Blogpost from Cath Cruse-Drew Today’s blog is a summary from my notes and the reading list from a lecture given by Dr Silvia Camporesi. I was reminded of it this week by an email requesting subjects for a Stroke research project. Prior to Dr Camporesi’s lecture, I didn’t think enough about the difficulties around subject selection, and although I have much left to learn, I hope a summary of one aspect of subject selection is helpful to Physios who may be clinically orientated and not involved in research design. The concept of vulnerability in research bioethics emerged in the Belmont report in 1979, following the establishment of a National Commission which was itself a response to … [Read more...] about Vulnerability in research ethics
Barbara Gibson – Embodying the monster – 30DoS #6
In this post, CPN co-founder and Exec member Barbara Gibson talks about Margrit Shildrick's book Embodying the monster. Spanish translation provided by CPN Exec member Alma Viviana Silva. Embodying the Monster is a feminist postmodern and historical reading of the monstrous body and the Western desire to eliminate aberration and vulnerability. Drawing on cultural theory, biomedical discourse and multiple historical and contemporary examples, Shildrick eloquently argues for a reconceived ethics of the body (and disability) that accepts the irreducible vulnerability of all persons. I was fortunate to take a course with Dr. Shildrick when she was in Canada and this book was our core … [Read more...] about Barbara Gibson – Embodying the monster – 30DoS #6
