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Stop trying to protect health data. Start controlling how it’s used.
We asked 5 experts if clinics should be allowed to prescribe medicinal cannabis if they have financial links to the supplier or dispenser. Here’s what they said.
Karen Ann Quinlan fell into a coma in 1975. The high-profile legal case over her parents’ wish to remove her ventilator shapes American patients’ rights today.
Israeli medical staff who treated Palestinian captives in the wake of the October 7 attacks say they are haunted by their experiences.
Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping were recently caught discussing whether organ transplants could help a person live forever. The idea has scientific and ethical flaws.
Medical law is based on the idea that a patient consents to an intervention that will benefit them. Is that the case here?
A US study shows that many research participants don’t want to know their risks of getting Alzheimer’s disease.
This latest breakthrough provides hope for the estimated 15,000 UK women who have uterine factor infertility.
Patients and families need to know how these extraordinary treatments might change how they feel about themselves and the world.
Without public health surveillance, officials trying to tackle outbreaks, identify threats and evaluate treatments are working ‘in the darkness of ignorance.’
When doctors feel unable to provide the care they believe is best for their patients, they may experience what bioethicists call ‘moral distress.’
As the world continues to witness wars and climate-related disasters impacting the lives and well-being of more people, the voices of doctors become increasingly vital.
In most cases, leftover pathology samples are thrown away. Sometimes though, they may be used again for other purposes, including research.
A B.C. judge’s injunction blocking a MAiD case has been denounced by supporters of broad access to medical assistance in dying. But judicial oversight over MAiD practice is essential.
There are other end-of-life decisions that are highly controversial yet lawful.
Nineteen-year-old Sudiksha Thirumalesh became the focus of a legal dispute regarding her capacity to make decisions.
The declaration has gone through eight revisions, but it has largely stood the test of time.
The history of scientific racism can help us to improve medical ethics.
The Nuremberg Code was developed during trials for Nazi officials accused of performing inhumane experiments − but its influence has been far wider.
Top contributors
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Consultant Neonatologist and Professor of Ethics, University of Oxford
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Chen Su Lan Centennial Professor in Medical Ethics, National University of Singapore; Distinguished Visiting Professor in Law, University of Melbourne; Uehiro Chair in Practical Ethics, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Medicine, Monash University
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Professor of Bioethics & Medicine, Sydney Health Ethics, Haematologist/BMT Physician, Royal North Shore Hospital and Director, Praxis Australia, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor of Law (Health Law), Deakin University
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Professor of Bioethics, Macquarie University
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Lecturer in Bioethics, Monash University; The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Philosophy, Gonzaga University
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Assistant Professor in Biomedical Ethics, National University of Singapore
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Infectious Disease Ethics Fellow, Ethox & Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities, Univeristy of Oxford. Adjunct, Monash University
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Senior Lecturer in Ethics and Professionalism, Adelaide University
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Academic Lead, Ethics and Professional Practice, Griffith University
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Distinguished Research Professor, Emerita, Dalhousie University
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Professor, Medical Ethics, Bond University
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Distinguished Professor in the Department of Medicine and Director, The Centre for Medical Ethics & Law, Stellenbosch University