Bangladesh Journal of Bioethics
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Editor: Prof Shamima Parvin Lasker
ISSN: 2226-9231 (Print)
Frequency: 3 issues a year
Language: English
Official Journal of the Bangladesh Bioethics Society
Open Access Peer-reviewed journal
Web site: https://www.banglajol.info/bd/index.php/BIOETHICS/index /
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Item Bioethics: Awakening And Changing Of Human Life.(2010) Ferdousshi BegumItem Animal Research In Diabetes And Ethical Consideration.(2010) Lasker, Shamima Parvin; Raihan, RishadResearch must have a clear statement that is the hypothesis. This hypothesis may involve a clinical question or pathophysiologic mechanism that cannot be tested ethically or appropriately using human subjects or alternative methods. Therefore, numerous animal models have been developed that mimic to human diabetes. They provide additional knowledge about and insight into disease processes and hopefully better methods for treatment or prevention of diabetes in humans. All scientific research involving the use of animals should begin with an ethical focus by examining the risk-benefit ratio (i.e., morbidity or mortality to the animal versus the potential importance of the knowledge acquired). The aim of this paper is to discuss these ethical aspects within the context of research on diabetes and form a framework for the decision-making process.Item Ethical Issues In Public Health Research.(2010) Nurunnabi, Abu Sadat Mohammad; Mahmood-uz-jahan; Tanira, ShaorinAbstract: Public health is the societal approach to protecting and promoting health. Public health ethics can be defined as the identification, analysis, and resolution of ethical problems arising in public health practice and research. The emerging interest in ethical issues in public health research and practice reflects both the important societal role of public health and the growing public interest in the scientific integrity of health information and the equitable distribution of health care resources. This article provides an overview of ethical issues in public health research for young researchers and readers who do not necessarily have an in-depth knowledge of public health ethics. A framework of ethics analysis geared specifically for public health is needed to provide practical guidance for public health professionals and researchers in Bangladesh. Bangladesh Medical Research Council is playing a role in setting a standard in the field of biomedical research including public health concerning its strategy and ethical issues and by helping different health institutes to build up a research environment. Though public policy is based on many factors in addition to public health goals and ethical reasoning, it should not lead to the politically preferable option for a given time.Item Review of Bioethics Education in Bangladesh.(2010) Lasker, Shamima ParvinItem Ethical Issues in Social Research.(2010) Mia, AhmadullaItem Ehical Reading Of Platos’s The Republic.(2010) Tomacruz, Jose Ma YbanezThe last four books of Plato’s THE REPUBLIC manifest fecundity, not simply in terms of books or pages but in terms of topics or themes. Plato in this opus, true to the form of a Socratic disciple, uses the method of the catena -chain. That is, one topic is nexated or interconnected to the other. This is also the reason why I have decided to delve into this paper not in terms of books but thematically, more specifically, those I consider to be major ones. These themes that I deem to be major ones contained in the four books are Plato’s notions of human nature and morality, socio-political philosophy, the process of education or learning, and then his epistemology. However, here I have decided to tackle only one, i.e., Plato’s notions of human nature and morality. Lastly, let it also be pointed out that all the expository work and critique shared here are all mine, and thus, for any error or shortcoming, the burden is solely mine and not of Plato nor of any other person.Item The Goals of Bioethics Education.(2010) Macer, DarrylItem Informed Consent: Protecting Patients Or Salvaging Physicians.(2010) Memon, Inayat UllahAbstract: History of tradition of following ethical code in medical practice is very ancient and it could be traced as back as 3500 year old document of Ebers Papyrus (Berdon 2000). Later Greek and Egyptian teachings also emphasized upon ethical practices in medicine. But the concept of formally taking consent (and informed consent) with emphasis on patients’ rights and his/her autonomy emerged in early 20th century when some law suits were filed in courts, particularly in USA. Later the well known infamous atrocities carried out by Nazi doctors on prisoners during Second World War and consequent verdict by Nuremberg tribunal and milestone declaration of Nuremberg made a land mark in the history of medical ethics and provided a ground on which the doctrine of ‘Informed Consent’ is built. This paper discusses and analyzes various ethical issues related to informed consent. How the obligation of taking informed consent was established in the clinical practice and biomedical research. Discusses whether informed consent is a moral obligation or legal necessity with reference to various historical cases and presentation of views by some authors. This paper also analyzes famous legal litigations that helped to provide foundations for the patients’ rights and autonomy in clinical, such as cases of Shoendorff v. New York Hospital of 1914; Prince v. Massachusetts litigation of 1944; Canterbury v. Spence lawsuit of 1972; Large v. Superior court of Arizona legal case of 1986 and Younts v. Francis Hospital suit of 1986. A discussion is also made regarding five universally accepted components of informed concept (disclosure to the patient/research subject, comprehension by the patient, his/her competency, voluntariness and willingness), which are variously and sometimes conflictingly interpreted in different contexts and situations. Situations are highlighted where these problems create ethical dilemmas and legal conflicts in clinical and research environment and a reference is made to ongoing discussion whether informed consent has been primarily devised for protection of the patients or it is a tool to rescue physicians when they are brought to courts to face law suits.Item Rowshan Ara. Editorial Vol.1(3). Bangladesh Journal of Bioethics. 2010; 1(3): 1.(2010) Ara, RowshanItem Editorial Vol.2(1).(2010) Ara, RowshanItem Understanding Lessons Of Ethics In The Primary Education Of Bangladesh.(2010) Kabir, Alamgir; Imam, MehediAbstract: In a bid to understand the lesson of ethics in the existing primary education according to government approved syllabus in Bangladesh, a survey was carried out in Dhaka and Kushtia for students studying at class 1 to class V, teachers and guardians. It has found that majority students are aware of ‘right and wrong’. Their source of learning are parents as mostly found, followed by teachers and both. Majority of guardians think text books contain ethical knowledge and they are insufficient. All the teachers found the textbooks contain ethical knowledge and education but only one forth of them found those as insufficient. On appropriateness of the lessons, only a few teachers were satisfied but majority felt the need of ethical knowledge according to age and psychology. In the text books, moral lessons are found in religion, social and environmental context as a mere advice. They are available in the form of do’s and don’ts. Stories carry ethical lesson but no individual lesson/chapter was found to be available in any books. The paper has tried to understand the existing syllabus in government run primary schools up to class V through interviewing students, teachers and guardians so that the level of lessons taught, and the need to learn the ethical knowledge can be assessed.Item Ethics and Integrity in Public Service in Bangladesh: Institutional and Comprehensive Approach.(2010) Iftekharuzzaman, MItem Moral Deviation In Young People Of Bangladesh.(2010) Ara, Rowshan; Mahjabeen, TanhaAbstract: Youths of Bangladesh (18-35) constitute one-third of the total population. In this article, young people imply both adolescents and youth. There are 28 million adolescent populations in Bangladesh. Approximately there are sixty million young people in Bangladesh The vast majority of them are illiterate, and handicapped with severe poverty. Because of lack of family control, proper education, poverty, unemployment and peer pressure a significant portion of them are deviated from the norm of the society. In this paper four issues of moral deviation- eve teasing, drug and substance abuse, juvenile delinquency and access to pornography will be discussed.Item Organ Transplantation And Vulnerable Donors: Donation Under Emotional Compulsion.(2010) Memon, Inayat UllahAbstract: During last few decades advancements in medical knowledge and technologies have increased the practice of organ donation. Organ transplantation, on one hand gifts renewed life to the donors, while on the other hand unwanted ethical practices in the field exploit vulnerable donors, such as trend of ‘transplantation tourism’ involving non-related live donors. Beyond this, some delicate and intriguing situations bring the physicians at cross-roads in cases of live related donors’ transplantation. In this paper, I would like to discuss and analyze a case of live donor (un-married girl), where overtly consents to donate kidney to her brother who is breadearner of their joint family. By consenting to donate, the girl jeopardizes her matrimonial proposal as her fiancé is uncertain about her post-donation health status. The transplant clinician, aware of this fact faces ethical dilemma, whether to perform transplantation surgery so as save the life of ailing patient or to abandon it in order to save the future marriage of the girl from being broken. The case highlights multiple ethical issues in Asian socio-cultural context. I have attempted to disentangle the dilemma by applying Mc Donald and Rodney’s framework of ethical decision making.Item Bioethics in Biotechnology - Bangladesh perspective.(2010) Sarker, R HItem Gender Equity and Economic Empowerment: Women and Ethical/Religious Family Law in Bangladesh.(2010) Monsoor, TaslimaItem Ethical Aspects of Sharing International River Water: The Case of Teesta River.(2010) Islam, Md Fakrul; Akmam, WardatulItem Editorial.(2010) Ara, RowshanItem Study And Analysis Of Stem Cell Therapy And Its Ethical Consideration.(2010) Ullah, M; Chaudhary, Vidyanath; Absar, NurulAbstract : The controversy surrounding stem cell research led to an intense debate about ethics. Up until the recent years, the research method mainly focused on Embryonic Stem Cells, which involves taking tissue from an aborted embryo to get proper material to study. This is typically done just days after conception or between the 5th and 9th week. Since then, researchers have moved on to more ethical study methods, such as Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPS). iPS is artificially derived from a non-pluripotent cell, such as adult somatic cells. This is probably an important advancement in stem cell research, since it allows researchers to obtain pluripotent stem cells, which are important in research, without the controversial use of embryos. Nowadays stem cell treatment has been spreaded throughout the world. It has also been grown commercially in developed countries. This paper assesses the stem cell treatment as well as its impact in human life. It also examines specific stem cell therapy market that proves far reaching effect in world economy. Though various organizations have made it as a controversial issue the analysis shows that stem cell treatment has brought positive dimension in human society. A discussion has been made about the ethical issues of stem cell research and therapy; which focus how recent biotechnology and biological understandings of development narrow the debate. It is thought that one day it may be the major key to treat various diseases.