Alasdair MacIntyre’s (1929–2025) work in moral philosophy was wide-ranging, erudite and controversial. Following his death in ...

Bioethics, like other areas of academic inquiry, needs to find new ways to ensure quality and integrity in publishing given the risks that generative artificial intelligence (AI) poses. We consider ...

Correspondence to Professor William G. Newman, Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9WL, UK; william.newman{at}manchester.ac.uk As a clinical geneticist I ...

“This is human life, so I don’t know what compensation I can attach to it”: perceptions on compensation in human infection challenge studies in Lusaka, Zambia ...

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How do physicians handle informing patients of their diagnoses and how much information do patients really want? How do registered nurses view both sides of this question? Three questionnaires were ...

In 1993, the UK High Court decided that Tony Bland was unaware of himself and his environment, had no interest in medical treatment and allowed withdrawal of treatment. Subsequently, the court has ...

1 Chronic Disorders of Consciousness Research Centre, Department of Sociology, University of York, York, UK 2 Chronic Disorders of Consciousness Research Centre, School of Journalism, Media and ...

To practise ‘fairly and justly’ a clinician must balance the needs of both the many and the few: the individual patient in front of them, and the many unseen patients in the waiting room, and in the ...

Objective To present (1) the ethical concepts related to the debate on resuscitation of extremely premature infants (EPIs) as they are described in the ethical literature; and (2) the ethical ...

Confidentiality is both a fundamental principle of medical ethics and a legal obligation. In exceptional situations not covered by legal provisions, doctors may want to waive confidentiality against ...

Correspondence to Dr Elias Aboujaoude, Stanford University Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto 94304-1290, USA; eaboujaoude{at}stanford.edu Confidentiality is a central ...