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 ...

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 ...

Correspondence to Assistant Professor Alireza Bagheri, Department of Medical Ethics, Center for Medical Ethics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 23 Azar 16 Street, Tehran 146578, Islamic ...

Departments of Pediatrics and Bioethics, Dalhousie University and IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Dr C V Fernandez, Departments of Pediatrics and Bioethics, Dalhousie University and ...

In recent years, ‘nudge’ theory has gained increasing attention for the design of population-wide health interventions. The concept of nudge puts a label on efficacious influences that preserve ...

Correspondence to Dr Ema Sullivan-Bissett, Department of Philosophy, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK; [email protected] Andrea Ruissen, Guy Widdershoven, Anton van Balkom, and Gerben Meynen ...

Predictive tools made possible by advances in machine learning techniques may help clinicians make more accurate decisions about who should be allocated costly therapies, such as immunotherapy, which ...

The suitability of doctors as agents of assisting dying remains debated, although it is common in many jurisdictions, and forms part of the proposed assisted dying legislation for England and Wales.

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Correspondence to Cameron Beattie, Medical Sciences Division, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK; cameron.beattie{at}stcatz.ox.ac.uk Gender dysphoria (GD) is a clinically significant ...

Some of the most widely accepted arguments in favour of abortion seem to undermine the view that infanticide is impermissible. In this paper, I outline a proposal that addresses this issue, arguing ...

This paper examines the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into cancer screening programmes, focusing on the associated equity challenges and resource allocation implications. While AI ...