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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Arima’s critical examination of double-effect sedation (DES)1 is a crucial course correction in the ethical discourse ...

The recent criminal sentencing of a UK-based former paediatric surgeon for performing unauthorised childhood circumcisions for cultural and religious purposes—despite having been previously struck off ...

Giordano1 takes issue with recommendation 6 of the Cass review to limit the provision of puberty blockers (PBs) and cross-sex hormones (CSHs) to a research study. She argues that PBs and CSHs do not ...

In this article, we review the extant social science and ethical literature on three-dimensional (3D) bioprinting. 3D bioprinting has the potential to be a ‘game-changer’, printing human organs on ...