Selected publications on ethical implications and values of the use and assessment of health technologies

This custom bibliography is a product of the HTAi Interest Group on Ethical Issues in HTA.

Author: Sigrid Droste

Last revised: 2014-02-20.

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Arellano LE, Willett JM, Borry P. International survey on attitudes toward ethics in health technology assessment: An exploratory study. Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2011;27(1):50-4. Abstract
Assasi N, Schwartz L, Tarride J-, Campbell K, Goeree R. Methodological guidance documents for evaluation of ethical considerations in health technology assessment: a systematic review. Expert Rev Pharmacoecon Outcomes Res. 2014;14(2):203-20. Abstract
Autti-Rämö I, Mäkelä M. Ethical evaluation in health technology assessment reports: an eclectic approach. Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2007;23(1):1-8. Abstract
Beauchamp TL, Childress JF. Principles of biomedical ethics. 7th ed. New York: Oxford University Press; 2012. Abstract
Bombard Y, Abelson J, Simeonov D, Gauvin F-. Eliciting ethical and social values in health technology assessment: A participatory approach. Soc Sci Med. 2011;73(1):135-44. Abstract
Citizen deliberations
Braunack-Mayer A. Casuistry as bioethical method: an empirical perspective. Soc Sci Med. 2001;53(1):71-81. Abstract
Braunack-Mayer AJ. Ethics and health technology assessment: handmaiden and/or critic? Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2006;22(3):307-12. Abstract
Burls A, Caron L, Cleret de Langavant G, Dondorp W, Harstall C, Pathak-Sen E, et al. Tackling ethical issues in health technology assessment: a proposed framework. Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2011;27(3):230-7. Abstract
Moral and ethical issues
Health Technology Assessment Handbook. Børlum Kristensen F, Sigmund H, editors. Copenhagen: Danish Centre for Health Technology Assessment, National Board of Health (DACEHTA); 2007. Abstract
Callahan D. Health technology assessment implementation: the politics of ethics. Med Decis Making. 2012;32(1):E13-9. Abstract
Clausen C, Yoshinaka Y. Social shaping of technology in TA and HTA. Poesis Prax. 2004;2(2-3):221-46. Abstract
International ethical guidelines for epidemiological studies. Geneva: Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences (CIOMS); 2009. Abstract
Convention for the protection of Human Rights and Dignity of the Human Being with regard to the Application of Biology and Medicine: Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine. Vol CETS No.164. Council of Europe; 1999. Abstract
Additional Protocol to the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine, concerning Biomedical Research. Vol CETS No.195. Council of Europe; 2007. Abstract
Daniels N. Justice and justification: Reflective equilibrium in theory and practice.. New York: Cambridge University Press; 1997. Abstract
Decker M. The Role of Ethics in Interdisciplinary Technology Assessment. Poiesis and Praxis. 2004;2:139-56. Abstract
DeJean D, Giacomini M, Schwartz L, Miller FA. Ethics in Canadian health technology assessment: a descriptive review. Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2009;25(4):463-9. Abstract
Moral and ethical issues
Douma KF, Karsenberg K, Hummel MJ, Bueno-de-Mesquita JM, van Harten WH. Methodology of constructive technology assessment in health care. Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2007;23(2):162-8. Abstract
Droste S, Herrmann-Frank A, Scheibler F, Krones T. Ethical issues in autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) in advanced breast cancer: a systematic literature review. BMC Med Ethics. 2011;12:6. Abstract
Droste S, Gerhardus A. [Ethical aspects of short health technology assessments--a systematic review]. Z Arztl Fortbild Qualitatssich. 2003;97(10):711-5. Abstract
Droste S, Gerhardus A, Kollek R. Methoden zur Erfassung ethischer Aspekte und gesellschaftlicher Wertvorstellungen in Kurz-HTA-Berichten: Eine internationale Bestandsaufnahme. [email protected], editor. Cologne: Deutschen Instituts für Medizinische Dokumentation und Information (DIMDI); 2003.
Duthie K, Bond K. Improving ethics analysis in health technology assessment. Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2011;27(1):64-70. Abstract
Ehni H-, Wiesing U. International ethical regulations on placebo-use in clinical trials: a comparative analysis. Bioethics. 2008;22(1):64-74. Abstract
HTA Core Model for screening technologies v. 1.0. Helsinki: European Network for Health Technology Assessment (EUnetHTA); 2012. Abstract
Gallo P. Integrating ethical enquiry and health technology assessment: limits and opportunities for efficiency and equity. Poiesis & Praxis. 2004;2:103-17. Abstract
Giacomini M, Winsor S, Abelson J. Ethics in health technology assessment: Understanding health technologies as policies. Healthcare Management Forum. 2013;26:72-6. Abstract
Goldenberg MJ. Evidence-based ethics? On evidence-based practice and the "empirical turn" from normative bioethics. BMC Med Ethics. 2005;6:E11. Abstract
Gupta M. A critical appraisal of evidence-based medicine: some ethical considerations. J Eval Clin Pract. 2003;9(2):111-21. Abstract
Hausmann A, Blasco JA. Elaboración y validación de instrumentos metodológicos para la evaluación de productos de las agencias de evaluación de tecnologías sanitarias: Manual para la Evaluación Ética en la Evaluación de Tecnologías Sanitarias. Madrid: Plan de Calidad para el SNS del MSPSI. Unidad de Evaluación de Tecnologías Sanitarias, Agencia Laín Entralgo; 2010.
ten Have H. Ethical perspectives on health technology assessment. Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2004;20(1):71-6. Abstract
Ethical guidelines for good practice in the health care professions. Pretoria: Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA); 2008. Abstract
Hennen L. Biomedical and bioethical issues in Parliamentary TA and in Health Technology Assessment. Poiesis & Praxis. 2004;2:207-20. Abstract
Hofmann B, Solbakk JH, Holm S. Teaching old dogs new tricks: the role of analogies in bioethical analysis and argumentation concerning new technologies. Theor Med Bioeth. 2006;27(5):397-413. Abstract
Hofmann B. Why not integrate ethics in HTA: identification and assessment of the reasons. GMS Health Technol Assess. 2014;10(Doc04). Abstract
Hofmann B. Etikk i vurdering av helsetiltak. Utvikling av en metode for å synliggjøre etiske utfordringer ved vurdering av helsetiltak. Oslo: Nasjonalt kunnskapssenter for helsetjenesten (NOKC); 2008. Abstract
Hofmann B. Toward a procedure for integrating moral issues in health technology assessment. Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2005;21(3):312-8. Abstract
Moral and ethical issues
Hofmann BM. Why ethics should be part of health technology assessment. Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2008;24(4):423-9. Abstract
Hofmann B, Droste S, Oortwijn W, Cleemput I, Sacchini D. Harmonization of ethics in health technology assessment: a revision of the Socratic approach. Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2014;30(1):3-9. Abstract
Idänpään-Heikkilä JE, Fluss S. The CIOMS view on the use of placebo in clinical trials. Sci Eng Ethics. 2004;10(1):23-8. Abstract
INAHTA’s working group on handling ethical issues: Final report. INAHTA; 2005. Abstract
Krebs K, Raghib A, Baldwin T, Brownsword R, Calman K, Godfrey C, et al. Public health ethical issues.. London: Nuffield Council on Bioethics; 2007. Abstract
Kushner T, Belliotti RA, Buckner D. Toward a methodology for moral decision making in medicine. Theor Med. 1991;12(4):281-93. Abstract
HTA Core Model for Diagnostic Technologies 1.0r. Lampe K, Pasternack I, editors. European Network for Health Technology Assessment (EUnetHTA); 2008. Abstract
HTA Core Model for Medical and Surgical Interventions 1.0r. Lampe K, Mäkelä M, editors. European Network for Health Technology Assessment (EUnetHTA); 2008. Abstract
Lehoux P, Williams-Jones B. Mapping the integration of social and ethical issues in health technology assessment. Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2007;23(1):9-16. Abstract
Moral and ethical issues
Conflict of Interest in Medical Research, Education, and Practice. Lo B, Field MJ, editors. Washington D.C.: The National Academies Press; 2009. Abstract
McCullough LB, Coverdale JH, Chervenak FA. Constructing a systematic review for argument-based clinical ethics literature: the example of concealed medications. J Med Philos. 2007;32(1):65-76. Abstract
McDougall R. Systematic reviews in bioethics: types, challenges, and value. J Med Philos. 2014;39(1):89-97. Abstract
Nichols P. Wide reflective equilibrium as a method of justification in bioethics. Theor Med Bioeth. 2012;33(5):325-41. Abstract
Standards and operational guidance for ethics review of health-related research with human participants. Geneva: World Health Organization (WHO); 2011. Abstract
Reuzel RP, van der Wilt GJ, ten Have HA, de Vries Robbé PF. Interactive technology assessment and wide reflective equilibrium. J Med Philos. 2001;26(3):245-61. Abstract
Reuzel R, Oortwijn W, Decker M, Clausen C, Gallo P, Grin J, et al. Ethics and HTA: some lessons and challenges for the future. Poiesis Prax. 2004;2(2-3):247-56. Abstract
Ruggiero VR. Thinking critically about ethical issues. 9th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill; 2014. Abstract
Saarni SI, Braunack-Mayer A, Hofmann B, van der Wilt GJ. Different methods for ethical analysis in health technology assessment: an empirical study. Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2011;27(4):305-12. Abstract
Moral and ethical issues
Sacchini D, Virdis A, Refolo P, Pennacchini M, de Paula IC. Health technology assessment (HTA): ethical aspects. Med Health Care Philos. 2009;12(4):453-7. Abstract
L’évaluation des aspects éthiques à la HAS. Sambuc C, Thébaut C, editors. Paris: Haute Autorité de Santé (HAS); 2013. Abstract
Sandman L, Heintz E. Assessment vs. appraisal of ethical aspects of health technology assessment: can the distinction be upheld? GMS Health Technol Assess. 2014;10:Doc05. Abstract
Utvärdering av metoder i hälso- och sjukvården: en handbok. Stockholm: Statens beredning för medicinsk utvärdering (SBU); 2014.
Snyder L. American College of Physicians Ethics Manual: sixth edition. Ann Intern Med. 2012;156(1 Pt 2):73-104. Abstract
Sofaer N, Strech D. The need for systematic reviews of reasons. Bioethics. 2012;26(6):315-28. Abstract
Strech D. How factual do we want the facts? Criteria for a critical appraisal of empirical research for use in ethics. J Med Ethics. 2010;36(4):222-5. Abstract
Strech D, Synofzik M, Marckmann G. Systematic reviews of empirical bioethics. J Med Ethics. 2008;34(6):472-7. Abstract
Strech D, Sofaer N. How to write a systematic review of reasons. J Med Ethics. 2012;38(2):121-6. Abstract
Strong C. Theoretical and practical problems with wide reflective equilibrium in bioethics. Theor Med Bioeth. 2010;31(2):123-40. Abstract
Statement of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies {EGE) on the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and the Council on Clinical Trials on Medicinal Products for Human Use, and repealing Directive 2001/20/EC <...>.; 2013. Abstract
Criteria for appraising the viability, effectiveness and appropriateness of a screening programme. London: Public Health England; 2013. Abstract
Wager E, Wiffen PJ. Ethical issues in preparing and publishing systematic reviews. J Evid Based Med. 2011;4(2):130-4.
Williams JR. Medical Ethics Manual. Ferney-Voltaire: The World Medical Association, Inc.; 2015.
van der Wilt GJ, Reuzel R, Banta HD. The ethics of assessing health technologies. Theor Med Bioeth. 2000;21(1):103-15. Abstract
van der Wilt GJ. Health technology assessment: trying to bring empirical and ethical inquiry together. Poiesis & Praxis. 2004;2:195-206. Abstract
World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki: ethical principles for medical research involving human subjects. JAMA. 2013;310(20):2191-4.