Non-treatment decisions concerning demented patients are complex: in addition to issues concerning the health of patients, ethical and legal issues are involved. This paper describes a method for the ...

The purpose of this essay is to stimulate academic discussion about the ethical justification of using human primordial stem cells for tissue transplantation, cell replacement, and gene therapy. There ...

The question a judge has to ask in deciding whether or not life-sustaining treatment should be withdrawn is whether the continued treatment is lawful. It will be lawful if it is in the patient’s best ...

While rich countries like the USA and UK are starting to vaccinate their populations against COVID-19, poor countries may lack access to a vaccine for years. A global effort to provide vaccines ...

If we are sufficientarians about health, then why do we care about health inequality? This is an important ethical question ...

School of Pharmacy, The University of Mississippi, University, MS, USA Correspondence to: J P Bentley Faser Hall 219A, School of Pharmacy, The University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA; ...

Respecting formerly autonomous persons: clarifying the role of the Personalised Patient Preference Predictor (P4) in substituted judgement ...

This paper argues that the central issue in the abortion debate has not changed since 1967 when the English parliament enacted the Abortion Act. That central issue concerns the moral status of the ...

Ought parents, in general, to value being biologically tied to their children? Is it important, in particular, that both parents be biologically tied to their children? I will address these ...

Purpose This qualitative study investigates how Canadian physician-providers of medical assistance in dying (MAiD) perceived their role in making judgements when assessing patients for MAiD.

The ageing of the global population prompts many countries to appropriately allocate healthcare resources that ensure adequate elder care. Nevertheless, the shortages in and burdens of professional ...