In their recent Authors Meet Critics contribution to the Journal of Medical Ethics , Nancy S Jecker and Caesar Alimsinya ...

Scholars in philosophy of medicine and bioethics have recently turned their attention to transformative experiences: ...

Arima, in the paper ‘Double-effect sedation: do physicians not intend a decrease in consciousness when it is caused by drugs that can also reduce specific symptoms?’, offers a nuanced analysis of ...

This Current Controversy article critically reviews the recent motion by delegates of the British Medical Association to ...

Animals can only be used in research when there is a convincing scientific justification, when the expected benefits of the ...

The increasing integration of genomic medicine into routine medical care brings to light issues of complexity and uncertainty ...

In their response to Shahvisi, Porat-Wojakowski et al challenge what they describe as the ‘medicalisation of war’, cautioning ...

The recent criminal sentencing of a UK-based former paediatric surgeon for performing unauthorised childhood circumcisions for cultural and religious purposes—despite having been previously struck off ...

Giordano1 takes issue with recommendation 6 of the Cass review to limit the provision of puberty blockers (PBs) and cross-sex hormones (CSHs) to a research study. She argues that PBs and CSHs do not ...

Germline genomic testing to assess the suitability of stem cell donors in the treatment of haematological malignancy: clinical ethics commentary ...

This paper argues that the central issue in the abortion debate has not changed since 1967 when the English parliament enacted the Abortion Act. That central issue concerns the moral status of the ...

Correspondence to Iain Campbell, Centre for Ethics in Medicine, University of Bristol Faculty of Health Sciences, Bristol BS8 1TL, UK; iaincampbell8{at}gmail.com ...