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

1 Departments of Dental Ecology and Social Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA 2 Department of Community Health, University of Malawi, College of ...

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

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

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 ...

Objective To examine health and social care professionals’ understanding of the legislation governing research involving adults lacking mental capacity in England and Wales. Methods A cross-sectional ...

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 ...

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 ...

“Futility” is a word which means the absence of benefit. It has been used to describe an absence of utility in resuscitation endeavours but it fails to do this. Futility does not consider the harms of ...