The increasing integration of genomic medicine into routine medical care brings to light issues of complexity and uncertainty ...

This Current Controversy article critically reviews the recent motion by delegates of the British Medical Association to ...

Animals can only be used in research when there is a convincing scientific justification, when the expected benefits of the ...

While the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in research has sparked controversy internationally, the use of large language models (LLMs) in the ethics review of research protocols is ...

Objective To study how doctors care for their patients, both medically and as fellow humans, through observing their conduct in patient–doctor encounters. Design Qualitative study in which 101 ...

Information is usually supposed to be a prerequisite for people making decisions on whether or not to participate in a clinical trial. Previously conducted studies and research ethics scandals ...

This paper argues that the central issue in the abortion debate has not changed since 1967 when the English parliament enacted the Abortion Act. That central issue concerns the moral status of the ...

Correspondence to Professor John McMillan, Bioethics Centre, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand; john.r.mcmillan68{at}gmail.com Since their public launch, a little over a year ago, large ...

Department of Pediatrics and Human Development, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Marquette, Michigan, USA Correspondence to Dr Robert S Van Howe, Department of Pediatrics and Human ...