This paper aims to critique the argument constructed by Anna Smajdor and Joona Räsänen that pregnancy is a disease. Their argument that pregnancy fits the features of disease they enumerate stems from ...

In a recent exchange in this journal on responsibility for healthcare scarcity in Gaza, McMahan argues that bioethicists should unconditionally condemn Hamas yet insists that the group’s actions do ...

Correspondence to Dr Hazem Zohny, Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; hazem.zohny{at}philosophy.ox.ac.uk Animal ethics committees (AECs) typically focus on the ...

Medicine is not merely a job that requires technical expertise, but a profession concerned with making the best decisions and recommendations with reference to, and in consultation with, the patient.

The world faces an organ shortage, resulting in thousands of deaths each year. By allowing organ markets, we could increase ...

Scholars in philosophy of medicine and bioethics have recently turned their attention to transformative experiences: ...

Correspondence to: Dr E B Wu Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, Ngan Shing Street, Shatin, Hong Kong; ebwu{at}netvigator.com If you ...

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 ...

Correspondence to Rahime Aydın Er, Department of History of Medicine and Ethics, Faculty of Medicine, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli 41380, Turkey; raay{at}kocaeli.edu.tr Objective Dignified care ...

In their recent Authors Meet Critics contribution to the Journal of Medical Ethics , Nancy S Jecker and Caesar Alimsinya ...

Correspondence to Marianne C Snijdewind, Department of General Practice, Section of Medical Ethics, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Postbus 22700, Amsterdam 1100 DE, The Netherlands; ...

The use of black box algorithms in medicine has raised scholarly concerns due to their opaqueness and lack of trustworthiness. Concerns about potential bias, accountability and responsibility, patient ...