Laboratory medicine between technological innovation, rights safeguarding, and patient safety: A bioethical perspective
The evolution of Laboratory Medicine (LM) has expanded diagnostic and therapeutic horizons, yet ethical concerns pervade its advancements. This article explores the ethical challenges inherent in LM and advocates for a personalist bioethical framework as a guiding principle. It addresses issues such...
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| description | The evolution of Laboratory Medicine (LM) has expanded diagnostic and therapeutic horizons, yet ethical concerns pervade its advancements. This article explores the ethical challenges inherent in LM and advocates for a personalist bioethical framework as a guiding principle. It addresses issues such as patient data privacy, healthcare equity, communication of complex analysis results, genetic information management, and conflicts of interest. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-25e5ac3eab264c07824410b51b59e8262025-08-20T03:10:09ZengDe GruyterOpen Medicine2391-54632025-05-012015233310.1515/med-2025-1153Laboratory medicine between technological innovation, rights safeguarding, and patient safety: A bioethical perspectiveDe Micco Francesco0Di Palma Gianmarco1Giacomobono Flavia2De Benedictis Anna3Cingolani Mariano4Tambone Vittoradolfo5Tomassini Luca6Scendoni Roberto7Research Unit of Bioethics and Humanities, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Roma, ItalyOperative Research Unit of Department of Clinical Affairs, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, Roma, ItalyOperative Research Unit of Department of Clinical Affairs, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, Roma, ItalyOperative Research Unit of Department of Clinical Affairs, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, Roma, ItalyDepartment of Law, Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Macerata, Macerata, ItalyResearch Unit of Bioethics and Humanities, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Roma, ItalyInternational School of Advanced Studies, University of Camerino, Camerino, ItalyDepartment of Law, Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Macerata, Macerata, ItalyThe evolution of Laboratory Medicine (LM) has expanded diagnostic and therapeutic horizons, yet ethical concerns pervade its advancements. This article explores the ethical challenges inherent in LM and advocates for a personalist bioethical framework as a guiding principle. It addresses issues such as patient data privacy, healthcare equity, communication of complex analysis results, genetic information management, and conflicts of interest.https://doi.org/10.1515/med-2025-1153laboratory medicinediagnostic and therapeutic evolutionethical concernspatient data privacyhealthcare equityhealthcare integrationpersonalist bioethics |
| spellingShingle | De Micco Francesco Di Palma Gianmarco Giacomobono Flavia De Benedictis Anna Cingolani Mariano Tambone Vittoradolfo Tomassini Luca Scendoni Roberto Laboratory medicine between technological innovation, rights safeguarding, and patient safety: A bioethical perspective Open Medicine laboratory medicine diagnostic and therapeutic evolution ethical concerns patient data privacy healthcare equity healthcare integration personalist bioethics |
| title | Laboratory medicine between technological innovation, rights safeguarding, and patient safety: A bioethical perspective |
| title_full | Laboratory medicine between technological innovation, rights safeguarding, and patient safety: A bioethical perspective |
| title_fullStr | Laboratory medicine between technological innovation, rights safeguarding, and patient safety: A bioethical perspective |
| title_full_unstemmed | Laboratory medicine between technological innovation, rights safeguarding, and patient safety: A bioethical perspective |
| title_short | Laboratory medicine between technological innovation, rights safeguarding, and patient safety: A bioethical perspective |
| title_sort | laboratory medicine between technological innovation rights safeguarding and patient safety a bioethical perspective |
| topic | laboratory medicine diagnostic and therapeutic evolution ethical concerns patient data privacy healthcare equity healthcare integration personalist bioethics |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1515/med-2025-1153 |
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