Donal O'Mathuna

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.{{cite web|title=Dónal P. O'Mathúna, PhD|url=http://cmda.org/staff/detail/donal-omathuna-phd|publisher=Christian Medical and Dental Associations|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150101235006/http://cmda.org/staff/detail/donal-omathuna-phd|archive-date= January 1, 2015|accessdate=30 August 2014}}

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.{{cite web|title=Alternative Medicine: The Christian Handbook (review)|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-310-23584-2|work=Publishers Weekly|accessdate=30 August 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150402095047/https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-310-23584-2|archive-date= April 2, 2015|date=14 May 2001}} 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."{{cite web|last1=Smith|first1=George|title=Alternative Medicine – The Christian Handbook (Book Review)|url=http://www.cmf.org.uk/publications/content.asp?context=article&id=1065|publisher=Christian Medical Fellowship|accessdate=30 August 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402172640/http://www.cmf.org.uk/publications/content.asp?context=article&id=1065|archivedate=2 April 2015}}

O'Mathuna co-edited Commitment and Responsibility in Nursing: A Faith-Based Approach (2004). It was reviewed by Ethics & Medicine{{cite journal |id={{Gale|A311293367}} {{ProQuest|275120235}} |last1=Hanford |first1=Jack T. |title=Commitment and Responsibility in Nursing: A Faith-Based Approach |journal=Ethics & Medicine |date=22 June 2008 |volume=24 |issue=2 |pages=121–122 }} and by Nursing Ethics.{{cite journal |last1=Niven |first1=Elizabeth |title=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 |journal=Nursing Ethics |date=July 2008 |volume=15 |issue=4 |pages=564–565 |id={{ProQuest|201388890}} |doi=10.1177/09697330080150041605 |s2cid=70702667 }}

In 2009, O'Mathuna wrote Nanoethics: Big Ethical Issues with Small Technology. It was reviewed in Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews "{{cite web|last1=Powell|first1=Russell|title=Nanoethics: Big Ethical Issues with Small Technology (review)|date=8 August 2010 |url=https://ndpr.nd.edu/news/24446-nanoethics-big-ethical-issues-with-small-technology/|publisher=Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews|quote=an intrepid attempt to make sense of this complex thicket of scientific, philosophical, and ethical issues|accessdate=30 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402124245/https://ndpr.nd.edu/news/24446-nanoethics-big-ethical-issues-with-small-technology/|archive-date= April 2, 2015}} and Times Higher Education.{{cite news|last1=Briggs|first1=Andrew|title=Nanoethics: Big Ethical Issues with Small Technology (review)|url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/410398.article|accessdate=30 August 2014|work=Times Higher Education|date=18 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171217015030/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/books/nanoethics-big-ethical-issues-with-small-technology/410398.article|archive-date=December 17, 2017}} According to WorldCat, the book is held in 1221 libraries.[http://www.worldcat.org/wcidentities/lccn-n2001001566 WorldCat author listing]

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.{{cite web|title=An ethical framework for the development and review of health research proposals involving humanitarian contexts|url=http://www.elrha.org/uploads/FINAL%20R2HC%20Ethical%20Framework_Final%20Report_24%20January%202014_1.pdf|publisher=Enhancing Learning and Research for Humanitarian Assistance (ELRHA): R2HC Programme|accessdate=30 August 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140801062215/http://www.elrha.org/uploads/FINAL%20R2HC%20Ethical%20Framework_Final%20Report_24%20January%202014_1.pdf|archivedate=1 August 2014}}

{{see also|Citizens' Assembly (Ireland)}}

In 2017, he presented to the Citizens' Assembly which {{as of|2017|04|lc=y}} is current discussing Ireland's abortion laws, from an anti-abortion ethical perspective.{{cite video|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmXPfKW1aQM |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/JmXPfKW1aQM |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|publisher=Citizens' Assembly|title=Dr. Donal O'Mathuna – DCU – Presenting the Pro-life Perspective – Citizens' Assembly – Feb 5|people= Donal O'Mathuna |date=5 February 2017}}{{cbignore}}{{cite news|publisher=RTÉ News|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/2017/0205/850253-citizens-assembly/|title=Chair of Citizens' Assembly defends selection of speakers|date=5 February 2017}}

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 by Donal O'Mathuna include:

• {{cite journal |last1=O’Mathúna |first1=Dónal |last2=Smith |first2=Julia |last3=Zadvinskis |first3=Inga M |last4=Monturo |first4=Cheryl |last5=Kelley |first5=Marjorie M |last6=Tucker |first6=Sharon |last7=Miller |first7=Pamela S |last8=Norful |first8=Allison A |last9=Zellefrow |first9=Cindy |last10=Chipps |first10=Esther |title=Ethics and frontline nursing during COVID-19: A qualitative analysis |journal=Nursing Ethics |date=September 2023 |volume=30 |issue=6 |pages=803–821 |doi=10.1177/09697330221143150 |pmid=36971185 |pmc=10051012 }}
• {{cite journal |last1=Norful |first1=Allison A. |last2=Tucker |first2=Sharon |last3=Miller |first3=Pamela S. |last4=Roberts |first4=Haley |last5=Kelley |first5=Marjorie M. |last6=Monturo |first6=Cheryl |last7=O'Mathúna |first7=Dónal |last8=Smith |first8=Julia |last9=Zadvinskis |first9=Inga M. |last10=Zellefrow |first10=Cindy |last11=Chipps |first11=Esther |title=Nursing perspectives about the critical gaps in public health emergency response during the COVID ‐19 pandemic |journal=Journal of Nursing Scholarship |date=January 2023 |volume=55 |issue=1 |pages=22–28 |doi=10.1111/jnu.12795 |pmid=35727078 |pmc=9349459 }}
• {{cite journal |title=Should Children Be Enrolled in Clinical Research in Conflict Zones? |journal=AMA Journal of Ethics |date=1 June 2022 |volume=24 |issue=6 |pages=E463–471 |doi=10.1001/amajethics.2022.463 |pmid=35713913 |last1=O'Mathúna |first1=D. |last2=Upadhaya |first2=N. |s2cid=249747919 |doi-access=free }}
• {{cite journal |last1=O'Mathúna |first1=Dónal P. |title=Ivermectin and the Integrity of Healthcare Evidence During COVID-19 |journal=Frontiers in Public Health |date=1 March 2022 |volume=10 |doi=10.3389/fpubh.2022.788972 |pmid=35299698 |pmc=8921859 |doi-access=free }}
• {{cite journal |last1=Cleary‐Holdforth |first1=Joanne |last2=O’Mathúna |first2=Dónal |last3=Fineout‐Overholt |first3=Ellen |title=Evidence‐Based Practice Beliefs, Implementation, and Organizational Culture and Readiness for EBP Among Nurses, Midwives, Educators, and Students in the Republic of Ireland |journal=Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing |date=December 2021 |volume=18 |issue=6 |pages=379–388 |doi=10.1111/wvn.12543 |pmid=34750977 |s2cid=243861829 }}
• {{cite journal |last1=Kelley |first1=Marjorie M. |last2=Zadvinskis |first2=Inga M. |last3=Miller |first3=Pamela S. |last4=Monturo |first4=Cheryl |last5=Norful |first5=Allison A. |last6=O’Mathúna |first6=Dónal |last7=Roberts |first7=Haley |last8=Smith |first8=Julia |last9=Tucker |first9=Sharon |last10=Zellefrow |first10=Cindy |last11=Chipps |first11=Esther |title=United States nurses' experiences during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A grounded theory |journal=Journal of Clinical Nursing |date=August 2022 |volume=31 |issue=15–16 |pages=2167–2180 |doi=10.1111/jocn.16032 |pmid=34606133 |s2cid=238256345 |doi-access=free }}
• {{cite journal |last1=Borges do Nascimento |first1=Israel Júnior |last2=O’Mathúna |first2=Dónal P. |last3=von Groote |first3=Thilo Caspar |last4=Abdulazeem |first4=Hebatullah Mohamed |last5=Weerasekara |first5=Ishanka |last6=Marusic |first6=Ana |last7=Puljak |first7=Livia |last8=Civile |first8=Vinicius Tassoni |last9=Zakarija-Grkovic |first9=Irena |last10=Pericic |first10=Tina Poklepovic |last11=Atallah |first11=Alvaro Nagib |last12=Filoso |first12=Santino |last13=Bragazzi |first13=Nicola Luigi |last14=Marcolino |first14=Milena Soriano |title=Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic: an overview of systematic reviews |journal=BMC Infectious Diseases |date=December 2021 |volume=21 |issue=1 |page=525 |doi=10.1186/s12879-021-06214-4 |pmid=34088271 |pmc=8177249 |doi-access=free }}
• {{cite journal |last1=Yimer |first1=Getnet |last2=Gebreyes |first2=Wondwossen |last3=Havelaar |first3=Arie |last4=Yousuf |first4=Jemal |last5=McKune |first5=Sarah |last6=Mohammed |first6=Abdulmuen |last7=O’Mathúna |first7=Dónal |title=Community engagement and building trust to resolve ethical challenges during humanitarian crises: experience from the CAGED study |journal=Conflict and Health |date=December 2020 |volume=14 |issue=1 |page=68 |doi=10.1186/s13031-020-00313-w |pmid=33042218 |pmc=7539377 |doi-access=free }}
• {{cite journal |last1=Borges do Nascimento |first1=Israel Júnior |last2=von Groote |first2=Thilo Caspar |last3=O’Mathúna |first3=Dónal P. |last4=Abdulazeem |first4=Hebatullah Mohamed |last5=Henderson |first5=Catherine |last6=Jayarajah |first6=Umesh |last7=Weerasekara |first7=Ishanka |last8=Poklepovic Pericic |first8=Tina |last9=Klapproth |first9=Henning Edgar Gerald |last10=Puljak |first10=Livia |last11=Cacic |first11=Nensi |last12=Zakarija-Grkovic |first12=Irena |last13=Guimarães |first13=Silvana Mangeon Meirelles |last14=Atallah |first14=Alvaro Nagib |last15=Bragazzi |first15=Nicola Luigi |last16=Marcolino |first16=Milena Soriano |last17=Marusic |first17=Ana |last18=Jeroncic |first18=Ana |title=Clinical, laboratory and radiological characteristics and outcomes of novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) infection in humans: A systematic review and series of meta-analyses |journal=PLOS ONE |date=17 September 2020 |volume=15 |issue=9 |pages=e0239235 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0239235 |pmid=32941548 |pmc=7498028 |bibcode=2020PLoSO..1539235B |doi-access=free }}
• {{cite journal |last1=Romney |first1=Douglas |last2=Fox |first2=Hannah |last3=Carlson |first3=Stephanie |last4=Bachmann |first4=Daniel |last5=O’Mathuna |first5=Donal |last6=Kman |first6=Nicholas |title=Allocation of Scarce Resources in a Pandemic: A Systematic Review of US State Crisis Standards of Care Documents |journal=Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness |date=October 2020 |volume=14 |issue=5 |pages=677–683 |doi=10.1017/dmp.2020.101 |pmid=32295662 |pmc=7198465 |s2cid=215794022 }}
• {{cite journal |last1=Borges do Nascimento |first1=Israel Júnior |last2=Cacic |first2=Nensi |last3=Abdulazeem |first3=Hebatullah Mohamed |last4=von Groote |first4=Thilo Caspar |last5=Jayarajah |first5=Umesh |last6=Weerasekara |first6=Ishanka |last7=Esfahani |first7=Meisam Abdar |last8=Civile |first8=Vinicius Tassoni |last9=Marusic |first9=Ana |last10=Jeroncic |first10=Ana |last11=Carvas Junior |first11=Nelson |last12=Pericic |first12=Tina Poklepovic |last13=Zakarija-Grkovic |first13=Irena |last14=Meirelles Guimarães |first14=Silvana Mangeon |last15=Luigi Bragazzi |first15=Nicola |last16=Bjorklund |first16=Maria |last17=Sofi-Mahmudi |first17=Ahmad |last18=Altujjar |first18=Mohammad |last19=Tian |first19=Maoyi |last20=Arcani |first20=Diana Maria Cespedes |last21=O’Mathúna |first21=Dónal P. |last22=Marcolino |first22=Milena Soriano |title=Novel Coronavirus Infection (COVID-19) in Humans: A Scoping Review and Meta-Analysis |journal=Journal of Clinical Medicine |date=30 March 2020 |volume=9 |issue=4 |pages=941 |doi=10.3390/jcm9040941 |pmid=32235486 |pmc=7230636 |doi-access=free }}
• {{cite journal |last1=O’Mathúna |first1=Dónal P. |last2=Escartín |first2=Carla Parra |last3=Roche |first3=Proinsias |last4=Marlowe |first4=Jay |title=Engaging citizen translators in disasters: Virtue ethics in response to ethical challenges |journal=Translation and Interpreting Studies |date=5 June 2020 |volume=15 |issue=1 |pages=57–79 |doi=10.1075/tis.20003.oma |s2cid=213043360 |url=http://doras.dcu.ie/24299/ }}
• {{cite journal |last1=O’Mathúna |first1=Dónal P. |last2=Hunt |first2=Matthew R. |title=Ethics and crisis translation: insights from the work of Paul Ricoeur |journal=Disaster Prevention and Management|date=7 October 2019 |volume=29 |issue=2 |pages=175–186 |doi=10.1108/DPM-01-2019-0006 |s2cid=208836038 }}
• {{cite journal |last1=Dawson |first1=Angus |last2=Lignou |first2=Sapfo |last3=Siriwardhana |first3=Chesmal |last4=O’Mathúna |first4=Dónal P. |title=Why research ethics should add retrospective review |journal=BMC Medical Ethics |date=December 2019 |volume=20 |issue=1 |page=68 |doi=10.1186/s12910-019-0399-1 |pmid=31597565 |pmc=6785872 |doi-access=free }}
• {{cite journal |last1=Mitrović |first1=Veselin L. |last2=O’Mathúna |first2=Dónal P. |last3=Nola |first3=Iskra A. |title=Ethics and Floods: A Systematic Review |journal=Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness |date=August 2019 |volume=13 |issue=4 |pages=817–828 |doi=10.1017/dmp.2018.154 |pmid=30626460 |s2cid=58593730 |doi-access=free }}
• {{cite journal |last1=O’Mathúna |first1=Dónal P. |title=Teaching ethics using popular songs: feeling and thinking |journal=Monash Bioethics Review |date=April 2008 |volume=27 |issue=1–2 |pages=42–55 |doi=10.1007/bf03351295 |pmid=19205315 |s2cid=3171743 }}
• {{cite journal |last1=Mezinska |first1=Signe |last2=Kakuk |first2=Péter |last3=Mijaljica |first3=Goran |last4=Waligóra |first4=Marcin |last5=O’Mathúna |first5=Dónal P. |title=Research in disaster settings: a systematic qualitative review of ethical guidelines |journal=BMC Medical Ethics |date=December 2016 |volume=17 |issue=1 |page=62 |doi=10.1186/s12910-016-0148-7 |pmid=27769232 |pmc=5073437 |doi-access=free }}
• {{cite journal |last1=O’Mathúna |first1=Dónal |title=Ideal and nonideal moral theory for disaster bioethics |journal=Human Affairs |date=2016 |volume=26 |issue=1 |pages=8–17 |doi=10.1515/humaff-2016-0002 |s2cid=151741040 |doi-access=free }}
• {{cite journal |last1=Matthews |first1=Anne |last2=Haas |first2=David M |last3=O'Mathúna |first3=Dónal P |last4=Dowswell |first4=Therese |title=Interventions for nausea and vomiting in early pregnancy |journal=Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews |date=8 September 2015 |volume=2015 |issue=9 |pages=CD007575 |doi=10.1002/14651858.cd007575.pub4 |pmid=26348534 |pmc=7196889 }}
• {{cite journal |last1=O'Mathúna |first1=Dónal |title=Research ethics in the context of humanitarian emergencies |journal=Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine |date=February 2015 |volume=8 |issue=1 |pages=31–35 |doi=10.1111/jebm.12136 |pmid=25594722 |s2cid=22272620 }}
• {{cite journal |title=A Research Agenda for Humanitarian Health Ethics |journal=PLOS Currents |date=2014 |doi=10.1371/currents.dis.8b3c24217d80f3975618fc9d9228a144 |pmid=25687273 |doi-access=free |last1=Hunt |first1=M. |last2=Schwartz |first2=L. |last3=Pringle |first3=J. |last4=Boulanger |first4=R. |last5=Nouvet |first5=E. |last6=O'Mathúna |first6=D. |author7=Participants of the Humanitarian Healthcare Ethics Forum |author8=Participants of the Humanitarian Healthcare Ethics Forum |volume=6 |pmc=4191921 }}
• {{cite journal |last1=O'Mathuna |first1=D. P. |title=Christian Bioethics and the Bible |journal=Christian Bioethics |date=1 August 2014 |volume=20 |issue=2 |pages=246–259 |doi=10.1093/cb/cbu017 }}
• {{cite journal |last1=Greaney |first1=Anna-Marie |last2=O’Mathúna |first2=Dónal P. |last3=Scott |first3=P. Anne |title=Patient autonomy and choice in healthcare: self-testing devices as a case in point |journal=Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy |date=November 2012 |volume=15 |issue=4 |pages=383–395 |doi=10.1007/s11019-011-9356-6 |pmid=22038653 |s2cid=915117 |url=http://doras.dcu.ie/19339/ }}

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