Clinical Ethics, Law and Society (CELS) Group
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The Clinical Ethics, Law and Society (CELS) Group researches the ethical issues raised when rapidly advancing medical technologies are made available and considers what is needed to be ready to adapt, from the perspective of the individual, as well as healthcare and society.
Much of the centre's research focuses on the impact of recent developments in genetics and genomics and the complexities of delivering nuanced information to patients and public in the context of a deterministic public discourse. For example, negotiating clinical, research and direct to consumer testing boundaries and creating a functioning learning health care environment. The members research issues around consent and confidentiality raised by genomics and the extent to which familial, rather than individual, approaches are appropriate and how these might be operationalised.
Other examples include research around the issues related to incidental or additional findings from genomic tests, the ‘immortality’ of genomic data, and the offer of ‘couple’ instead of individual tests for recessive conditions pre-conception. The centre's research also examines ethical preparedness in other areas, such as technological advances extending the lives of seriously ill children and preparedness required for appropriate refugee healthcare. The underpinning approach to the members' work is bi-directional translation: identifying a problem in practice; undertaking conceptual and empirical research; and then using research findings to effect changes in that practice.
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Tremona Road
Southampton
SO16 6YD
United Kingdom
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University of Southampton
University Road
Southampton
SO17 1BJ
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2023-09-20 15:00:27