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rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2024-03-25T03:22:08+01:00">March 25, 2024</time></a></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='The Transformative Potential of CAR-T Therapies: Need for Deeper Consideration of Ethics &amp; Equity of Access for Patients' data-link='https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2024/03/25/the-transformative-potential-of-car-t-therapies-need-for-deeper-consideration-of-ethics-equity-of-access-for-patients/' data-app-id-name='category_above_content'></div><p>By Aisling McMahon, Alanna Kells and Sin茅ad Masterson   CAR-T therapies (Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell Therapy) have demonstrated remarkable potential for the treatment of certain blood cancers. CAR-T therapy is a cellular immunotherapy which involves the extraction of a sample of a patient鈥檚 white blood cells (T-cells) which are then modified outside the body to […]</p> <p><a class="btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link" href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2024/03/25/the-transformative-potential-of-car-t-therapies-need-for-deeper-consideration-of-ethics-equity-of-access-for-patients/">Read More…</a></p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='The Transformative Potential of CAR-T Therapies: Need for Deeper Consideration of Ethics &amp; Equity of Access for Patients' data-link='https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2024/03/25/the-transformative-potential-of-car-t-therapies-need-for-deeper-consideration-of-ethics-equity-of-access-for-patients/' data-app-id-name='category_below_content'></div> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/category/distributive-justice/" rel="category tag">Distributive justice</a>, <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/category/healthcare-financing/" rel="category tag">Healthcare financing</a></span><span class="comments-link"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2024/03/25/the-transformative-potential-of-car-t-therapies-need-for-deeper-consideration-of-ethics-equity-of-access-for-patients/#respond"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="4568 https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/?p=4568">Leave a comment</span></a></span> </footer> </article> <article class="post-4494 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-distributive-justice category-healthcare category-medical-ethics" id="post-4494"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2023/09/18/allocating-physicians-to-rural-areas-in-japan-validity-and-ethical-considerations/" rel="bookmark">Allocating physicians to rural areas in Japan: Validity and ethical considerations</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">Posted on <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2023/09/18/allocating-physicians-to-rural-areas-in-japan-validity-and-ethical-considerations/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2023-09-18T12:48:24+01:00">September 18, 2023</time></a></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Allocating physicians to rural areas in Japan: Validity and ethical considerations' data-link='https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2023/09/18/allocating-physicians-to-rural-areas-in-japan-validity-and-ethical-considerations/' data-app-id-name='category_above_content'></div><p>By Masatoshi Matsumoto. Physicians predominantly cluster in urban areas, often leaving rural populations underserved. This phenomenon is observed worldwide. Consequently, the question arises: is it both necessary and justifiable for governments to allocate physicians to rural regions? In addressing this issue, the Japanese government has adopted an approach involving the establishment of Jichi Medical University […]</p> <p><a class="btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link" href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2023/09/18/allocating-physicians-to-rural-areas-in-japan-validity-and-ethical-considerations/">Read More…</a></p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Allocating physicians to rural areas in Japan: Validity and ethical considerations' data-link='https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2023/09/18/allocating-physicians-to-rural-areas-in-japan-validity-and-ethical-considerations/' data-app-id-name='category_below_content'></div> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/category/distributive-justice/" rel="category tag">Distributive justice</a>, <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/category/healthcare/" rel="category tag">healthcare</a>, <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/category/medical-ethics/" rel="category tag">Medical ethics</a></span><span class="comments-link"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2023/09/18/allocating-physicians-to-rural-areas-in-japan-validity-and-ethical-considerations/#respond"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="4494 https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/?p=4494">Leave a comment</span></a></span> </footer> </article> <article class="post-4449 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-decision-making category-distributive-justice category-healthcare category-medical-ethics" id="post-4449"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2023/08/28/different-emergency-departments-different-triage-systems-when-is-it-an-ethical-problem-that-two-patients-with-the-same-condition-are-triaged-with-different-criteria-and-should-the-public-know-about/" rel="bookmark">Different emergency departments, different triage systems: when is it an ethical problem that two patients with the same condition are triaged with different criteria? And should the public know about it?</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">Posted on <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2023/08/28/different-emergency-departments-different-triage-systems-when-is-it-an-ethical-problem-that-two-patients-with-the-same-condition-are-triaged-with-different-criteria-and-should-the-public-know-about/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2023-08-28T13:07:42+01:00">August 28, 2023</time></a></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Different emergency departments, different triage systems: when is it an ethical problem that two patients with the same condition are triaged with different criteria? And should the public know about it?' data-link='https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2023/08/28/different-emergency-departments-different-triage-systems-when-is-it-an-ethical-problem-that-two-patients-with-the-same-condition-are-triaged-with-different-criteria-and-should-the-public-know-about/' data-app-id-name='category_above_content'></div><p>By Davide Battisti and Silvia Camporesi. It is likely that, like us, you will have had an experience in Emergency Departments (EDs), or that you can recall an experience of accompanying a relative or friend there. Let’s consider the scenario where the reason for you, your relative, or friend going to the ED was the […]</p> <p><a class="btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link" href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2023/08/28/different-emergency-departments-different-triage-systems-when-is-it-an-ethical-problem-that-two-patients-with-the-same-condition-are-triaged-with-different-criteria-and-should-the-public-know-about/">Read More…</a></p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Different emergency departments, different triage systems: when is it an ethical problem that two patients with the same condition are triaged with different criteria? And should the public know about it?' data-link='https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2023/08/28/different-emergency-departments-different-triage-systems-when-is-it-an-ethical-problem-that-two-patients-with-the-same-condition-are-triaged-with-different-criteria-and-should-the-public-know-about/' data-app-id-name='category_below_content'></div> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/category/decision-making/" rel="category tag">Decision making</a>, <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/category/distributive-justice/" rel="category tag">Distributive justice</a>, <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/category/healthcare/" rel="category tag">healthcare</a>, <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/category/medical-ethics/" rel="category tag">Medical ethics</a></span><span class="comments-link"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2023/08/28/different-emergency-departments-different-triage-systems-when-is-it-an-ethical-problem-that-two-patients-with-the-same-condition-are-triaged-with-different-criteria-and-should-the-public-know-about/#respond"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="4449 https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/?p=4449">Leave a comment</span></a></span> </footer> </article> <article class="post-4412 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-distributive-justice category-gene-editing" id="post-4412"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2023/06/06/why-we-can-almost-guarantee-that-genetic-enhancement-will-never-be-fairly-distributed/" rel="bookmark">Why we can almost guarantee that genetic enhancement will never be fairly distributed</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">Posted on <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2023/06/06/why-we-can-almost-guarantee-that-genetic-enhancement-will-never-be-fairly-distributed/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2023-06-06T12:42:47+01:00">June 6, 2023</time></a></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Why we can almost guarantee that genetic enhancement will never be fairly distributed' data-link='https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2023/06/06/why-we-can-almost-guarantee-that-genetic-enhancement-will-never-be-fairly-distributed/' data-app-id-name='category_above_content'></div><p>By Sinead Prince. We鈥檝e been discussing the possibility of genetic enhancement, and the ethics of such technology, for some time now. Many people are quite cautious about the idea of genetically modifying embryos as well as adults, but others have begun waving the green flag rigorously. Genetic enhancement is the modification of genes using technologies […]</p> <p><a class="btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link" href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2023/06/06/why-we-can-almost-guarantee-that-genetic-enhancement-will-never-be-fairly-distributed/">Read More…</a></p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Why we can almost guarantee that genetic enhancement will never be fairly distributed' data-link='https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2023/06/06/why-we-can-almost-guarantee-that-genetic-enhancement-will-never-be-fairly-distributed/' data-app-id-name='category_below_content'></div> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/category/distributive-justice/" rel="category tag">Distributive justice</a>, <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/category/gene-editing/" rel="category tag">Gene editing</a></span><span class="comments-link"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2023/06/06/why-we-can-almost-guarantee-that-genetic-enhancement-will-never-be-fairly-distributed/#respond"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="4412 https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/?p=4412">Leave a comment</span></a></span> </footer> </article> <article class="post-4380 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-distributive-justice category-methodology category-philosophy" id="post-4380"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2023/03/07/it-seems-important-to-study-public-values-regarding-priority-setting-principles-but-why-exactly/" rel="bookmark">It seems important to study public values regarding priority setting principles, but why exactly?</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">Posted on <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2023/03/07/it-seems-important-to-study-public-values-regarding-priority-setting-principles-but-why-exactly/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2023-03-07T12:53:08+01:00">March 7, 2023</time></a></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='It seems important to study public values regarding priority setting principles, but why exactly?' data-link='https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2023/03/07/it-seems-important-to-study-public-values-regarding-priority-setting-principles-but-why-exactly/' data-app-id-name='category_above_content'></div><p>By Erik Gustavsson and Lars Lindblom. If you visit a conference or workshop on priority setting there will most certainly be several slots on empirical studies exploring public values about principles for priority setting. 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The Queen鈥檚 funeral took place on 19th September 2022, which was declared a bank holiday. As a result, many NHS services were scaled back: hospital appointments were cancelled, operations were delayed, and GP surgeries closed, with several serious effects on patient care. 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