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Report: Ethical assessments at the border between health and medical care and research
The Swedish Council on Medical Ethics has published a report concerning innovative therapies offered within clinical practice as a treatment outside a research protocol.
A summary of the report will be published in English shortly.
Ethical analysis of “traumatic shaking”/”shaken baby syndrome”
The Swedish National Council on Medical Ethics has conducted an ethical analysis of ‘traumatic shaking’ with reference to the report on the subject by The Swedish Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Assessment of Social Services.
The Swedish National Council on Medical Ethics has conducted an ethical analysis of ‘traumatic shaking’ with reference to the report on the subject by The Swedish Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Assessment of Social Services.
Read the opinion from the Swedish national council on medical ethics.
Opinion on fixed compensation to egg donors
The Swedish National Council on Medical Ethics sees ethical risks in using fixed compensation to egg donors. With high fixed sums some donors might have economic reasons instead of altruistic.
Report: ADHD – ethical challenges
The report ‘ADHD – ethical challenges’ highlights ethical issues that have specifically arisen in connection with the significant increase in recent years in the number of children and adults diagnosed with ADHD.