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

Centre for Environmental Philosophy and Bioethics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium Aim: To examine how physicians’ life stances affect their attitudes to end-of-life decisions and their actual end-of ...

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 ...

is a leading journal covering the whole field of medical ethics, promoting ethical reflection and conduct in scientific research and medical practice.

Centre for Biomedical Ethics, Department of Primary Care and General Practice, The Medical School, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK Correspondence to: P Chouhan, c/o Dr H Draper, Centre for ...

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 ...

Many accounts of informed consent in medical ethics claim that it is valuable because it supports individual autonomy. Unfortunately there are many distinct conceptions of individual autonomy, and ...

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 ...

Rare diseases pose a particular priority setting problem. The UK gives rare diseases special priority in healthcare priority setting. Effectively, the National Health Service is willing to pay much ...

Financial incentives may provide a way of reducing the burden of chronic diseases by motivating people to adopt healthy behaviours. While it is still uncertain how effective such incentives could be ...

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 ...

In this article, we review the extant social science and ethical literature on three-dimensional (3D) bioprinting. 3D bioprinting has the potential to be a ‘game-changer’, printing human organs on ...