Are we ethically prepared for Disease X?

May 03, 2023

But we also need to be ethically prepared, say medical ethicists Professor Dominic Wilkinson, from the University of Oxford, and Professor Julian Savulescu, from the National University of Singapore, in a newly published book with Oxford University Press. 'Pandemics are fraught with ethical landmines', writes Professor Wilkinson. For that we need thoughtful, careful ethical analysis,' says Professor Wilkinson. These slogans obscure difficult ethical decisions which must be made and ought to be made transparently, ethically and responsibly.' The book can be found here, and you can read more and watch videos with Professor Wilkinson here.

The source of this news is from University of Oxford