Donal O'Mathuna

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Donal O'Mathuna
BSc, MA, PhD
NationalityIrish
EducationBSc (Pharmacy), Trinity College Dublin, 1982

PhD (Natural Products Chemistry), Ohio State University, 1988

MA (Bioethics & Medical Ethics), Ashland University, 1994
Occupation(s)Associate Professor; Pharmacist
EmployerOhio State University
Known forDisasters, pandemics and humanitarian crises, specifically ethical issues in disaster research
Board member ofCochrane Affiliate at the Helene Fuld Institute for EBP

Donal O'Mathuna is an associate professor within the College of Nursing at The Ohio State University.[1]

He is formerly a Senior Lecturer in Ethics, Decision-Making & Evidence in the School of Nursing & Human Sciences at Dublin City University, Ireland, and Chair of the Academy of Fellows at the Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity in Chicago. His research interests include theology, alternative medicine and disaster ethics. He has written or edited several books, including Nanoethics: Big Ethical Issues with Small Technology (2009).

Biography[edit]

O'Mathuna grew up in Ireland and graduated from an undergraduate pharmacy program at Trinity College, Dublin. He then earned a PhD in medicinal chemistry at Ohio State University, and then a MA in theology with an ethics focus from Ashland Theological Seminary. He taught chemistry and theology at Mount Carmel College of Nursing in Columbus. Returning to Ireland in 2003, he teaches ethics, decision-making and evidence at Dublin City University in the School of Nursing and Human Sciences.[2]

With family physician Walt Larimore, O'Mathuna wrote the 2001 book Alternative Medicine: The Christian Handbook. It was described by Publishers Weekly as a book targeted toward Christians who do not have significant experience with alternative therapies.[3] In a review for the Christian Medical Fellowship, physician George Smith called the book "an honest attempt to evaluate alternative medicine, bringing together both faith and science."[4]

O'Mathuna co-edited Commitment and Responsibility in Nursing: A Faith-Based Approach (2004). It was reviewed by Ethics & Medicine[5] and by Nursing Ethics.[6]

In 2009, O'Mathuna wrote Nanoethics: Big Ethical Issues with Small Technology. It was reviewed in Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews "[7] and Times Higher Education.[8] According to WorldCat, the book is held in 1221 libraries.[9]

Dr. O'Mathuna co-edited Disaster Bioethics: Normative Issues When Nothing is Normal (2014). A report by the Enhancing Learning and Research for Humanitarian Assistance (ELRHA): R2HC Programme identified the book as a new resource in disaster ethics.[10]

Citizens' Assembly[edit]

See also: Citizens' Assembly (Ireland)

In 2017, he presented to the Citizens' Assembly which as of April 2017 is current discussing Ireland's abortion laws, from an anti-abortion ethical perspective.[11][12]

Books[edit]

Books by Donal O'Mathuna include:

  • Nanoethics: big ethical issues with small technology, Continuum, 2009.
  • (with Walt Larimore), Alternative medicine: the Christian handbook, 2001; updated and expanded edition, Zondervan, 2007.
    • Croatian translation, 2010.
    • Hungarian translation, 2009.
    • Spanish translation of 2001 edition.
  • Basic questions on healthcare: what should good care include? (BioBasics Series), Kregel, 2004.
  • Commitment and responsibility in nursing: a faith-based approach, Dordt College Press, 2003.
  • Basic questions on alternative medicine: what is good and what is not? (BioBasics Series), Kregel, 1998.
  • Basic questions on suicide and euthanasia: are they ever right? (BioBasics Series), Kregel, 1998.
  • Basic questions on end-of-life decisions: how do we know what's right? (BioBasics Series), Kregel, 1998.
  • Basic questions on reproductive technology: when is it right to intervene? (BioBasics Series), Kregel, 1998.

Publications[edit]

Publications by Donal O'Mathuna include:

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Dónal P. O'Mathúna". Dónal P. O'Mathúna | The Ohio State University College of Nursing. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Dónal P. O'Mathúna, PhD". Christian Medical and Dental Associations. Archived from the original on 1 January 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Alternative Medicine: The Christian Handbook (review)". Publishers Weekly. 14 May 2001. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  4. ^ Smith, George. "Alternative Medicine – The Christian Handbook (Book Review)". Christian Medical Fellowship. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  5. ^ Hanford, Jack T. (22 June 2008). "Commitment and Responsibility in Nursing: A Faith-Based Approach". Ethics & Medicine. 24 (2): 121–122. Gale A311293367 ProQuest 275120235.
  6. ^ Niven, Elizabeth (July 2008). "Book Review: Cusveller B, Sutton A, O'MathÚna D eds 2004: Commitment and responsibility in nursing: a faith-based approach. Sioux Center, IA: Dordt College Press. 180 pp. GBP8.61 (PB). ISBN: 0 932914519". Nursing Ethics. 15 (4): 564–565. doi:10.1177/09697330080150041605. S2CID 70702667. ProQuest 201388890.
  7. ^ Powell, Russell (8 August 2010). "Nanoethics: Big Ethical Issues with Small Technology (review)". Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2014. an intrepid attempt to make sense of this complex thicket of scientific, philosophical, and ethical issues
  8. ^ Briggs, Andrew (18 February 2010). "Nanoethics: Big Ethical Issues with Small Technology (review)". Times Higher Education. Archived from the original on 17 December 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  9. ^ WorldCat author listing
  10. ^ "An ethical framework for the development and review of health research proposals involving humanitarian contexts" (PDF). Enhancing Learning and Research for Humanitarian Assistance (ELRHA): R2HC Programme. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  11. ^ Donal O'Mathuna (5 February 2017). Dr. Donal O'Mathuna – DCU – Presenting the Pro-life Perspective – Citizens' Assembly – Feb 5. Citizens' Assembly. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021.
  12. ^ "Chair of Citizens' Assembly defends selection of speakers". RTÉ News. 5 February 2017.

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