Barker et al argue that doctors should not administer lethal drugs primarily because it is inconsistent with the goal of ...

‘Advancing the public interest’ is a criterion for de-identified data use for research via several national data platforms and biobanks. This may be referred to via cognate terms such as public ...

Normothermic regional perfusion during controlled donation after circulatory death has emerged as a means to increase the number and viability of organs available for transplant. Because normothermic ...

The development of brain organoids and use of human embryonic neural structures for research each raise distinct ethical considerations that require careful analysis. We propose that rather than ...

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots such as ChatGPT have several potential clinical applications, but their use for clinical documentation remains underexplored. AI-generated clinical ...

Following the article of Ugar and Malele, Pozzi and De Proost provide a necessary addition to the discussion around machine learning (ML) in mental health diagnosis. However, their analysis of ...

HIV-positive individuals have traditionally been barred from donating organs due to transmission concerns, but this barrier may soon be lifted in the USA in limited settings when recipients are also ...

Background Toomey et al (2024) found that US participants were more likely to follow a medical treatment preference—expressed after substantial cognitive decline—of a third person rather than their ...

Healthcare resource allocation decisions for high-cost drugs for rare diseases (DRDs) raise several challenges for decision makers, and, given the complexity of the decisions and the limited funding ...

Doctors have an ethical and legal duty to respect patient confidentiality. We consider the basis for this duty, looking particularly at the meaning and value of autonomy in health care. Enabling ...