This paper examines whether biological age, as distinct from chronological age, could become a new basis for discrimination.

The West African Ebola epidemic has set in motion a collective endeavour to conduct accelerated clinical trials, testing unproven but potentially lifesaving interventions in the course of a major ...

Adaptive deep brain stimulation (aDBS) is a neuromodulation technology that enables real-time monitoring and automatic adjustment of stimulation parameters. While enhancing treatment precision, this ...

The death of Mahsa Amini in September 2022 and subsequent protests placed Iranian physicians in an ethical dilemma: comply with state mandates that endangered patients or uphold their duty of care at ...

It is often argued that in reproductive ethics, moral arguments rely on scientific facts of the matter, some controversial metaphysical assumptions and some crucial analogy. They usually take the form ...

“Lay epidemiology” is a term used to describe the processes through which health risks are understood and interpreted by laypeople. It is seen as a barrier to public health when the public disbelieves ...

Fetal surgery has been practised for some decades now. However, it remains a highly complex area, both medically and ethically. This paper shows how the routine use of ultrasound has been a catalyst ...

‘Doing good medical ethics’ involves attending to both the biomedical and existential aspects of illness. For this, we need to bring in a phenomenological perspective to the clinical encounter, adopt ...

Background Following several landmark rulings and increasing public support for physician-assisted death, in 2016, Canada became one of a handful of countries legalising medical assistance in dying ...

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 ...

In this interesting paper, Lavazza and Massimini draw attention to a subset of the ethical issues surrounding the development and potential uses of cerebral organoids. This subset concerns the ...

Department of Philosophy, Walters State Community College, Morristown, Tennessee, USA Correspondence to Dr Gregory L Bock, Department of Philosophy, Walters State Community College, 500 S Davy ...