Kristine Bærøe

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Email kristine.baroe@medisin.uio.no
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Visiting address Gaustadalléen 21 Forskningsparken Hus C Plan 1 0349 Oslo
Postal address Postboks 1130 Blindern 0318 Oslo

Academic interests

• Translational ethics

• Public health challenges and ethics: social inequality in health, political, bureaucratic and professional determinants of health (governing determinants of health), accountability, power and trust

• Medical- and health-related ethics: priority setting in health, social inequality, professional judgment and discretion, research ethics, climate changes and artificial intelligence  

• Philosophy of health sciences

Courses taught

  • Medical and health related ethics, research ethics

Background

• Professor/associate professor in medical ethics and philosophy of science, University of Bergen, from 2013

• Postdoctoral fellow at the University of Bergen (2013-2018)

• Postdoctoral fellow at the Ethics programme, UiO (2010-2012)

• PhD in medical ethics, University of Bergen (2009)

• Philosophy (1998)

Appointments

  • Leader of medical ethics teaching
  • Member of Norwegian Ethics Committees for Clinical Trials on Medicinal Products and Medical Devices (REK KULMU)

 

Publications

  • Bærøe, Kristine; Bhopal, Anand Singh & Gundersen, Torbjørn (2024). Towards an environmentally sensitive healthcare ethics: ten tasks and one model . Journal of Medical Ethics. ISSN 0306-6800. doi: 10.1136/jme-2024-109875.
  • Bærøe, Kristine (2024). Translational bioethics: Reflections on what it can be and how it should work. Bioethics. ISSN 0269-9702. doi: 10.1111/bioe.13263.
  • Bærøe, Kristine; Albertsen, Andreas & Cappelen, Cornelius Wright (2023). On the Anatomy of Health-related Actions for Which People Could Reasonably be Held Responsible: A Framework. Journal of Medicine and Philosophy. ISSN 0360-5310. 48(4), p. 384–399. doi: 10.1093/jmp/jhad025.
  • Teig, Inger Lise; Bærøe, Kristine; Melberg, Andrea & Carlsen, Benedicte (2023). Governance determinants of health: exploring the structural impact of politicalization, bureaucratization and medical standardization on health inequity. International Journal of Health Governance. ISSN 2059-4631. doi: 10.1108/IJHG-03-2023-0031.
  • Bærøe, Kristine & Gundersen, Torbjørn (2023). Trustworthy Bioethicists within Lifecycles of Artificial Intelligence in Health. In El Morr, Christo (Eds.), AI and Society: Tensions and Opportunities . CRC Press. ISSN 1032194162. p. p.249-–264. doi: 10.1201/9781003261247-18.
  • Bærøe, Kristine; Kerasidou, Angeliki; Dunn, Michael & Teig, Inger Lise (2022). Pursuing impact in research: towards an ethical approach. BMC Medical Ethics. ISSN 1472-6939. 23. doi: 10.1186/s12910-022-00754-3.
  • Bærøe, Kristine & Bringedal, Berit (2022). Social inequalities in health: The need for a new concept of health. Tidsskrift for forskning i sygdom og samfund. ISSN 1604-3405. p. 27–38.
  • Gundersen, Torbjørn & Bærøe, Kristine (2022). The Future Ethics of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine: Making Sense of Collaborative Models. Science and Engineering Ethics. ISSN 1353-3452. 28(2), p. 1–16. doi: 10.1007/s11948-022-00369-2.
  • Bærøe, Kristine; Gundersen, Torbjørn; Henden, Edmund & Rommetveit, Kjetil (2022). Can medical algorithms be fair? Three ethical quandaries and one dilemma. BMJ Health & Care Informatics. 29(1), p. 1–6. doi: 10.1136/bmjhci-2021-100445.
  • Bhopal, Anand Singh; Mehdin, Haileselassie; Bærøe, Kristine & Norheim, Ole Frithjof (2021). Climate change and health in Ethiopia: To what extent have the health dimensions of climate change been integrated into the Climate-Resilient Green Economy? World Medical & Health Policy (WMHP). ISSN 2153-2028. 13, p. 293–312. doi: 10.1002/wmh3.447. Full text in Research Archive
  • Sætrevik, Bjørn; Bærøe, Kristine; Carlsen, Benedicte & Bjørkheim, Sebastian Brun (2021). Nordmenn stolte på myndighetenes informasjon og tiltak i starten av koronapandemien. Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning. ISSN 0809-2052. 24(2), p. 1–16. doi: 10.18261/issn.2464-3076-2021-02-06.
  • Kerasidou, Angeliki; Bærøe, Kristine; Berger, Zackary & Brown, Amy Caruso (2021). The need for empathetic healthcare systems. Journal of Medical Ethics. ISSN 0306-6800. 47(12). doi: 10.1136/medethics-2019-105921.
  • Cappelen, Cornelius; Midtbø, Tor & Bærøe, Kristine (2020). Responsibility considerations and the design of health care policies: a survey study of the Norwegian population. HEC Forum. ISSN 0956-2737. doi: 10.1007/s10730-020-09430-8.
  • Bærøe, Kristine; Jansen, Maarten P.M. & Kerasidou, Angeliki (2020). Machine Learning in Healthcare: Exceptional Technologies Require Exceptional Ethics. American Journal of Bioethics. ISSN 1526-5161. 20(11), p. 48–51. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2020.1820103.
  • Eide, Kristiane Tislevoll & Bærøe, Kristine (2020). How to reach trustworthy decisions for caesarean sections on maternal request: a call for beneficial power. Journal of Medical Ethics. ISSN 0306-6800. doi: 10.1136/medethics-2020-106071.
  • Eide, Kristiane Tislevoll; Morken, Nils-Halvdan & Bærøe, Kristine (2020). Tensions and interplay: A qualitative study of access to patient-centered birth counseling of maternal cesarean requests in Norway. . Midwifery. ISSN 0266-6138. 88. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2020.102764.
  • Bærøe, Kristine (2020). Incommensurable Processes of Reasoning and Implications for Empirical and Normative Bioethics. . AJOB Empirical Bioethics. ISSN 2329-4515. 11(1). doi: 10.1080/23294515.2019.1707726.
  • Bærøe, Kristine & Henden, Edmund (2020). Translational Ethics and Challenges Involved in Putting Norms into Practice. American Journal of Bioethics. ISSN 1526-5161. 20(4), p. 71–73. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2020.1730520.
  • Bærøe, Kristine; Miyata-Sturm, Ainar & Henden, Edmund (2020). How to Achieve Trusthworthy Artificial Intelligence for Health. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. ISSN 0042-9686. p. 1–12. doi: 10.2471/blt.19.237289.
  • Bærøe, Kristine & Gundersen, Torbjørn (2019). Social impact under severe uncertainty: The role of neuroethicists at the intersection of neuroscience, AI, ethics, and policy-making . AJOB Neuroscience. ISSN 2150-7740. 10(3), p. 117–119. doi: 10.1080/21507740.2019.1632965.
  • Magelssen, Morten & Bærøe, Kristine (2019). Can clinical ethics committees be legitimate actors in bedside rationing? BMC Medical Ethics. ISSN 1472-6939. 20(1), p. 1–8. doi: 10.1186/s12910-019-0438-y. Full text in Research Archive
  • Eide, Kristiane Tislevoll; Morken, Nils-Halvdan & Bærøe, Kristine (2019). Maternal reasons for requesting planned cesarean section in Norway: A qualitative study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. ISSN 1471-2393. 19(102), p. 1–10. doi: 10.1186/s12884-019-2250-6. Full text in Research Archive
  • Bærøe, Kristine (2018). On Fundamental Premises for Addressing “Context” and “Contextual Factors” Influencing Value Decisions in Healthcare; Comment on “Contextual Factors Influencing Cost and Quality Decisions in Health and Care: A Structured Evidence Review and Narrative Synthesis”. International Journal of Health Policy and Management. ISSN 2322-5939. 7(10), p. 958–960. doi: 10.15171/ijhpm.2018.62.
  • Ives, Jonathan; Dunn, Michael; Molewijk, Bert; Schildmann, Jan; Bærøe, Kristine & Frith, Lucy [Show all 16 contributors for this article] (2018). Standards of practice in empirical bioethics research: Towards a consensus. BMC Medical Ethics. ISSN 1472-6939. 19(68). doi: 10.1186/s12910-018-0304-3.
  • Jansen, Maarten P.M.; Baltussen, Rob & Bærøe, Kristine (2018). Stakeholder participation for legitimate priority setting: A checklist. International Journal of Health Policy and Management. ISSN 2322-5939. 7(11), p. 973–976. doi: 10.15171/ijhpm.2018.57.
  • Wester, Gry; Bærøe, Kristine & Norheim, Ole Frithjof (2018). Towards theoretically robust evidence on health equity: A systematic approach to contextualising equity-relevant randomised controlled trials. Journal of Medical Ethics. ISSN 0306-6800. p. 1–6. doi: 10.1136/medethics-2017-104610.
  • Arnesen, Sveinung; Bærøe, Kristine; Cappelen, Cornelius & Carlsen, Benedicte (2018). Could information about herd immunity help us achieve herd immunity? Evidence from a population representative survey experiment. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. ISSN 1403-4948. 46(8), p. 854–858. doi: 10.1177/1403494818770298.
  • Bærøe, Kristine; Kaur, Jasmeen Garcha & Radhakrishnan, Kavery (2018). Lik tilgang og likeverdige tjenester: hvordan styrke realiseringen av disse rettslige formålene? In Aasen, Henriette Sinding; Bringedal, Berit; Bærøe, Kristine & Magnussen, Anne-Mette (Ed.), Prioritering, styring og likebehandling: Utfordringer i norsk helsetjeneste. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISSN 978-82-02-56935-8. p. 57–81.
  • Bærøe, Kristine (2017). Medicine as Art and Science. In Schramme, Thomas & Edwards, Steven (Ed.), Handbook of the Philosophy of Medicine. Springer. ISSN 978-94-017-8687-4. p. 759–772.
  • Bringedal, Berit & Bærøe, Kristine (2016). Økt rettsliggjøring for likebehandling i helsetjenesten? Retfærd. Nordisk Juridisk Tidsskrift. ISSN 0105-1121. 39(2 = 153), p. 6–18.
  • Bringedal, Berit & Bærøe, Kristine (2016). Commentary to ‘Social Health Disparities in Clinical Care: A New Approach to Medical Fairness’ by Puschel, Furlan and Dekkers. Public Health Ethics. ISSN 1754-9973. doi: 10.1093/phe/phw042.
  • Bærøe, Kristine (2015). Institusjonelle rammer: Vilkår for utvikling og kultivering av forskeres forskningsetiske skjønnsutøvelse. In Fossheim, Hallvard & Ingierd, Helene C. (Ed.), Etisk skjønn i forskning. Universitetsforlaget. ISSN 978-82-15-02655-8. p. 115–126.
  • Bærøe, Kristine & Cappelen, Cornelius (2015). Phase-dependent justification: The role of personal responsibility in fair healthcare. Journal of Medical Ethics. ISSN 0306-6800. 41(10), p. 836–840. doi: 10.1136/medethics-2014-102645.
  • Bærøe, Kristine & Bringedal, Berit (2014). 'Undocomented' migrants' access to health care services in Europe : tansion between international human rights, national law and professional ethics. In Aasen, Henriette Sinding; Gloppen, Siri; Magnussen, Anne-Mette & Nilssen, Even (Ed.), Juridification and social citizenship in the welfare state. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISSN 978-1-78347-022-8.
  • Bærøe, Kristine (2014). Translational ethics: An analytical framework of translational movements between theory and practice and a sketch of a comprehensive approach. BMC Medical Ethics. ISSN 1472-6939. 15:71. doi: 10.1186/1472-6939-15-71. Full text in Research Archive
  • Nedlund, Ann-Charlotte & Bærøe, Kristine (2014). Legitimate policymaking: The importance of including health-care workers in limit-setting decisions in health care. Public Health Ethics. ISSN 1754-9973. 7(2), p. 123–133. doi: 10.1093/phe/phu016.
  • Bærøe, Kristine & Baltussen, Rob (2014). Legitimate healthcare limit setting in a real-world setting: Integrating accountability for reasonableness and multi-criteria decision analysis. Public Health Ethics. ISSN 1754-9973. 7(2), p. 144–157. doi: 10.1093/phe/phu006.
  • Henden, Edmund & Bærøe, Kristine (2014). Providing free heroin to addicts participating in research - ethical concerns and the question of voluntariness. Psychiatric bulletin of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. ISSN 0955-6036. 38(4). Full text in Research Archive
  • Strømme, Elisabeth Marie; Bærøe, Kristine & Norheim, Ole Frithjof (2014). Disease control priorities for neglected tropical diseases: lessons from priority ranking based on the quality of evidence, cost effectiveness, severity of disease, catastrophic health expenditures, and loss of productivity. Developing World Bioethics. ISSN 1471-8731. 14(3), p. 132–141. doi: 10.1111/dewb.12016.
  • Haukeland, Annelin; Heggebø, Liv Cathrine & Bærøe, Kristine (2013). Should Norwegian citizens be permitted to use surrogacy in India? Etikk i praksis. ISSN 1890-3991. 7(2), p. 3–17.
  • Baltussen, Rob; Mikkelsen, Evelinn; Tromp, Noor; Hurtig, AnneKarin; Byskov, Jens & Olsen, Øystein [Show all 10 contributors for this article] (2013). Balancing efficiency, equity and feasibility of HIV treatment in South Africa – development of programmatic guidance. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation. ISSN 1478-7547. 11(26). doi: 10.1186/1478-7547-11-26.
  • Haukeland, Annelin; Heggebø, Liv Cathrine & Bærøe, Kristine (2013). Bør man tillate at norske statsborgere benytter seg av surrogati i India? Etikk i praksis. ISSN 1890-3991. doi: 10.5324/eip.v7i2.1794.
  • Bærøe, Kristine (2011). Mellom samfunnsstrukturer og profesjon: om avgrensning, kultivering og premisser for adekvat skjønnsutøvelse i legerollen. Etikk i praksis. ISSN 1890-3991. 5(2), p. 23–44. doi: 10.5324/eip.v5i2.1769.
  • Bærøe, Kristine & Bringedal, Berit (2011). Just health: on the conditions for acceptable and unacceptable priority settings with respect to patients' socioeconomic status. Journal of Medical Ethics. ISSN 0306-6800. 37(9), p. 526–529. doi: 10.1136/jme.2010.042085.
  • Bærøe, Kristine & Norheim, Ole Frithjof (2011). MAPPING OUT STRUCTURAL FEATURES IN CLINICAL CARE CALLING FOR ETHICAL SENSITIVITY: A THEORETICAL APPROACH TO PROMOTE ETHICAL COMPETENCE IN HEALTHCARE PERSONNEL AND CLINICAL ETHICAL SUPPORT SERVICES (CESS). Bioethics. ISSN 0269-9702. 25(7), p. 394–402. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8519.2011.01909.x.
  • Bærøe, Kristine (2010). Patient autonomy, assessment of competence and surrogate decision-making: a call for reasonableness in deciding for others. Bioethics. ISSN 0269-9702. 24(2), p. 87–95. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8519.2008.00672.x.
  • Bringedal, Berit & Bærøe, Kristine (2010). Bør leger bidra til å utjevne sosial ulikhet i helse? Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. ISSN 0029-2001. 130(10), p. 1024–1027. doi: 10.4045/tidsskr.09.0648.
  • Bærøe, Kristine (2009). Priority-setting in healthcare: a framework for reasonable clinical judgements. Journal of Medical Ethics. ISSN 0306-6800. 35(8), p. 488–496. doi: 10.1136/jme.2007.022285.
  • Bærøe, Kristine (2008). Priority setting in health care: on the relation between reasonable choices on the micro-level and the macro-level. Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics. ISSN 1386-7415. 29(2), p. 87–102. doi: 10.1007/s11017-008-9063-3.
  • Bærøe, Kristine (2005). Klinisk skjønn og prioriteringer. Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning. ISSN 0809-2052. 8(2), p. 89–98.

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  • Bærøe, Kristine (2023). Translational (Neuro)Ethics: A Call for Supporting Equitable Determinants of Academic Practical Ethics. AJOB Neuroscience. ISSN 2150-7740. 14(4), p. 416–418. doi: 10.1080/21507740.2023.2257160.
  • Bærøe, Kristine (2022). Vi må utvikle øko-rettferdige helseprioriteringer. . Dagens medisin. ISSN 1501-4290.
  • Gundersen, Torbjørn & Bærøe, Kristine (2022). Innledning: Kunstig intelligens i velferdsstaten. Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning. ISSN 0809-2052.
  • Bærøe, Kristine & Gundersen, Torbjørn (2022). Kan vi stole på kunstig intelligens? [Newspaper]. Dagsavisen.
  • Gundersen, Torbjørn & Bærøe, Kristine (2022). Ethical Algorithmic Advice: Some Reasons to Pause and Think Twice. American Journal of Bioethics. ISSN 1526-5161. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2022.2075053.
  • Sætrevik, Bjørn & Bærøe, Kristine (2022). Disse koronatiltakene er mest belastende for folk. Forskersonen.no.
  • Bærøe, Kristine (2021). Tillit og prioriteringer i lys av pandemien.
  • Bærøe, Kristine (2021). Commenting on Vilhjálmur Árnason: Justifying Policy Choices in a Pandemic.
  • Bærøe, Kristine (2021). Bør helsepersonell tvinges til å ta vaksine? Bergens Tidende. ISSN 0804-8983.
  • Bærøe, Kristine; Gloppen, Siri & Norheim, Ole Frithjof (2021). For å få tillit til koronatiltakene, må myndighetene begrunne dem bedre. Bergens Tidende. ISSN 0804-8983.
  • Bærøe, Kristine & Gundersen, Torbjørn (2021). Translational Ethics: Justified Roles of Bioethicists Within and Beyond Lifecycles of Artificial Intelligence Systems in Health...
  • Bærøe, Kristine (2021). Etikkfrokost om kunstig intelligens, helse og etiske utfordringer.
  • Sætrevik, Bjørn; Bærøe, Kristine & Carlsen, Benedicte (2021). Vil fellesskapsfølelse få flere til å ta koronavaksinen? Dagens medisin. ISSN 1501-4290.
  • Bærøe, Kristine (2020). Vi bør forberede kriterier for neste epidemi nå. Bergens Tidende. ISSN 0804-8983.
  • Bærøe, Kristine & Gundersen, Torbjørn (2020). Regjeringens strategi for kunstig intelligens svikter på vesentlige punkter. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
  • Bærøe, Kristine (2019). Ethical accountability of decisions-makers in health: Readdressing power, risk and autonomy to promote trust .
  • Bærøe, Kristine (2018). Styringstiltak og rettferdighet i helse- og omsorgstjenesten: samspill og spenninger. Tidsskrift for omsorgsforskning. ISSN 2387-5976. 2(4).
  • Aasen, Henriette Sinding; Bringedal, Berit; Bærøe, Kristine & Magnussen, Anne-Mette (2018). Styring, prioritering og likebehandling – om bokens innhold. In Aasen, Henriette Sinding; Bringedal, Berit; Bærøe, Kristine & Magnussen, Anne-Mette (Ed.), Prioritering, styring og likebehandling: Utfordringer i norsk helsetjeneste. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISSN 978-82-02-56935-8. p. 12–29.
  • Bærøe, Kristine (2017). Democracy, technocracy and priority setting in health: on central values, perspectives and challenges.
  • Bærøe, Kristine; Ives, Jonathan; De Vries, Martine Helena & Schildmann, Jan (2017). On classifying the field of medical ethics. BMC Medical Ethics. ISSN 1472-6939. 18:30, p. 1–8. doi: 10.1186/s12910-017-0193-x.
  • Bærøe, Kristine (2016). Etiske utfordringer i legevakt, Legevaktarbeid - En innføringsbok for leger og sykepleiere. Gyldendal Norsk Forlag A/S. ISSN 978-82-05-48460-3. p. 359–366.
  • Teig, Inger Lise; Bærøe, Kristine & Carlsen, Benedicte (2016). Equitable healthcare: On the potential impact of politicization, bureaucratization and medical standardization of healthcare distribution on social health inequality.
  • Bærøe, Kristine; Teig, Inger Lise & Carlsen, Benedicte (2015). On the potential impact of politicization, bureaucratization and medical standardization of healthcare distribution and social health inequality.
  • Bærøe, Kristine; Bringedal, Berit & Magnussen, Anne-Mette (2014). Regulating for equity? A metodological approach for trans-disciplinary asessment of tensions and interplay between legal, political, adminstrative and professional priority-setting tools in healthcare.
  • Bærøe, Kristine; Ottersen, Trygve; Eide, Kristiane Tislevoll; Engjom, Hilde Marie; Johansson, Kjell Arne & Miljeteig, Ingrid [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2011). Priorities in global health. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. ISSN 0029-2001. 131(17). doi: 10.4045/tidsskr.11.0743.
  • Bærøe, Kristine & Norheim, Ole Frithjof (2010). Etikk i legevakt. Utposten. ISSN 0800-5680.
  • Bærøe, Kristine (2009). Forvaltning av skjønn i legerolle – mellom system og profesjonsperspektiv.
  • Bærøe, Kristine & Carlsen, Benedicte (2008). Med rett til å psykemelde. Morgenbladet. ISSN 0805-3847.
  • Bærøe, Kristine (2008). Pasientautonomi.
  • Bærøe, Kristine (2008). Priority setting in healthcare: A framework for reasonable clinical judgments.
  • Strand, Roger & Bærøe, Kristine (2007). Når dyr blir organdonorer. Bergens Tidende. ISSN 0804-8983.
  • Bærøe, Kristine & Holst, Cathrine (2006). Et nytt og bedre menneske. Bergens Tidende. ISSN 0804-8983.
  • Engvold, Gunn Iren; Teig, Inger Lise & Bærøe, Kristine (2023). Korleis oppfattar og handterer leiarar i sjukehus eventuelle rekrutteringsutfordringar knytt til mangel på sjukepleiarar? Universitetet i Bergen.

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