Care robots are advancing rapidly. Rudimentary systems are already used in many institutions, and general-purpose care robots may soon be widely deployed. They are often promoted as suitable for ...
Too often, we as individuals do things that harm us, that seriously interfere with our being able to live in the way that we want. We eat food that makes us obese, that promotes diabetes, heart ...
Correspondence to Dr Elizabeth Chloe Romanis, Gender and Law at Durham, Durham Law School, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, UK; elizabeth.c.romanis{at}durham.ac.uk A large body of literature ...
Objectives In 2015, the Province of Quebec, Canada passed a law that allowed voluntary active euthanasia (VAE). Palliative care stakeholders in Canada have been largely opposed to euthanasia, yet ...
Since the 1980s, there has been an increasing acknowledgement of the importance of recognising the ethical dimension of clinical decision-making. Medical professional regulatory authorities in some ...
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 ...
Centre for Health and Society, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Correspondence to Dr Rosalind J McDougall, Centre for Health ...
Oxford Centre for Applied Ethics, University of Oxford, Suite 7, Littlegate House, St Ebbes Street, Oxford OX1 1PT, UK; jme{at}bmjgroup.com In late August 2002, a general practitioner (GP) in London, ...
Reproduction is broadly recognised as fundamental to human flourishing. The presumptive priority of reproductive freedom forms the predominant position in the literature, translating in the non-sexual ...
This article responds to Mwinsa and colleagues’ work where they explore differences between Ubuntu -based bioethics and international bioethical principles through the lens of Zambia’s HIV testing ...
Arguments for mandatory or compulsory vaccination must justify the coercive infringement of bodily integrity via the ...
Having a medical student present in a consultation is often seen as an imposition on the patient, with the key ethical ...
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