There is an increasing tendency for administrators and government to expect both the health services and the education service to 'show results' for the investment of public money in them. One ...

Gyngell et al argue that no intrinsic differences exist between stem cell-derived embryo models (SCEMs) and embryos derived from fertilisation that would justify attributing a higher moral status to ...

Use of a placebo control in surgical trials is a divisive issue. We argue that, in principle, placebo controls for surgery are necessary in the same way as for medicine. However, there are important ...

Correspondence to: Barbro Björkman Philosophy Unit, Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 78, 100 44, Stockholm, Sweden; barbro{at}infra.kth.se Whereas previous discussions on ownership of ...

Correspondence to Iain Campbell, Centre for Ethics in Medicine, University of Bristol Faculty of Health Sciences, Bristol BS8 1TL, UK; iaincampbell8{at}gmail.com ...

Objectives: To analyse legislation and medical professional positions concerning the doctor’s role in assisted dying in western Europe, and to discuss their implications for doctors. Method: This ...

Academic Medical Center, Department of Social Medicine, Health Law Section, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Introduction: The Dutch Euthanasia Act (2002) states that euthanasia is not punishable if the ...

Objectives—To investigate the incidence and solution of ethical dilemmas in a palliative care unit. Design—Health care workers recorded daily all dilemmas in caring for each patient.

Centre for Health and Society, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Correspondence to Dr Rosalind J McDougall, Centre for Health ...

2 Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany 3 Institute for Ethics, History and Theory of Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians ...

1 Oxford Centre for Ethics and Communication in Health Care Practice (The Ethox Centre), Department of Public Health, Division of Medicine, University of Oxford; and Oxfordshire Mental Healthcare NHS ...

3 Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Correspondence to: Dr J G W S Wong Department of Psychiatry, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, 102 Pokfulam Road, Hong ...