Dr Caitríona L Cox’s recent article expounds the far-reaching implications of the ‘Healthcare Hero’ metaphor. She presents a detailed overview of heroism in the context of clinical care, revealing ...

The right not to know is underappreciated in policy-making. Despite its articulation in medical law and ethics, policy-makers too easily let other concerns override the right not to know. This ...

1 Faculty of Public Health, University of San Paulo, Brazil 2 School of Nursing, University of San Paulo, Brazil Correspondence to: Dr P A de Carvalho Fortes, Faculty of Public Health, University of ...

Correspondence to Professor Julian Savulescu, Faculty of Philosophy, The Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, Oxford OX1 1PT, UK; julian.savulescu{at}philosophy.ox.ac.uk In her excellent and ...

Scientists and neuroethicists have recently drawn attention to the ethical and regulatory issues surrounding the do-it-yourself (DIY) brain stimulation community, which comprises individuals ...

Objective: To evaluate existing ethical guidelines for the treatment of hunger strikers in light of findings on psychological changes that accompany the cessation of food intake. Design: Electronic ...

In this paper the authors argue that research ethics committees (RECs) should not be paternalistic by rejecting research that poses risk to people competent to decide for themselves. However it is ...

The possibility of neurotechnological interference with our brain and mind raises questions about the moral rights that would protect against the (mis)use of these technologies. One such moral right ...

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 ...

Gillon is correct that the four principles provide a sound and useful way of analysing moral dilemmas. As he observes, the approach using these principles does not provide a unique solution to ...

Centre for Social Ethics and Policy/Institute for Science, Ethics, and Innovation, School of Law, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK If you wish to reuse any or ...

Correspondence to Indira Samantha Elisabeth van der Zande, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, P. O. box 85500, Utrecht, Utrecht 3508 GA, Netherlands ...