Clarke’s feature article1 on conscientious objection (CO) in healthcare turns the spotlight on a medically relevant and ...

In in vitro fertilisation (IVF) mix-ups and contested parenthood, Prince and colleagues argue that the familiar ‘genetic ...

In debates over organ markets, the so-called best option argument is often invoked to oppose prohibition. The argument stresses that for some individuals, selling a kidney would be their best ...

In ‘A consequentialist case for permitting conscientious objection in healthcare,’ Steve Clarke proposes a publicly available registry for people seeking certain medical procedures (eg, abortion) to ...

Within a consequentialist framework, Steve Clarke opposes the complete exclusion of conscientious objection (CO) rights from medical professional duties. More specifically, he proposes a compromise to ...

Moral universe of Muslim healthcare practitioners in the UK: balancing Islamic and secular ethics in palliative and end-of-life care ...

Non-therapeutic research with imminently dying patients in intensive care presents complex ethical issues. The vulnerabilities of the imminently dying, together with societal disquiet around death and ...

Nipah virus is a priority pathogen that is receiving increasing attention among scientists and in work on epidemic preparedness. Despite this trend, there has been almost no bioethical work examining ...

Decisions about how and where they deliver their baby are extremely important to pregnant women. There are very strong ethical norms that women’s autonomy should be respected, and that plans around ...

Correspondence to Professor Dominic Wilkinson, Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 1PT, UK; dominic.wilkinson{at}philosophy.ox.ac.uk The four thoughtful ...

Unconsented episiotomies and other procedures during labour are commonly reported by women in several countries, and often highlighted in birth activism. Yet, forced caesarean sections aside, the ...

Researchers are studying how artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to better detect, prognosticate and subgroup diseases. The idea that AI might advance medicine’s understanding of biological ...