The Extent to Which the Wish to Donate One’s Organs After Death Contributes to Life-Extension Arguments in Favour of Voluntary Active Euthanasia in the Terminally Ill: An Ethical Analysis (2024)
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Armitage, R. C. (in press). The Extent to Which the Wish to Donate One’s Organs After Death Contributes to Life-Extension Arguments in Favour of Voluntary Active Euthanasia in the Terminally Ill: An Ethical Analysis. New Bioethics, 1-29. https://doi.org/10.1080/20502877.2024.2308346

In terminally ill individuals who would otherwise end their own lives, active voluntary euthanasia (AVE) can be seen as life-extending rather than life-shortening. Accordingly, AVE supports key pro-euthanasia arguments (appeals to autonomy and benefi... Read More about The Extent to Which the Wish to Donate One’s Organs After Death Contributes to Life-Extension Arguments in Favour of Voluntary Active Euthanasia in the Terminally Ill: An Ethical Analysis.

Understanding leprosy reactions and the impact on the lives of people affected: An exploration in two leprosy endemic countries. (2022)
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De Sabbata. (2022). Understanding leprosy reactions and the impact on the lives of people affected: An exploration in two leprosy endemic countries. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, e0010476 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010476

BACKGROUND: Leprosy reactions, Type-1 and erythema nodosum leprosum, are immune-mediated complications of leprosy, which play a significant role in the morbidity associated with the disease. A considerable amount of literature has been published on t... Read More about Understanding leprosy reactions and the impact on the lives of people affected: An exploration in two leprosy endemic countries..

A global pandemic is not a good time to introduce ‘opt-out’ for organ donation (2020)
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Parsons, J. A. (2020). A global pandemic is not a good time to introduce ‘opt-out’ for organ donation. Medical Law International, 155 - 166. https://doi.org/10.1177/0968533220950002

<jats:p> Following several international examples, England introduced a system of deemed consent for organ donation in May 2020. This had been planned for over a year. However, the unprecedented circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic raise issues tha... Read More about A global pandemic is not a good time to introduce ‘opt-out’ for organ donation.

Preparing for the Next Pandemic — The WHO’s Global Influenza Strategy (2019)
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(2019). Preparing for the Next Pandemic — The WHO’s Global Influenza Strategy. New England Journal of Medicine, 2192 - 2194. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMp1905224

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Vaccine procurement during an influenza pandemic and the role of Advance Purchase Agreements: Lessons from 2009-H1N1 (2015)
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(2015). Vaccine procurement during an influenza pandemic and the role of Advance Purchase Agreements: Lessons from 2009-H1N1. Global Public Health, 322 -335. https://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2015.1043743

Vaccines are hugely important tools in minimising the effect pandemic influenza could have on a population. The reforms introduced by the Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Framework are ill-suited to providing sufficient levels of access to vaccines to... Read More about Vaccine procurement during an influenza pandemic and the role of Advance Purchase Agreements: Lessons from 2009-H1N1.

Ageism and Autonomy in Health Care: Explorations through a relational lens (2014)
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Pritchard-Jones. (2014). Ageism and Autonomy in Health Care: Explorations through a relational lens. Health Care Analysis, 72-89. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10728-014-0288-1

Ageism within the context of care has attracted increasing attention in recent years. Similarly, autonomy has developed into a prominent concept within health care law and ethics. This paper explores the way that ageism, understood as a set of negati... Read More about Ageism and Autonomy in Health Care: Explorations through a relational lens.