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2024-03-29T05:39:37ZWhose interests and whose rights in the 'morning-after pill' debate?
https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/120315
Title: Whose interests and whose rights in the 'morning-after pill' debate?
Abstract: Following the judicial protest of the Women's Rights Foundation, several have been arguing in favour of the legalisation, licensing, importation and
distribution of the morning-after pill on three grounds.2016-07-10T00:00:00ZChallenges in public policy for the implementation of pharmacogenetic tests in Europe
https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/120040
Title: Challenges in public policy for the implementation of pharmacogenetic tests in Europe
Authors: Azzopardi Meli, Bernice; Fenech, Anthony G.; Cordina, Maria; Ellul, Bridget; Agius, Emmanuel
Abstract: Pharmacogenetics innovation in biomedicine has fostered new hope in pharmacotherapeutics
and in the prevention and management of adverse drug reactions. Proponents
argue that pharmacogenetics will improve drug safety and efficacy while
also revolutionising marketing. Integral to this survey is the recognition that pharmacogenetics
has been hailed as a revolutionary frontier within biomedicine. This
expectation amplifies the anticipation and promise associated with the emergence of
new biotechnologies. This progress, however, raises several policy concerns with the
need to balance the creation of a unified legal framework. We outline the European
regulatory framework, and discuss the current challenges and opportunities related
to licensing, the development of innovative medicines, cost-effectiveness, resource
allocation, and stratification. There is the need to substantiate the value of a regulatory
framework and vigilant monitoring to ensure equitable access and just distribution
of the benefits of pharmacogenetics in Europe.2024-01-01T00:00:00ZSpiritual accompaniment today : advantages and challenges
https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/120020
Title: Spiritual accompaniment today : advantages and challenges
Authors: Camilleri, Charló
Abstract: In many areas of cultural practice and academic research there is a collective sense that many of the issues of the postmodern era are being transcended. Social and cultural theorists tell us we are now in a different global moment, referred to as post-postmodern or metamodern. Although there is still a long way to go to get a comprehensive definition of the new era, it is definitely an offshoot, or a consequence of postmodernism. Without delving into the minutiae of the characteristics, here we will touch upon aspects directly linked first with postmodernism both as a revolutionary movement and an historical condition we all find ourselves in, then with post-postmodernism, to be able to place the advantages and challenges of the practice of spiritual accompaniment. [excerpt]2013-01-01T00:00:00ZFrom the gospel : grandeur and misery
https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/119533
Title: From the gospel : grandeur and misery
Abstract: In his Letter on the possibility of the commandments, Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) approaches the issue on the premise that “St Augustine and the Fathers who followed him never spoke of commandments without saying that these are not impossible to charity, and that they are established only to help us feel the need of charity which alone can accomplish them”. While engaging philosophically and theologically with the question, citing Scripture and Church tradition, Pascal expands his reflective argumentation in a Discourse on the possibility of the commandments, showing that “the commandments are not impossible to the just”. [excerpt]2024-01-01T00:00:00Z