Antonio G. Spagnolo

ORCID: 0000-0002-5762-2164
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Research Areas
  • Ethics in medical practice
  • Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
  • Ethics and bioethics in healthcare
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Patient Dignity and Privacy
  • Biomedical Ethics and Regulation
  • Bioethics and Human Rights Issues
  • Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations
  • Organ Donation and Transplantation
  • Empathy and Medical Education
  • Reproductive Health and Technologies
  • Ethics in Clinical Research
  • Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare
  • Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues
  • Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
  • Italian Literature and Culture
  • Law, AI, and Intellectual Property
  • Educational and Social Studies
  • Management, Economics, and Public Policy
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Healthcare cost, quality, practices
  • Innovations in Medical Education
  • Intellectual Property and Patents
  • History of Medicine Studies
  • Legal and Labor Studies

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
2016-2025

Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico
2018-2025

Optima Neuroscience (United States)
2025

Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic
2013-2023

University of Insubria
2023

Cal Humanities
2023

Università di Camerino
2017

Catholic University of America
2015

University of California, Los Angeles
2015

Istituto di Biologia e Biotecnologia Agraria
2014

Abstract This article addresses some critical aspects of the relationship between aesthetic medicine (AM) and ethics proposes a possible deontological ethical line to pursue based on current practices. The role AM has always been controversial suffers from unclear practical moral boundaries, even within academic settings, since it aims improve appearance individuals, not cure disease. Today, is essential pertinent discuss these issues, as specialists are dealing with growing increasingly...

10.1186/s13010-024-00151-1 article EN cc-by Philosophy Ethics and Humanities in Medicine 2024-02-05

Background: On 20 March 2024, the Italian Minister of Health, in collaboration with National Institute Health (Istituto Superiore di Sanità) and Council (Consiglio Sanità), issued updated guidelines for assisted reproduction technologies (ART). They introduced two key changes: (1) permitting post-mortem embryo transfers, allowing a woman to proceed procedure after her male partner’s death, (2) transfer even if partner is alive but relationship has ended. Objectives: This study explores...

10.3390/healthcare13020195 article EN Healthcare 2025-01-19

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10.4081/mem.2025.1624 article IT Medicina e Morale 2025-04-03

Evidence on habitual Mediterranean diet (MD) and risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection, COVID-19 is limited. 1,520 participants from the Moli-sani Study (2017-2020) were tested during January-September 2021 adherence to MD was ascertained through Diet Score (MDS). infection cases determined serology, previous clinical diagnosis disease self-reported. Results presented as odd ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI). The MDS not associated likelihood (OR= 0.94; CI: 0.83-1.06) 0.82; 0.62-1.10)...

10.1080/09637486.2023.2212879 article EN International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition 2023-04-03

ABSTRACT Nanotechnologies are an expression of the human ability to control and manipulate matter on a very small scale. Their use will enable even constant monitoring organisms, in new perhaps less invasive way. Debates at all levels – national, European international have pointed out common difficulty giving complete, clear definition nanotechnologies. This is primarily due variety their components, fact that there not just one technology but several. The most significant medical...

10.1111/j.1467-8519.2007.00623.x article EN Bioethics 2009-07-30

Background. Infertility is both a clinical and public problem, affecting the life of couple, healthcare services, social environment. Standard semen analysis surrogate measure male fertility in practice. Objective. To provide information about relationship between parameters spontaneous conception. Methods. We evaluated retrospectively 453 pregnancies that occurred among 2935 infertile couples at an infertility clinic tertiary-care university hospital, 2004 2009. Results. Normal was present...

10.1155/2012/649149 article EN cc-by International Journal of Endocrinology 2012-01-01

Digital therapeutics (DTx) are a subset of digital health which often coupled with artificial intelligence (A.I.) techniques and machine learning systems. DTx differ from common wellness apps or medication reminder tools in that they require "rigorous" clinical evidence. They emerging as new treatment option being applied variety areas, including type II diabetes, hypertension, chronic respiratory problems, obesity, insomnia, Alzheimer's disease, various types dementia addiction (smoking,...

10.26355/eurrev_202209_29741 article EN DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) 2022-09-01

Despite improvements in blood donor selection and screening procedures, transfusion recipients can still develop complications related to infections by known emerging pathogens. Pathogen reduction technologies (PRT) have been developed reduce such risks. The present study, whithin a wider health technology assessment (HTA) process, was undertaken estimate the costs of continuing increase use platelet PRT Italy.A multidisciplinary team established perform HTA conduct budget impact analysis....

10.2450/2018.0115-18 article EN PubMed 2018-11-01

Several key questions help to clarify the evolving debate concerning management of end-stage renal disease and withdrawal dialysis. First, what is evidence about survival, quality life, course illness, following conservative or dialysis withdrawal? Second, criteria are used for deciding on withdrawing dialysis, how these justified? Third, who should make decision it be reached, particularly when there cognitive impairment patient cannot themselves? Decision criteria, evidence, decides each...

10.1179/096992609x12455871937143 article EN Progress in Palliative Care 2009-07-28
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