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Improving ethics analysis in health technology assessment.

Katherine Duthie¹, Kenneth Bond

¹University of Alberta, Royal Alexandra Hospital, Alberta, Canada. kduthie@ualberta.ca

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care

|January 26, 2011

Summary

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This study improves health technology assessment (HTA) ethics analysis by separating ethical and legal issues, utilizing ethics theory, and acknowledging the need for philosophical expertise. Recommendations enhance systematic and transparent HTA ethics review.

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Area of Science:

Bioethics
Health Policy
Technology Assessment

Background:

Current guidance for ethics analysis in health technology assessment (HTA) requires critical examination.
There is a need to improve the systematic and transparent consideration of ethical issues in HTA.

Purpose of the Study:

To critically examine existing guidance for ethics analysis in HTA.
To provide actionable recommendations for enhancing the practice of ethics analysis in HTA.

Main Methods:

Comprehensive literature search of MEDLINE, Philosopher's Index, and Google Scholar using keywords related to ethics and HTA.
Examination of bibliographies of relevant articles for additional references.
Philosophical analysis of current HTA ethics guidance.

Main Results:

Recommendation 1: Clearly differentiate ethical and legal issues for systematic policy-relevant question analysis.
Recommendation 2: Enhance the use of ethics theory and transparently document the selection and rejection of theoretical approaches.
Recommendation 3: Acknowledge and integrate philosophical expertise for robust ethics analysis.

Conclusions:

Implement recommendations by acknowledging and utilizing relevant expertise.
Further develop standardized models for conducting and reporting ethics analyses.
Leverage underutilized resources within the existing literature for improved HTA ethics analysis.