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The International Bioethics Committee (IBC) called for continuing recognition of human vulnerability in healthcare and bioethics sciences in the recent report of June 2011. The report yielded special attention to factors that determine special vulnerability, access to healthcare, the provision of appropriate healthcare, inequalities of power, and vulnerabilities in human research. All of which are true in the use of technologies used to treat illness. Although the IBC is not a religious organization following a specific set of moral teachings or tradition, the following will consider IBC principles through Christian perspective and its scripture as illustrative.
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Gallagher, C. (2014). A Christian Consideration of Human Vulnerability in Healthcare and Research. In: Tham, J., Garcia, A., Miranda, G. (eds) Religious Perspectives on Human Vulnerability in Bioethics. Advancing Global Bioethics, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8736-9_12
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