Barker et al argue that doctors should not administer lethal drugs primarily because it is inconsistent with the goal of ...

Normothermic regional perfusion during controlled donation after circulatory death has emerged as a means to increase the number and viability of organs available for transplant. Because normothermic ...

Testimonial injustice occurs when bias against the credibility of certain social identities results in discounting of their contributions to deliberations. In this analysis, we describe testimonial ...

Conduit or conductor? Physician providers’ descriptions of their role as MAiD assessors in the first years after legalisation in Canada ...

The Urdu and Pashto term ghairat is often translated into English as ‘honour’, but this translation fails to capture its full ethical depth and cultural specificity. In South Asian and Muslim-majority ...

The development of brain organoids and use of human embryonic neural structures for research each raise distinct ethical considerations that require careful analysis. We propose that rather than ...

Having a medical student present in a consultation is often seen as an imposition on the patient, with the key ethical concerns being around confidentiality and respect for the patient’s dignity. The ...

An ethical and legal obligation generally exists for informed consent to be obtained prior to the administration of medical interventions. This includes vaccinations. For an individual’s informed ...

All over the world, women live longer lives than men. Accordingly, women make up the majority of the oldest age cohorts. This means that if health services for young people are prioritised over health ...

Zohny et al provide a proof of concept for large language model (LLM)-patient communication in medical decision-making, discussing some of the risks and potential downsides of implementing this ...

Decisions for patients in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) are made under the auspices of the shared decision-making model, which uses the best interests standard as a guide. Decisions made ...