: why tribunals might be the answer. Journal of Medical Ethics, 213-217. https://doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2015-102970

A recent focus of the debate on conscientious objection in healthcare is the question of whether practitioners should have to justify their refusal to perform certain functions. A recent article by Cowley addresses a practical aspect of this controve... Read More about Conscientious objection in healthcare: why tribunals might be the answer.

Time and Crime: Which Cold-Case Investigations Should Be Reheated? (2015)
Journal Article
Hughes, J. (2015). Time and Crime: Which Cold-Case Investigations Should Be Reheated?. Criminal Justice Ethics, https://doi.org/10.1080/0731129X.2015.1025505

Advances in forensic techniques have expanded the temporal horizon of criminal investigations, facilitating investigation of historic crimes that would previously have been considered unsolvable. Public enthusiasm for pursuing historic crimes is exem... Read More about Time and Crime: Which Cold-Case Investigations Should Be Reheated?.