Monographs

Bioethics in Singapore: The Ethical Microcosm

Edited by John M Elliott, W Calvin Ho and Sylvia SN Lim
Published: July 2010

“This book provides an analysis of the ways in which the BAC has established an ethical framework for biomedical research in Singapore, following the launch of the Biomedical Sciences Initiative by the Singapore Government. The editors and authors have an intimate knowledge of the working of the BAC, and the focus of the book includes the ways in which international forces have influenced the form and substance of bioethics in Singapore. Together, the authors offer a comparative account of the institutionalisation of biomedical research ethics in Singapore, considered in the wider context of international regulatory efforts. The book reviews the work of the BAC by placing it within the broader cultural, social and political discourses that have emerged in relation to the life sciences since the turn of the 21st century. This book is not primarily intended to be a retrospect or an appraisal of the contribution of the BAC, though this is one aspect of it. Rather, the main intention is to make a substantive contribution to the rapidly emerging field of bioethics. Ethical discussions in the book include consideration of stem cell research and cloning, genetics and research with human participants, and focus on likely future developments as well as the past.”

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Life Sciences: Law and Ethics - Recent Developments in Singapore

Edited by Terry Kaan and Edison T Liu
Jointly published by the Bioethics Advisory Committee and Singapore Academy of Law, November 2006

“An integral dimension of Singapore’s recent advances in biomedical research is the public focus and debate on the legal, ethical and social aspects of such research. In this collection of essays, eminent experts from Singapore in the fields of moral philosophy and ethics, sociology, law and the life sciences expound on the latest developments in the area of biomedical science and research from the perspectives of law, ethics and social impact.”

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Articles

Papers on specific issues.

Human-Animal Combinations for Biomedical Research

• Stem Cell Research and Interspecies Fusion: Some Philosophical Issues

Donation of Human Eggs for Research

• Oocyte Donation - Clinical and Scientific Aspects
• Oocyte Procurement for Research

The Use of Personal Information in Biomedical Research

• The Use of Personal Information in Biomedical Research: Some Philosophical Issues
• Ensuring Data Privacy in Biomedical Research involving Record Linkages
• The Importance of Research Using Personal Information
• Genetics and Life Insurance

Stem Cell and Cloning

• The Ethical Position of Singapore on Embryonic Stem Cell Research
• Adult Stem Cells
• Umbilical Cord Stem Cell - Science
• Human Embryonic Stem Cells - Science & Ethics
• Ethical Considerations in Stem Cell Research
• Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer (Cloning) - Science & Ethics

Human Tissue Research

• Human Tissue for Biomedical Research
• Testing of DNA and Tissue in Human Research
• Tissue Banking for Biomedical Research

Genetics

• Medical, Ethical, Legal and Social Issues in Genetic Testing and Genetic Screening Programmes
• Ethical, Legal, Social and Policy Issues in Medical Genetic Testing of Relevance to Singapore: Personal Perspectives
• Genetic Testing in Oncology
• Genetic Counselling and Genetic Testing: Hereditary Cancer Syndromes
• Molecular Diagnosis of Adult Neurodegenerative Diseases and Movement Disorders
• Prenatal Genetic Screening and Testing
• Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis
• Legal and Ethical Issues Pertaining to Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis

  General

• The Patient’s Consent