Deepfakes are hyper-realistic but fabricated videos created with the use of artificial intelligence. In the context of ...

The current position on the deceased’s consent and the family’s consent to organ and tissue donation from the dead is a double veto—each has the power to withhold and override the other’s desire to ...

Correspondence to Professor Keren Ladin, Departments of Occupational Therapy and Community Health, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA; Keren.Ladin{at}tufts.edu Background National guidelines ...

In 1982, Jonsen, Siegler and Winslade published Clinical Ethics, in which they described the “four quadrants” approach, a new method of analysing clinical ethics cases. Although the book is now in its ...

In psychiatry, caregivers try to get free and informed consent of patients, but often feel required to restrict freedom and to use coercion. The present article develops ethical advice given by an ...

The development of learning, teaching and assessment of medical ethics and law over the last 40 years is reflected upon with particular reference to the roles of the London Medical Group, the Society ...

Correspondence to Dr Benjamin J Wheeler, Women's and Children's Health, University of Otago, Dunedin School of Medicine, PO Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand; ben.wheeler{at}otago.ac.nz Objective To ...

Many supporters of ‘moral bioenhancement’ (MBE), the use of biomedical interventions for moral improvement, have been criticised for having unrealistic proposals. The interventions they suggest have ...

In Europe a process of harmonisation of standards and regulations on genetic testing has started. Public discussion and consultation are recommended, but it is not clear in every European country how ...

Objectives: To develop and pilot a questionnaire based assessment of the importance patients place on medical confidentiality, whether they support disclosure of confidential information to protect ...

1 Department of Emergency Medicine, Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, USA 2 Office of Research Compliance, Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, USA 3 Department ...