Papers by Nir Eyal
Perspectives on the Future, 2014
Abstract Access to medicines, vaccination and care in resource-poor settings is threatened by the... more Abstract Access to medicines, vaccination and care in resource-poor settings is threatened by the emigration of physicians and other health workers. In entire regions of the developing world, low physician density exacerbates child and maternal mortality and hinders treatment of HIV/AIDS. This article invites philosophers to help identify ethical and effective responses to medical brain drain. It reviews existing proposals and their limitations.
J. Ethics & Soc. Phil., Jan 1, 2007
Politics, Philosophy & Economics, Jan 1, 2005
Rawls mentions five social primary goods: the basic political liberties, opportu-nities, politica... more Rawls mentions five social primary goods: the basic political liberties, opportu-nities, political influence, income and wealth, and, lastly, the social bases of self-respect. But he states the distributive principles of the first four social primary goods alone. What about the fifth one? Nowhere ...
The American Journal of Bioethics, Jan 1, 2010
Commentators on the ethics of translational research find it morally problematic. Types of transl... more Commentators on the ethics of translational research find it morally problematic. Types of translational research are said to involve questionable benefits, special risks, additional barriers to informed consent, and severe conflicts of interest. Translational research conducted on the global poor is thought to exploit them and increase international disparities. Some commentators support especially stringent ethical review. However, such concerns are grounded only in pre-approval translational research (now called T1). Whether or not T1 has these features, translational research beyond approval (T2: phase IV, health services, and implementation research) is unlikely to and, when conducted on the global poor, may support development. Therefore, insofar as T1 is morally problematic, and no independent objections to T2 exist, the ethics of translational research is diverse: while some translational research is problematic, some is not. Funding and oversight should reflect this diversity, and T2 should be encouraged, particularly when conducted among the global poor.
Public Health Ethics, Jan 1, 2008
Abstract Access to medicines, vaccination and care in resource-poor settings is threatened by the... more Abstract Access to medicines, vaccination and care in resource-poor settings is threatened by the emigration of physicians and other health workers. In entire regions of the developing world, low physician density exacerbates child and maternal mortality and hinders treatment of HIV/AIDS. This article invites philosophers to help identify ethical and effective responses to medical brain drain. It reviews existing proposals and their limitations. It makes a case that, in resource-poor countries,'locally relevant medical training'—teaching primarily ...
Proceedings of eCAADe 23 Digital Design: The Quest …, Jan 1, 2005
Abandoning the scale-model concept in favor of an abstract representation led us to the developme... more Abandoning the scale-model concept in favor of an abstract representation led us to the development of a digital design model based on point-clouds as design media. In this paper we examine the potential usage of point-clouds as design media. Extending the point-cloud model with a forth dimension represented as a numeric pointer to generative algorithms provides a parametric interface for
Papers in Spanish by Nir Eyal
La cobertura universal de salud es una situación en la cual todas las personas reciben servicios... more La cobertura universal de salud es una situación en la cual todas las personas reciben servicios de salud de buena calidad que satisfacen sus necesidades sin sufrir dificultades financieras al pagar por ellos. Dada la limitación de recursos, eso no implica todos los servicios posibles, sino una amplia gama de servicios clave que concuerde con otras metas sociales. La cobertura universal de salud recibió el firme respaldo de la Asamblea Mundial de la Salud en el 2005, así como el apoyo del Informe sobre la salud en el mundo 2010. Desde entonces, más de setenta países han solicitado apoyo en materia de políticas y asesoramiento técnico de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) a fin de llevar a cabo reformas para alcanzar la cobertura universal de salud. En respuesta, la OMS elaboró un plan de acción que incluye una guía para que los países puedan manejar los temas centrales de la justicia y la equidad que surgen en el camino hacia la cobertura universal de salud. Para elaborar esa guía se estableció el Grupo Consultivo de la OMS sobre la Equidad y Cobertura Universal de Salud.
Volume 5 - Issue 3 by Nir Eyal
Responding to critical shortages of physicians, most sub-Saharan countries have scaled up trainin... more Responding to critical shortages of physicians, most sub-Saharan countries have scaled up training of non-physician clinicians (NPCs), resulting in a gradual but decisive shift to NPCs as the cornerstone of healthcare delivery. This development should unfold in parallel with strategic rethinking about the role of physicians and with innovations in physician education and in-service training. In important ways, a growing number of NPCs only renders physicians more necessary – for example, as specialized healthcare providers and as leaders, managers, mentors, and public health administrators. Physicians in sub-Saharan Africa ought to be trained in all of these capacities. This evolution in the role of physicians may also help address known challenges to the successful integration of NPCs in the health system.
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