Abstract 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 ...

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 ...

1 Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 2 Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 3 Department of Epidemiology and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Correspondence to: Simona Giordano Institute of Medicine, Law and Bioethics (IMLAB), School of Law, University of Manchester, Williamson Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK The ethics of ...

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 ...

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.

1 Department of Deontology and History of Medicine, Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey 2 Cukurova University Adana Health High School, Department of Midwifery, Adana, Turkey Correspondence to Dr Hasan ...

David A Neil, School of English Literatures, Philosophy and Languages, Faculty of Arts, University of Wollongong, NSW 2522 Australia; http://www.uow.edu.au/arts/staff ...

Analogies are the stuff out of which normative moral philosophy is made. Certainly one of the most famous analogies constructed by a philosopher in order to argue for a specific controversial moral ...