Transplantation sits at the boundary of modern medicine, ethics, and social collaboration. The ability to recover one ...
In his article, ‘Non-consequentialist and egalitarian objections to the dead donor rule’,1 Lawrence Masek observes that ...
Masek’s recent paper offers a disciplined challenge to the dead donor rule (DDR).1 Unlike critics who rely on ...
Lawrence J Masek argues that the dead donor rule (DDR) cannot be theoretically justified without also condemning various ...
Concern for those who will benefit from a transplant has led to a variety of proposals to increase the supply of organs. Some, like opt-out organ donor registers, annual publicity campaigns and the ...
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Tessa Jane Holzman and Julian Savulescu note that suicide prevention is currently considered to be a matter of public health, with the policy goal of preventing all deaths by suicide. Holzman and ...
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 ...
Ethical medical care of pregnant women in Australia should include the real provision of information regarding the risks and benefits of vaginal birth. Routinely obtaining consent for the different ...