David G. Kirchhoffer


Contact categoryResearcher
Job titleDirector, Queensland Bioethics Centre
Research instituteQueensland Bioethics Centre
Non-faculty

Research outputs

Moral uncertainty and distress about voluntary assisted dying prior to legalisation and the implications for post-legalisation practice : A qualitative study of palliative and hospice care providers in Queensland, Australia
Kirchhoffer, D., Lui, C. and Ho, Anita. (2023). Moral uncertainty and distress about voluntary assisted dying prior to legalisation and the implications for post-legalisation practice : A qualitative study of palliative and hospice care providers in Queensland, Australia. BMJ Open. 13(5), pp. 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-065964

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Dignity, conscience and religious pluralism in healthcare : An argument for a presumption in favour of respect for religious belief
Kirchhoffer, David G.. (2023). Dignity, conscience and religious pluralism in healthcare : An argument for a presumption in favour of respect for religious belief. Bioethics. 37(1), pp. 88-97. https://doi.org/10.1111/bioe.13110

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Non-invasive prenatal testing : Clinical utility and ethical concerns about recent advances
Thomas, Joseph, Harraway, James and Kirchhoffer, David. (2021). Non-invasive prenatal testing : Clinical utility and ethical concerns about recent advances. Medical Journal of Australia. 214(4), pp. 168-170. https://doi.org/10.5694/mja2.50928

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Dignity, autonomy, and allocation of scarce medical resources during COVID-19
Kirchhoffer, David G.. (2020). Dignity, autonomy, and allocation of scarce medical resources during COVID-19. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry. 17, pp. 691-696. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11673-020-09998-3

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Public reasoning about voluntary assisted dying : An analysis of submissions to the Queensland Parliament, Australia
Kirchhoffer, David G. and Lui, Chi-Wai. (2021). Public reasoning about voluntary assisted dying : An analysis of submissions to the Queensland Parliament, Australia. Bioethics. 35(1), pp. 105-116. https://doi.org/10.1111/bioe.12777

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Introduction : The limits of respect for autonomy
Kirchhoffer, David G.. (2019). Introduction : The limits of respect for autonomy. In In Kirchhoffer, David G. and Richards, Bernadette J. (Ed.). Beyond autonomy : Limits and alternatives to informed consent in research ethics and law pp. 1-14 Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108649247.001

Book chapter

Dignity, being and becoming in research ethics
Kirchhoffer, David G.. (2019). Dignity, being and becoming in research ethics. In In Kirchhoffer, David G. and Richards, Bernadette J. (Ed.). Beyond autonomy : Limits and alternatives to informed consent in research ethics and law pp. 117-132 Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108649247.008

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Beneficence in research ethics
Kirchhoffer, David G., Favor, Christi D. and Cordner, Christopher D.. (2019). Beneficence in research ethics. In In Kirchhoffer, David G. and Richards, Bernadette J. (Ed.). Beyond autonomy : Limits and alternatives to informed consent in research ethics and law pp. 96-116 Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108649247.007

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How ecology can save the life of theology: A philosophical contribution to the engagement of ecology and theology
Kirchhoffer, David. (2018). How ecology can save the life of theology: A philosophical contribution to the engagement of ecology and theology. In In C. Deane-Drummond and R. Artinian-Kaiser (Ed.). Theology and ecology across the disciplines: On care for our common home pp. 53 - 64 T&T Clark.

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Human dignity and human enhancement: A multidimensional approach
Kirchhoffer, David. (2017). Human dignity and human enhancement: A multidimensional approach. Bioethics. 31(5), pp. 375 - 383. https://doi.org/10.1111/bioe.12343

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Questioning human dignity: The dimensions of dignity model as a bridge between cosmopolitanism and the particular
Kirchhoffer, David. (2016). Questioning human dignity: The dimensions of dignity model as a bridge between cosmopolitanism and the particular. In In J. T. Ozolins (Ed.). Religion and Culture in Dialogue: East and West Perspectives pp. 167 - 179 Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25724-2_11

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The Roman Catholic church on the secularization of the concept of human dignity
Kirchhoffer, David. (2016). The Roman Catholic church on the secularization of the concept of human dignity. Louvain Studies. 39(3), pp. 240 - 260. https://doi.org/10.2143/LS.39.3.3170048

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Personhood and human dignity
Kirchhoffer, David, Ozoliņš, Jãnis T. and Grainger, Joanne. (2015). Personhood and human dignity. In In J. T. Ozoliņš and J. Grainger (Ed.). Foundations of Healthcare Ethics: Theory to Practice pp. 51 - 69 Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107589834.004

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Preparing for the Synod on the family: The Australian response
Kirchhoffer, David and L'Huillier, Natalie Lindner. (2014). Preparing for the Synod on the family: The Australian response. INTAMS Review: journal for the study of marriage and spirituality. 20(1), pp. 111 - 117. https://doi.org/10.2143/INT.20.1.3036703

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Turtles all the way down? Pressing questions for theological anthropology in the twenty-first century
Kirchhoffer, David. (2014). Turtles all the way down? Pressing questions for theological anthropology in the twenty-first century. In In L. Boeve, Y. de Maeseneer and E. van Stichel (Ed.). Questioning the Human: Toward a Theological Anthropology for the Twenty-First Century pp. 183 - 193 Fordham University Press.

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Reading the signs of the times: The challenges facing theological anthropology today
Kirchhoffer, David. (2013). Reading the signs of the times: The challenges facing theological anthropology today. In In D. G. Kirchhoffer, R. Horner and P. McCardle (Ed.). Being human: groundwork for a theological anthropology for the 21st century pp. 19 - 32 Mosaic Press.

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What we have learned : Catholic social thought and the movements in Australia
Kirchhoffer, David. (2013). What we have learned : Catholic social thought and the movements in Australia. Journal of Catholic Social Thought. 10(2), pp. 401-411. https://doi.org/10.5840/jcathsoc201310223

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Human dignity in contemporary ethics
Kirchhoffer, David. (2013). Human dignity in contemporary ethics Teneo Press.

Book

Menschenwurde und biobanken
Kirchhoffer, David and Dierickx, Kris. (2013). Menschenwurde und biobanken. In In J. C. Joerden, E. Hilgendorf and F. Thiele (Ed.). Menschenwurde und Medizin: Ein interdisziplinares Handbuch pp. 935 - 948 Duncker & Humblot.

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The concept of human dignity in tertiary campus ministry: More than hot air
Kirchhoffer, David. (2013). The concept of human dignity in tertiary campus ministry: More than hot air. Journal of the Tertiary Campus Ministry Association. 5(1), pp. 15 - 24.

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Between revelation and reason: Human dignity in Karl Barth and Gaudium et Spes
Kirchhoffer, David. (2013). Between revelation and reason: Human dignity in Karl Barth and Gaudium et Spes. In In D. G. Kirchhoffer, R. Horner and P. McCardle (Ed.). Being human: groundwork for a theological anthropology for the 21st century pp. 69 - 84 Mosaic Press.

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Human dignity and biobanks
Dierickx, Kris and Kirchhoffer, David. (2012). Human dignity and biobanks. In Annual Review of Law and Ethics pp. 247 - 258 Duncker & Humblot.

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Human dignity and consent in research biobanking
Kirchhoffer, David and Dierickx, Kris. (2012). Human dignity and consent in research biobanking. South African Journal of Bioethics and Law. 5(2), pp. 74 - 77. https://doi.org/10.7196/SAJBL.237

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Human dignity and the moral status of animals
Kirchhoffer, David. (2012). Human dignity and the moral status of animals. Southern African Public Law. 27(1), pp. 119 - 135.

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Bioethics and the demise of the concept of human dignity: Has medicine killed ethics?
Kirchhoffer, David. (2011). Bioethics and the demise of the concept of human dignity: Has medicine killed ethics? Human reproduction and genetic ethics. 17(2), pp. 141 - 154. https://doi.org/10.1558/hrge.v17i2.141

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New medical technologies and the ethical challenges for minors from the perspective of human dignity
Kirchhoffer, David and Dierickx, Kris. (2011). New medical technologies and the ethical challenges for minors from the perspective of human dignity. In In J. C. Joerden, E. Hilgendorf and N. Petrillo (Ed.). Menschenw├╝rde und moderne Medizintechnik pp. 375 - 392 Nomos.

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Human dignity and human tissue: A meaningful ethical relationship?
Kirchhoffer, David and Dierickx, Kris. (2011). Human dignity and human tissue: A meaningful ethical relationship? Journal of Medical Ethics. 37(9), pp. 552 - 556. https://doi.org/10.1136/jme.2010.041509

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Benedict XVI, human dignity and absolute moral norms
Kirchhoffer, David. (2010). Benedict XVI, human dignity and absolute moral norms. New Blackfriars. 91(1035), pp. 586 - 608. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-2005.2009.01314.x

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Become what you are: On the value of the concept of human dignity as an ethical criterion in light of contemporary critiques
Kirchhoffer, David. (2009). Become what you are: On the value of the concept of human dignity as an ethical criterion in light of contemporary critiques. International Journal of Philosophy and Theology. 70(1), pp. 45 - 66. https://doi.org/10.2143/BIJ.70.1.2035293

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Pope Benedict XVI on the dignity of the human person: A blessing or a curse for the European project?
Kirchhoffer, David. (2007). Pope Benedict XVI on the dignity of the human person: A blessing or a curse for the European project? ET bulletin. 18(1 & 2), pp. 155 - 169.

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Sacrament and being: On overcoming ontotheology in sacramental theology
Kirchhoffer, David. (2007). Sacrament and being: On overcoming ontotheology in sacramental theology. Questions Liturgiques: Studies on liturgy. 88(2), pp. 143 - 156. https://doi.org/10.2143/QL.88.2.2020848

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