Why is it difficult to integrate ethics in HTA?. The epistemological viewpoint

Pietro Refolo; Dario Sacchini; L Brereton; A Gerhardus; B Hofmann; Kb Lysdahl; K Mozygemba; W Oortwijn; M Tummers; Der Wilt Gj Van; P Wahlster; Antonio Gioacchino Spagnolo; On Behalf Of The Integrate Hta Project Team

Why is it difficult to integrate ethics in HTA?. The epistemological viewpoint

Pietro Refolo, Dario Sacchini, L Brereton, A Gerhardus, B Hofmann, Kb Lysdahl, K Mozygemba, W Oortwijn, M Tummers, Der Wilt Gj Van, P Wahlster, Antonio Gioacchino Spagnolo, On Behalf Of The Integrate Hta Project Team

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Abstract

Ethics has been identified as a key element in Health Technology Assessment (HTA) since its conception. However, ethical issues are still not frequently addressed explicitly in HTA. Several valuable reasons have been identified. The basis of the article is the claim that ethics is often not part of HTA for “epistemological reasons”. Hence, the main aim of the contribution is to explore in more details and emphasize them by using the fact/value dichotomy. Our conclusion is that current HTA configuration is dominantly based on the comparison among objective and empirically testable “facts”, whilst ethics is not empirically testable. In this sense, there is a sort of “epistemological gap”, which can explain why it is so difficult to integrate ethics in HTA. We suggest that the epistemological differences among the various domains of HTA are addressed more explicitly.

Lingua originale	English
Titolo della pubblicazione ospite	HTAi 2016 Annual meeting. Tokyo, Japan (May 10-14, 2016) Informing Health Care Decisions with Values and Evidence
Pagine	122
Numero di pagine	1
Stato di pubblicazione	Pubblicato - 2016
Evento	HTAi 2016 Annual meeting - Tokyo; Japan Durata: 10 mag 2016 → 14 mag 2016

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Convegno	HTAi 2016 Annual meeting
Città	Tokyo; Japan
Periodo	10/5/16 → 14/5/16

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Refolo, P., Sacchini, D., Brereton, L., Gerhardus, A., Hofmann, B., Lysdahl, K., Mozygemba, K., Oortwijn, W., Tummers, M., Van, D. W. G., Wahlster, P., Spagnolo, A. G., & Behalf Of The Integrate Hta Project Team, O. (2016). Why is it difficult to integrate ethics in HTA?. The epistemological viewpoint. In HTAi 2016 Annual meeting. Tokyo, Japan (May 10-14, 2016) Informing Health Care Decisions with Values and Evidence (pagg. 122)

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