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Towards an environmentally sensitive healthcare ethics: …

WEBIn the face of environmental crises such as climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss—which all adversely impact on health—Gils-Schmidt and Salloch …

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What it is like to be manic: a response to Director

WEBIn a recent article, Director makes the case that many individuals with bipolar disorder have the capacity to consent to many decisions while acutely manic, even when …

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COVID-19 and beyond: the ethical challenges of resetting …

WEBCOVID-19 continues to dominate 2020 and is likely to be a feature of our lives for some time to come. Given this, how should health systems respond ethically to the …

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The need for empathetic healthcare systems

WEBMedicine is not merely a job that requires technical expertise, but a profession concerned with making the best decisions and recommendations with reference to, and …

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Responsibility in healthcare: what’s the point

WEBGiven that it is precisely these kinds of patterns of behaviour that typically inflame the discussion of responsibility in healthcare, Brown and Savulescu’s insistence …

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Clinical ethics and the duty of care Journal of Medical …

WEBScholarly inquiry into medical ethics should inform and guide those involved in making challenging ethical decisions.1 It should strive to be integral to the work of health care …

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COVID-19 vaccine boosters for young adults: a risk …

WEBIn 2022, students at North American universities with third-dose COVID-19 vaccine mandates risk disenrolment if unvaccinated. To assess the appropriateness of booster …

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COVID-19 and justice Journal of Medical Ethics

WEBJohn Rawls begins a Theory of Justice with the observation that 'Justice is the first virtue of social institutions, as truth is of systems of thought… Each person possesses an …

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Defending the four principles approach as a good basis …

WEBThis paper argues that the four prima facie principles—beneficence, non-maleficence, respect for autonomy and justice—afford a good and widely acceptable basis for ‘doing …

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Ethical decision making during a healthcare crisis: a …

WEBA4R is a practical decision-making framework for priority setting that has been used in various areas of healthcare to support fair resource allocation. It is a …

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Ethics of sharing medical knowledge with the community: is the

WEBA recent update to the Geneva Declaration’s ‘Physician Pledge’ involves the ethical requirement of physicians to share medical knowledge for the benefit of patients and …

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Expanding health justice to consider the environment: how can …

WEBWe are in the midst of a global crisis of climate change and environmental degradation to which the healthcare sector directly contributes. Yet conceptions of health justice have …

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PAPER Can one do good medical ethics without principles

WEBPAPER Can one do good medical ethics without principles? Ruth Macklin Correspondence to Professor Ruth Macklin, Department of Epidemiology & Population Health, Albert

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Protecting health privacy even when privacy is lost Journal of

WEBThe standard approach to protecting privacy in healthcare aims to control access to personal information. We cannot regain control of information after it has been shared, …

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Lifestyle, responsibility and justice Journal of Medical Ethics

WEBUnhealthy lifestyle contributes significantly to the burden of disease. Scarce medical resources that could alternatively be spent on interventions to prevent or cure sufferings …

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Overriding parents’ medical decisions for their children: a …

WEBThis paper reviews the ethical literature on conflicts between health professionals and parents about medical decision-making for children. We present the results of a …

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‘Healthcare Heroes’: problems with media focus on heroism from

WEBDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, the media have repeatedly praised healthcare workers for their ‘heroic’ work. Although this gratitude is undoubtedly appreciated by many, we must …

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The relationship between medical law and good medical ethics

WEBIn the UK, medical ethics and law are often thought of and taught together, but while ‘good medical ethics’ is often reflected in law–the need to obtain a patient's adequately …

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Ethics of paediatric end-of-life decision making and consent for

WEBIn their interesting paper in this issue, De Vos et al 1 consider the ethical issues when parents want treatment for their child to be withdrawn against the recommendations of …

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Is pregnancy a disease

WEBLike a disease, pregnancy affects the health of the pregnant person, causing a range of symptoms from discomfort to death. Like a disease, pregnancy can be …

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Designing AI for mental health diagnosis: challenges from sub …

WEBRecently clinicians have become more reliant on technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) for effective and accurate diagnosis …

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