This file includes links to papers published by Eubios Ethics Institute, and some other organizations, in the first section. Next it includes topical extracts from EJAIB and EEIN between January 1994 - 2006 (older news items are in separate files). Last date of updating is referenced in the main News page. Latest news and papers is at the bottom of each of the two sections.
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E-Health Ethics: A Yet to be Recognized Issue in Medicine
and Medical Ethics - Hans-Martin Sass & Xiaomei Zhai
, EJAIB 14 (2004), 147-148.
E-Health, Health Promotion and Wellness Communities
in Cyberspace - Hans-Martin Sass
, EJAIB 14 (2004), 170-174.
A comparison of clinical trial websites is in BME 183 (Nov. 2002), 3-4. Indian access to Internet is discussed in Nature 415 (2002), 358-9. In general on access to scientific literature, Nature 420 (2002), 19. Some pornography-blocking software may affect health information sites, Lancet 360 (2002), 1946.
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Discussion of donating books and journals to less developed countries is in BMJ 326 (2003), 298. Openness of papers is important, BMJ 325 (2002), 456. Biosafety files are available from the Netherlands, Biotechnology and Development Monitor 49 (March 2002), 13. Use of Internet for conferences is discussed in Biotechnology and Development Monitor 49 (March 2002), 7-9.
The question of who will pay for open access to journal papers is discussed in Nature 425 (2003), 334, 554-5, 559; Science 302 (2003), 550-4. One journal for Medline has been
discussed, Lancet 361 (2003), 1388-9; Nature 423 (2003), 15. On the Internet and intellectual property,
Columbia Law Review 103 (2003),
534-613. Wellcome Trust will fund research that leads to publication in open
access journals, Nature 425 (2003),
440. The loss of Internet references is surveyed in Science 302 (2003), 787-8. The quality of Internet access is
discussed in SSM 57 (2003), 875-80.
There are fears of Internet paralysis as worms and viruses spread, Nature 425 (2003), 3. On information networks, PNAS 100 (2003), 12516-21. On spam, NS (8 March 2003), 42-4; (22 March 2003), 19; (28 June 2003),
24.
Electronic
communication and health care is discussed in BMJ 328 (2004), 265-8, 564-7, 1143-50, 1205-8; EJAIB 14 (2004), 147-8. WHO is boosting internet access to
clinical trials, Lancet 363
(2004), 1206. The value of open access publishing on the Internet is discussed
in Lancet 362 (2003), 1510,
1578-80; NEJM 350 (2004), 966-8; BMJ 328 (2004), 1-3; JAMA 290 (2003), 2255-8.
Journals
can enhance health research in developing countries, Bulletin WHO 82 (2004), 163; NS (7 Feb. 2004), 44-7. Free access journals are
important, NS (1 Nov. 2003),
46-9.
The Medical Journal of
Australia and Canadian Medical
Association Journal remain on the
Internet for free access. The BMJ
is free for 120 low income countries and otherwise charges a small access fee. EJAIB remains free, rare among bioethics journals. Online
access for free is discussed in Nature 431 (2004), 111.
The use of the web for
telecounseling in Australia is reported in MJA 180 (2004), 604-5. On Email consultations in health, BMJ 329 (2004), 435-8, 439-42.