Brown held that consent is no defence to the infliction of serious bodily harm, yet it recognised an exception for properly ...

The world’s first clinical trial to assess the safety and efficacy of xenotransplantation (XT), in which kidneys from ...

We represent two organisations in German-speaking Europe that advocate for the protection of all children’s genitals from non ...

This paper critically engages Jasper Debrabander’s defence of the right not to know in the context of incidental findings. Although Debrabander reinforces the autonomy-based justification of this ...

Background Organ donation improves patient survival and quality of life, yet family refusal is a major barrier. This study aimed to explore the role of family discussions in shaping attitudes and ...

Correspondence to Dr Susan Bull, The Ethox Centre & Wellcome Centre for Ethics and the Humanities, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7LF, Oxfordshire, UK; ...

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 ...

Predictive genetic testing is now routinely offered to asymptomatic adults at risk for genetic disease. However, testing of minors at risk for adult-onset conditions, where no treatment or preventive ...

Artificial intelligence is currently changing many areas of society. Especially in health, where critical decisions are made, questions of control must be renegotiated: who is in control when an ...

Correspondence to: Sheila A M McLean Institute of Law and Ethics in Medicine, University of Glasgow, The Stair Building, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK; s.a.m.mclean{at}law.gla.ac.uk As support for clinical ...