Infusing bioethics into biology and microbiology courses and curricula: a vertical approach.

With the rise of biomedicine and biotechnology, there has been a corresponding growth in the need for better understanding of consequent ethical questions. Increasingly, biologists are being asked not only to offer technical clarifications but also to venture ethical opinions, for which most feel poorly equipped. This expectation puts pressure on biology instructors at the university level to provide biology majors the skills and experience to discuss with some confidence and competence bioethical issues which may arise in either the workplace or through public discourse in everyday contexts.

HPV vaccine acceptability among women in the Philippines.

Aim: To examine attitudes toward and acceptability of HPV vaccination among a community-based sample of women in the Philippines.

Methods: Self-administered surveys were completed by 435 adult women. Intent to receive the HPV vaccine was assessed at low, moderate, and high vaccine price through responses on Likert scale items.