In in vitro fertilisation (IVF) mix-ups and contested parenthood, Prince and colleagues argue that the familiar ‘genetic ...

In debates over organ markets, the so-called best option argument is often invoked to oppose prohibition. The argument ...

Aims This study evaluates a protocol for early, routine ethics consultation (EC) for patients on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) to support decision-making in the context of clinical ...

Clarke’s feature article1 on conscientious objection (CO) in healthcare turns the spotlight on a medically relevant and ...

Non-therapeutic research with imminently dying patients in intensive care presents complex ethical issues. The vulnerabilities of the imminently dying, together with societal disquiet around death and ...

Nipah virus is a priority pathogen that is receiving increasing attention among scientists and in work on epidemic preparedness. Despite this trend, there has been almost no bioethical work examining ...

Researchers are studying how artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to better detect, prognosticate and subgroup diseases. The idea that AI might advance medicine’s understanding of biological ...

1 Department of Philosophy, School of Humanities, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China 2 Institute of Philosophy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China Jecker et al ...

There is a flood of papers being published on new ways to diagnose Alzheimer disease (AD) before it is symptomatic, involving a combination of invasive tests (eg, spinal tap), and pen and paper tests.

Correspondence to Dr Sumit Mohan, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, 622 W 168th St, PH4-124, New York, NY 10032, NY, USA; ...

The surface is asymmetrical, the pigment flecked and uneven. Looking close, what seems at a distance to be smooth is actually covered in tiny gentle indentations and irregularities. On one edge, there ...

In clinical ethics consultations, clinical ethicists bring moral reasoning to bear on concrete and complex clinical ethical problems by undertaking ethical deliberation in collaboration with others.