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The study will use interviews and deliberative dialogues to shed light on how TB stakeholders in greater Gaborone, Botswana understand ethical issues, risks, and benefits that accompany uses of methods from TB genomic epidemiology to understand transmission patterns.

To obtain some exploratory, qualitative data on ethical issues and values in managing a research laboratory, we conducted three focus groups with experienced investigators and laboratory managers.

While it is not explicitly included in capacity assessment tools, “consistency” has come to feature as a central concern when assessing patients’ capacity. In order to determine whether inconsistency indicates incapacity, clinicians must determine the source of the inconsistency with respect to the process or content of a patient’s decision-making.

IBHH faculty and students will be presenting at the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH) Virtual Conference, October 12-16.

The presentation covered the common ethical issues in fertility preservation and reviewed cases involving patient with cancer, intersex traits and who identify as transgender and unique considerations for these groups.

Informed consent should be generated by clear communication exchanges about patients’ and surgeons’ hopes and expectations, patients’ and surgeons’ risk tolerance, and the risk that surgeons or patients could experience regret.