Kathryn Ehrich

Summary

Affiliation: King's College London
Country: UK

Publications

  1. ncbi A 'healthy baby': The double imperative of preimplantation genetic diagnosis
    Kathryn Ehrich
    Centre for Biomedicine and Society, King s College London, Strand, London, UK
    Health (London) 14:41-56. 2010
  2. ncbi Embryo futures and stem cell research: the management of informed uncertainty
    Kathryn Ehrich
    King s National Institute for Health Research Patient Safety and Service Quality Research Centre, King s College London, UK
    Sociol Health Illn 34:114-29. 2012
  3. ncbi The embryo as moral work object: PGD/IVF staff views and experiences
    Kathryn Ehrich
    Centre for Biomedicine and Society, King s College London, London
    Sociol Health Illn 30:772-87. 2008
  4. ncbi Social welfare, genetic welfare? Boundary-work in the IVF/PGD clinic
    Kathryn Ehrich
    King s College London, UK
    Soc Sci Med 63:1213-24. 2006
  5. ncbi Telling cultures: 'cultural' issues for staff reporting concerns about colleagues in the UK National Health Service
    Kathryn Ehrich
    Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery, King s College London, London SE1 9NH
    Sociol Health Illn 28:903-26. 2006
  6. ncbi Choosing embryos: ethical complexity and relational autonomy in staff accounts of PGD
    Kathryn Ehrich
    School of Social Science and Public Policy, King s College London, London, UK
    Sociol Health Illn 29:1091-106. 2007
  7. ncbi Constructing an ethical framework for embryo donation to research: is it time for a restricted consent policy?
    Kathryn Ehrich
    NIHR King s Patient Safety and Service Quality Research Centre, King s College London, London, UK
    Hum Fertil (Camb) 14:115-21. 2011
  8. ncbi Fresh or frozen? Classifying 'spare' embryos for donation to human embryonic stem cell research
    Kathryn Ehrich
    King s College London, UK
    Soc Sci Med 71:2204-11. 2010
  9. ncbi Facilitating choice, framing choice: staff views on widening the scope of preimplantation genetic diagnosis in the UK
    Clare Williams
    Centre for Biomedicine and Society, School of Social Science and Public Policy, King s College London, Strand WC2R 2LS, UK
    Soc Sci Med 65:1094-105. 2007
  10. ncbi Donation of 'spare' fresh or frozen embryos to research: who decides that an embryo is 'spare' and how can we enhance the quality and protect the validity of consent?
    Rosamund Scott
    Centre of Medical Law and Ethics and School of Law, King s College London, UK
    Med Law Rev 20:255-303. 2012

Detail Information

Publications12

  1. ncbi A 'healthy baby': The double imperative of preimplantation genetic diagnosis
    Kathryn Ehrich
    Centre for Biomedicine and Society, King s College London, Strand, London, UK
    Health (London) 14:41-56. 2010
    ..In this article, we focus on some of the ethical, social and occupational issues for staff ensuing from PGD's double imperative...
  2. ncbi Embryo futures and stem cell research: the management of informed uncertainty
    Kathryn Ehrich
    King s National Institute for Health Research Patient Safety and Service Quality Research Centre, King s College London, UK
    Sociol Health Illn 34:114-29. 2012
    ....
  3. ncbi The embryo as moral work object: PGD/IVF staff views and experiences
    Kathryn Ehrich
    Centre for Biomedicine and Society, King s College London, London
    Sociol Health Illn 30:772-87. 2008
    ..This allows them to shift attention between micro-level and overarching institutional work goals, building on Casper's concept of 'work objects' and focusing on negotiation of the social order in a morally contested field...
  4. ncbi Social welfare, genetic welfare? Boundary-work in the IVF/PGD clinic
    Kathryn Ehrich
    King s College London, UK
    Soc Sci Med 63:1213-24. 2006
    ..We argue that consideration of the welfare of the child involves staff in ethical boundary-work across the two orientations and between the accountabilities and responsibilities of healthcare professionals, individuals and the state...
  5. ncbi Telling cultures: 'cultural' issues for staff reporting concerns about colleagues in the UK National Health Service
    Kathryn Ehrich
    Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery, King s College London, London SE1 9NH
    Sociol Health Illn 28:903-26. 2006
    ....
  6. ncbi Choosing embryos: ethical complexity and relational autonomy in staff accounts of PGD
    Kathryn Ehrich
    School of Social Science and Public Policy, King s College London, London, UK
    Sociol Health Illn 29:1091-106. 2007
    ....
  7. ncbi Constructing an ethical framework for embryo donation to research: is it time for a restricted consent policy?
    Kathryn Ehrich
    NIHR King s Patient Safety and Service Quality Research Centre, King s College London, London, UK
    Hum Fertil (Camb) 14:115-21. 2011
    ..2) a three category system: restrictions could include (i) basic hESC research; (ii) hESC research and treatment; no gamete derivation (iii) 'unrestricted' hESC research and treatment...
  8. ncbi Fresh or frozen? Classifying 'spare' embryos for donation to human embryonic stem cell research
    Kathryn Ehrich
    King s College London, UK
    Soc Sci Med 71:2204-11. 2010
    ....
  9. ncbi Facilitating choice, framing choice: staff views on widening the scope of preimplantation genetic diagnosis in the UK
    Clare Williams
    Centre for Biomedicine and Society, School of Social Science and Public Policy, King s College London, Strand WC2R 2LS, UK
    Soc Sci Med 65:1094-105. 2007
    ..More broadly, the paper highlights the complexities involved in trying to develop general 'ethical principles' to govern the use of ever evolving reproductive technologies...
  10. ncbi Donation of 'spare' fresh or frozen embryos to research: who decides that an embryo is 'spare' and how can we enhance the quality and protect the validity of consent?
    Rosamund Scott
    Centre of Medical Law and Ethics and School of Law, King s College London, UK
    Med Law Rev 20:255-303. 2012
    ..This has a particular bearing on the donation of embryos to stem-cell research since there is a debate as to whether fresh embryos are most useful for this...
  11. ncbi Human resources policies and continuity of care
    Charlotte Humphrey
    King's College, London, UK
    J Health Organ Manag 17:102-21. 2003
    ..If continuity of care is accepted as an important element of quality in health care, more attention must be given to developing strategies which support system continuity...
  12. ncbi The appropriate extent of pre-implantation genetic diagnosis: health professionals' and scientists' views on the requirement for a 'significant risk of a serious genetic condition'
    Rosamund Scott
    Centre of Medical Law and Ethics, King's College London, London
    Med Law Rev 15:320-56. 2007