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Background Since the heyday of HTA it has been claimed that ethics is an integral part of HTA. However, few HTA reports have addressed moral issues, and there has been little agreement on methods for implementing ethics in HTA. Therefore, there is a need to develop a standard methodology for addressing ethical issues in HTA in the same manner as there is a methodology for systematic reviews and economic analysis. Accordingly, the purpose of this report is to present a practical method for addressing moral issues in HTA. The method has to be applicable without special knowledge in ethics, and when applied, the method shall result in a broad basis for an open and transparent decision process. Accordingly, it shall only highlight the moral issues, and not lead to specific recommendations. Method On the basis of analyses and assessments of existing methods in ethics in general and in HTA in particular, a practical procedure for addressing moral issues in HTA is to be developed and presented. Results A practical method for addressing moral issues in HTA is presented. The method consists of a procedure in six steps:1. Identify and analyze the moral challenges with the health technology2. Identify involved persons, groups, and stakeholders3. Identify relevant moral questions (from a list of questions) and justify the selection4. Perform literature search in accordance with the identified moral questions5. Analyze and discuss the moral questions identified (in step 3) on the basis of1.1. The literature search1.2. Hearings of involved parties or qualitative studies6. Wrap up and summarize the process. The core set of moral questions in step 3 belong to the following main groups: 1. General moral issues. 2. Moral issues related to stakeholders 3. Moral issues related to the health technology. 4. Moral issues related to methodological choices in HTA. 5. Moral issues related to HTA itself. Addressing the moral issues shall result in a broad basis for an open and transparent decision process. Conclusion A practical procedure has been developed for ethical analysis in HTA, based on an analysis of existing methods. The procedure is based on six steps and a selection of 32 moral issues to be addressed.

Medical technology --- Moral and ethical aspects.

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Background Since the heyday of HTA it has been claimed that ethics is an integral part of HTA. However, few HTA reports have addressed moral issues, and there has been little agreement on methods for implementing ethics in HTA. Therefore, there is a need to develop a standard methodology for addressing ethical issues in HTA in the same manner as there is a methodology for systematic reviews and economic analysis. Accordingly, the purpose of this report is to present a practical method for addressing moral issues in HTA. The method has to be applicable without special knowledge in ethics, and when applied, the method shall result in a broad basis for an open and transparent decision process. Accordingly, it shall only highlight the moral issues, and not lead to specific recommendations. Method On the basis of analyses and assessments of existing methods in ethics in general and in HTA in particular, a practical procedure for addressing moral issues in HTA is to be developed and presented. Results A practical method for addressing moral issues in HTA is presented. The method consists of a procedure in six steps:1. Identify and analyze the moral challenges with the health technology2. Identify involved persons, groups, and stakeholders3. Identify relevant moral questions (from a list of questions) and justify the selection4. Perform literature search in accordance with the identified moral questions5. Analyze and discuss the moral questions identified (in step 3) on the basis of1.1. The literature search1.2. Hearings of involved parties or qualitative studies6. Wrap up and summarize the process. The core set of moral questions in step 3 belong to the following main groups: 1. General moral issues. 2. Moral issues related to stakeholders 3. Moral issues related to the health technology. 4. Moral issues related to methodological choices in HTA. 5. Moral issues related to HTA itself. Addressing the moral issues shall result in a broad basis for an open and transparent decision process. Conclusion A practical procedure has been developed for ethical analysis in HTA, based on an analysis of existing methods. The procedure is based on six steps and a selection of 32 moral issues to be addressed.

Medical technology --- Moral and ethical aspects.

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The Ethics of Research Biobanking investigates some of the ethical, legal and social challenges raised by research biobanking. In the first part of the book the authors pursue the different regulatory options envisaged within a normative terrain dictated by different conceptions and interpretations of the informed consent doctrine. In the second part a completely new approach is explored. The authors investigate the conceptual potential of different analogies outside medical research used to depict people's change and exchange of valuables between themselves and a common institution. The book is aimed at both academic and professional audiences (biobank curators, biobank researchers, ethicists, gene-epidemiologists, health law experts, philosophers, social scientists and advanced and graduate students in the relevant disciplines) as well as health and research regulators, ministries, politicians and the general public.

Professional ethics. Deontology --- Histology. Cytology --- Hygiene. Public health. Protection --- Epidemiology --- Human genetics --- medische genetica --- gezondheidszorg --- genetica --- deontologie --- epidemiologie --- cytologie --- histologie --- Bioethics --- Biobanks --- Biological resource centers --- Biological specimens --- Biological Specimen Banks --- Bioethical Issues --- Biomedical Research

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This book offers the policy-maker or decision-maker key insights and practical information regarding the features of ethics frameworks best suited to the ethical assessment of human cognitive enhancement (HCE) applications, such as pharmaceutical cognitive enhancers and noninvasive brain stimulation techniques. This book takes as its departure point the entrenched philosophical debate between opponents and proponents of HCE and the increased feasibility of some applications of HCE. Recent calls for policy-making in the area of human enhancement reflect the need to find a balance between addressing current ethical issues and issues that are more speculative in nature or are underpinned by abstract philosophical concepts. Practical ethical approaches for policy or decision-making should enable the development of an evidence base for the risks and benefits of HCE applications. Moreover, such practical approaches should also incorporate a broader range of value bases that would facilitate convergence regarding certain decisions and judgements. This book identifies and evaluate tools that help us to go beyond polarised philosophical debates in order to assist practical decision makers in concrete ethical deliberation and decision-making. The focus is on systematic methods with which to identify relevant ethical values and assess the impacts of an HCE application on those values in order to facilitate decision-making regarding the ethical acceptability or desirability of the application. .

Professional ethics. Deontology --- Social sciences (general) --- Neuropathology --- neurologie --- sociale wetenschappen --- bio-ethiek --- medische ethiek