Barker et al argue that the ultimate goal of medicine is to cure and prevent disease and, because assisted dying is not in ...

Advancing the public interest’ is a criterion for de-identified data use for research via several national data platforms and ...

Barker et al argue that doctors should not administer lethal drugs primarily because it is inconsistent with the goal of medicine, which is to cure and prevent disease. Accordingly, they suggest the ...

Nitrogen hypoxia has recently emerged as a method of execution in the USA, with Alabama conducting the first executions using this technique in 2024. This article examines the historical evolution, ...

Artificial placentas (APs) are technologies developed to mimic the functioning of the human placenta to support extremely preterm infants in an artificial environment until the lungs are developed ...

Background Toomey et al (2024) found that US participants were more likely to follow a medical treatment preference—expressed after substantial cognitive decline—of a third person rather than their ...

Non-compliance is a label often used about patients who do not follow therapeutic advice. This paper analyses the notion of compliance, and tries to show that this notion is inextricably bound to a ...

There has been considerable work in bioethics addressing injustice and gender oppression in the provision of healthcare services, in the interaction between client and healthcare professional, and in ...

The Italian parliament passed the law on assisted reproduction after a heated debate. The promulgation of this law (Law 40/2004) is the end point of a long and troubled journey that has seen many ...

This article gives a brief overview of the state of the art concerning physical restraint use among older persons in nursing homes. Within this context we identify some essential values and norms that ...