A A Email Print Share

Our Research Interests

Research is an essential component of scholarship in bioethics. The PhD degree is awarded on the basis of a dissertation that is the outcome of research. The DHCE degree is awarded on the basis of a practical project that also results from research.

Research in bioethics is facilitated through many resources that are available. Gumberg Library at Duquesne University has an outstanding collection of publications in the field of ethics in general and bioethics in particular. An enormous number of research resources in bioethics worldwide are available (not only in English but also in many other languages). The challenge is to find and select them.

Research is furthermore encouraged through the projects that are ongoing within the Center for Healthcare Ethics and in which students can be engaged.

 

Research Projects

Faculty in the Center for Healthcare Ethics are involved in several ongoing research projects. These scholarly projects provide a focus for faculty research and for student doctoral dissertations in the Center for Healthcare Ethics. Presentations on these research topics will occur at professional conferences, nationally and internationally.

  1. Global Bioethics
  2. Disaster Bioethics
  3. Palliative Care Ethics
  4. Foundations of Religious Ethics
  5. Decision-making in Catholic Health Care Ethics
  6. Organizational Ethics in Health Care
  7. Human Genome and Stem Cell Research
  8. Ethics Education
Recent Publications

Just Released

H. ten Have and B. Gordijn: Broadening education in bioethics. Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy 2012; 15(2):

H.A.M.J. ten Have: Potter's notion of bioethics. Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal 2012;22(1): 59-82.

H. ten Have: Geneticization: Concept. In: Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (eLS2012), John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: Chichester http://www.els.net/ [DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0005896.pub2].

H. ten Have: Genetisierung. In: U.Wiesing (ed.): Ethik in der Medizin. Ein Studienbuch. Philipp Reclam jun. Stuttgart, 2012, p.390-392.

B. Gordijn and H. ten Have: The ethics of autism. Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy 2012; 15(3): 253-254.

Publications 2012

B. Gordijn and H. ten Have: Ethics of migration, adaptation and geoengineering. Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy 2012; 15(1): 1-2.

Ten Have, H. (2012): Organizations and guidelines. In: Ruth Chadwick (ed.). Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics, Vol X. San Diego: Academic Press, p. 297-306.

Henk ten Have:  Bioetica: el arte de la interpretacion y la deliberacion. In: Lydia Feito, Diego Gracia and Miguel Sanchez (eds.): Bioetica: el estado de cuestion. Editorial Triacastela y Fundacion de Ciencias de la Salud, Madrid, 2011, pp. 155-174.

Henk ten Have: Henk ten Have. in: Jan Kyrre Olsen Friis, Peter Rossel, and Michael Slot Norup (eds.): Philosophy of Medicine: 5 Questions. Automatic Press,/ VIP, Birkerod (Demark), 2011.

Gerard Magill and Lawrence D. Prybil:  Board Oversight of Community Benefit: An ethical imperative. Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal 2011; 21(1): 25-50.

Publications 2011

Borovecki, A., ten Have, H. and Oreškovic, S. (2011): Weltweite Erfahrungen in der Ausbildung von Ethikkommitees – Schlussfolgerungen für das kroatische Gesundheidswesen. In: R. Stutzki, K. Ohnsorge & S. Reiter-Theil (eds.): Ethikkonsultation heute – Vom Modell zur Praxis. LIT Verlag, Berlin/Zürich, pp. 335-344.

Ruth Chadwick, Henk ten Have and Eric Meslin (eds): The SAGE Handbook of Health Care Ethics: Core and Emerging Issues. SAGE Handbook series, London, SAGE Publications, 2011.

Gordijn, B. and ten Have, H. (2011): Prioritization in healthcare- still muddling through, Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy 14(2): 109-110.

Henk ten Have: Bioethiek zonder grenzen. Mondialisering van gezondheid, ethiek en wetenschap Valkhof Pers, Nijmegen, 2011, ISBN 978 90 5625 3387

Henk A.M.J. ten Have: Global bioethics and communitarianism. Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics, DOI: 10.1007/s11017-011-9190-0

H. ten Have and B. Gordijn: Diversity and bioethics. Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy 2011; 14(3): 227-228.

H. ten Have, C. Dikenou and D. Feinholz: Assisting countries in establishing National Bioethics Committee: UNESCO's Assisting Bioethics Committee project. Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 2011; 20 (3):1-9

Ten Have, H., and B. Gordijn: Travelling bioethics. Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy 2011, 14 (1): 1-3.

Pijnenburg, M. A.M., B. Gordijn, F.J.H. Vosman, H.A.M.J. ten Have: Catholic Healthcare Organizations and how they can contribute to solidarity; A social-ethical account of Catholic identity. Christian Bioethics 2011; doi: 10.1093/cb/cbq021.

Simpore, J., Compaore, E., Sawadogo,J.,Djigma, F., Ouermi, D., Martinetto, M., Pietra, V., Fabo, F., ten Have, H.A.M.J. and Garcia, A. (2011): Human Immunodeficiency Virus prevention among HIV-serodiscordant couples in
Burkina Faso: Biomedical issues, bioethical and cultural challenges. World Journal of AIDS 1(4): http://www.scirp.org/journal/wja/

Publications 2010

A. Borovecki, S. Babic-Bosonac and H. ten Have: Stadiul implementării legii privind drepturile pacienţilor din Croaţia-studiu pilot. Revista Română de Bioetică 2010; 8(3): 36-48.

V. Garrafa and H. ten Have: National Bioethics Council: a Brazilian proposal. Journal of Medical Ethics 2010; 36: 99-102.

B. Gordijn and H. ten Have: Autonomy, free will and embodiment. Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy 2010; 13 (4): 301-302.

B. Gordijn and H. ten Have: A new chapter. Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy 2010; 13(2): 105-106.

Henk ten Have: Biotecnologie: tra follia e saggezza. In: J.Thiam and M. Losito (eds.): Bioetica al futuro. Tecnizzare l’uomo o umanizzare la tecnica? Libreria Editrice Vaticana, Citta del Vaticano, 2010, pp.46-62.

H. ten Have: Hacia un juramento etico universal para cientificos. In: G.A.Lemarchand (ed.): Ciencia para la paz y el desarrollo: el caso del Juramento Hipocratico para Cientificos. UNESCO, Montevideo, 2010, pp. 11-16.

H.A.M.J. ten Have: Promoting and applying bioethics – the Ethics Programme of UNESCO. In: A. den Exter (ed.): Human rights and biomedicine. Maklu, Antwerpen/Apeldoorn/Portland, 2010, pp. 37-47.

H. ten Have and B. Gordijn: The language of medicine and bioethics. Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy 2010; 13(3): 191-192.

H.A.M.J. ten Have: UNESCO’s activities in ethics. Science and Engineering Ethics 2010; 16: 7-15.

Resources

Gumberg Library, Duquesne University

For more information contact Ted Bergfelt, Reference and Instruction Librarian (bergfeltt@duq.edu)

Bioethics Journals; Click here for list

Bioethics Resources on the Web: National Institute of Health

Fogarty International Center, NIH: International Research Ethics Resources

Council of Graduate Schools (CGS): Project for Scholarly Integrity

Vocabularies

NRCBL; Bioethics Thesaurus Database

BELIT-DRZE; Bioethics Thesaurus