Africa and Middle East

Hellsten SK. Bioethics in Tanzania: Legal and ethical concerns in medical care and research in relation to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 2005;14(3):256–67.

Landau R. Posthumous sperm retrieval for the purpose of later insemination or IVF in Israel: An ethical and psychosocial critique. Human Reproduction 2004;19(9):1952–6.

Ogundiran TO. Enhancing the African bioethics initiative. BMC Medical Education 2004;4:21.

Yearby R. Good enough to use for research, but not good enough to benefit from the results of that research: Are the clinical HIV vaccine trials in Africa unjust? De Paul Law Review 2004;53(3):1127–54.

Asia

Akabayashi A, Slingsby BT, Takimoto Y. Conflict of interest: A Japanese perspective. Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 2005;14(3):277–80.

Caplan A. “Who lost China?” A foreshadowing of today's ideological disputes in bioethics. Hastings Center Report 2005;35(3):12–3.

Ip PK. Developing medical ethics in China's reform era. Developing World Bioethics 2005;5(2):176–87.

Jafarey AM, Farooqui A. Informed consent in the Pakistani milieu: The physician's perspective. Journal of Medical Ethics 2005;31(2):93–6.

Jing-Bao N. Cultural values embodying universal norms: A critique of a popular assumption about cultures and human rights. Developing World Bioethics 2005;5(3):251–7.

Matsuda I. Bioethical considerations in neonatal screening: Japanese experiences. Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health 2003;34 Suppl 3:46–8.

Moazam F, Jafarey AM. Pakistan and biomedical ethics: Report from a Muslim country. Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 2005;14(3):249–55.

Shiraz B, Shamim MS, Shamim MS, Ahmed A. Medical ethics in surgical wards: Knowledge, attitude and practice of surgical team members in Karachi. Indian Journal of Medical Ethics 2005;2(3):94–6.

Sumathipala A, Siribaddana S. Research and clinical ethics after the tsunami: Sri Lanka. Lancet 2005;366(9495):1418–20.

Tsai DF. The bioethical principles and Confucius' moral philosophy. Journal of Medical Ethics 2005;31(3):159–63.

Australia/New Zealand

Crosthwaite J. Bioethics and health law in New Zealand: Bioethics commentary. New Zealand Bioethics Journal 2003;4(1):10–3.

Elkin S. Bioethics and health law in New Zealand: Bioethics commentary. New Zealand Bioethics Journal 2004;5(1):4–8.

Evans D. Bioethics and health law in New Zealand: Bioethics commentary. New Zealand Bioethics Journal 2001;2(1):6–8.

Finlay S, Fitzgerald R, Legge M. Cytogeneticists' stories around the ethics and social consequences of their work: A New Zealand case study. New Zealand Bioethics Journal 2004;5(2):13–24.

Garvey G, Towney P, McPhee JR, Little M, Kerridge IH. Is there an Aboriginal bioethic? Journal of Medical Ethics 2004;30(6):570–5.

McNeill PM, Macklin R, Wasunna A, Komesaroff PA. An expanding vista: Bioethics from public health, indigenous and feminist perspectives. Medical Journal of Australia 2005;183(1):8–9.

Newell C. Disability: A voice in Australian bioethics? New Zealand Bioethics Journal 2003;4(2):15–20.

Pickering N. Bioethics and health law in New Zealand: Bioethics commentary. New Zealand Bioethics Journal 2002;3(1):10–3.

Pollard I. Bioscience–bioethics and life factors affecting reproduction with special reference to the Indigenous Australian population. Reproduction 2005;129(4):391–402.

Tobin B. Australian consequentialism: An Australian critique. Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics 2005;26(3):165–73.

Canada

Arraf K, Cox G, Oberle K. Using the Canadian Code of Ethics for Registered Nurses to explore ethics in palliative care research. Nursing Ethics 2004;11(6):600–9.

Breslin JM, MacRae SK, Bell J, Singer PA. Top 10 health care ethics challenges facing the public: Views of Toronto bioethicists. BMC Medical Ethics 2005;6:E5.

Browne A, Sullivan B. Abortion in Canada. Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 2005;14(3):287–91.

Godlovitch G, Mitchell I, Doig CJ. Discontinuing life support in comatose patients: An example from Canadian case law. CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal 2005;172(9):1172–3.

MacRae S, Chidwick P, Berry S, Secker B, Hebert P, Shaul RZ, et al. Clinical bioethics integration, sustainability, and accountability: The Hub and Spokes Strategy. Journal of Medical Ethics 2005;31(5):256–61.

Nisker J, White A. The CMA Code of Ethics and the donation of fresh embryos for stem cell research. CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal 2005;173(6):621–2.

Europe

Aleksandrova S. Comparative analysis of the Code of Professional Ethics in Bulgaria and the Hippocratic Oath, Declaration of Geneva and International Code of Medical Ethics. Medicine and Law 2005;24(3):495–503.

Braun K. Not just for experts: The public debate about reprogenetics in Germany. Hastings Center Report 2005;35(3):42–9.

Brown E. The dilemmas of German bioethics. New Atlantis 2004;5:37–53.

Fournier V. The balance between beneficence and respect for patient autonomy in clinical medical ethics in France. Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 2005;14(3):281–6.

Glasa J, Glasova M. Ethics committees and consensus in the post-totalitarian society. Medicinska Etika a Bioetika 2001;8(1–2):5–9.

Gordijn B, Janssens R. Euthanasia and palliative care in The Netherlands: An analysis of the latest developments. Health Care Analysis 2004;12(3):195–207.

Hauskeller C. How traditions of ethical reasoning and institutional processes shape stem cell research in Britain. Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 2004;29(5):509–32.

Häyry M. Precaution and solidarity. Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 2005;14(2):199–206.

Herissone-Kelly P. The cloning debate in the United Kingdom: The academy meets the public. Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 2005;14(3):268–76.

Kapocsi E. The medical profession, patients and society: A situation report from Hungary. Bulletin of Medical Ethics 2004(197):13–7.

Kimsma GK, van Leeuwen E. Shifts in the direction of Dutch bioethics: Forward or backward? Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 2005;14(3):292–7.

Lehtonen LA. The Bioethics Convention of the Council of Europe and organ sharing for transplant recipients in Scandinavia. Medicine and Law 2002;21(4):745–51.

Maio G. The embryo in relationships: A French debate on stem cell research. Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 2004;29(5):583–602.

Mauron A, Baertschi B. The European embryonic stem-cell debate and the difficulties of embryological Kantianism. Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 2004;29(5):563–81.

McLean SA. Regulating research and experimentation: a view from the U.K. Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 2004;32(4):604–12.

Meulenbergs T, Vermylen J, Schotsmans PT. The current state of clinical ethics and healthcare ethics committees in Belgium. Journal of Medical Ethics 2005;31(6):318–21.

Mystakidou K, Parpa E, Tsilika E, Katsouda E, Vlahos L. The evolution of euthanasia and its perceptions in Greek culture and civilization. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine 2005;48(1):95–104.

Reichlin M. Bioethics in Italy: Two reasons of discontent. Journal International de Bioethique 2004;15(2–3):175–85, 216–7.

Schmidt K, Jotterand F, Foppa C. Neither Convention nor Constitution—What the debate on stem cell research tells us about the status of the common European ethics. Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 2004;29(5):499–508.

Verhagen AA, Sauer PJ. End-of-life decisions in newborns: An approach from The Netherlands. Pediatrics 2005;116(3):736–9.

Westerveld HE, Briet JW, Houwaart ES, Legemaate J, Meerman TJ, Breetvelt EJ, et al. Dutch medical oath. The Netherlands Journal of Medicine 2005;63(9):368–72.

Cross-Cultural

Annas GJ. Unspeakably cruel—Torture, medical ethics, and the law. New England Journal of Medicine 2005;352(20):2127–32.

Jenkins GL, Sugarman J. The importance of cultural considerations in the promotion of ethical research with human biologic material. Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine 2005;145(3):118–24.