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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

An Indian Court recently awarded 50,000 rupees damages to a couple who gave birth to their fourth daughter. The couple were mistakenly told they were carrying a male fetus. The doctor mistook a ...

Correspondence to Dr Lars Ursin, Department of Public Health and Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim N-7491, Norway; ...

Gyngell et al argue that no intrinsic differences exist between embryos derived from fertilisation and stem cell-derived embryo models (SCEMs) that would justify attributing a higher moral status to ...