2 Department of Primary Health Care & General Practice, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand Correspondence to Dr Angela Ballantyne, Department of Primary Health Care & General Practice, ...

In the last 20 years ‘assisted dying’ (and/or its variants ‘assisted death’, ‘assistance in dying’, ‘aid in dying’) has become increasingly prevalent as a term to denote the intentional ending of the ...

The trend towards postponement of childbearing has seen increasing numbers of women turning towards oocyte banking for anticipated gamete exhaustion (AGE banking), which offers a realistic chance of ...

Correspondence to Jasper Debrabander, Department of Philosophy and Moral Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; jasper.debrabander{at}ugent.be ...

In response to a sharp rise in opioid-involved overdose deaths in the USA, states have deployed increasingly aggressive strategies to limit the loss of life, including civil commitment—the forcible ...

Correspondence to: Dr A J Newson Medical Ethics Unit, Imperial College London, 3rd Floor, Reynolds Building, St Dunstan’s Road, London W6 8RP UK; a.newsonimperial.ac.uk ...

This article offers a qualified defence of the view that there is a moral difference between telling lies to one's patients, and deceiving them without lying. However, I take issue with certain ...

Objective: Little empirical evidence exists to support either side of the ongoing debate over whether legalising physician aid in dying would undermine patient trust. Design: A random national sample ...

Background Institutional review boards (IRBs) have been criticised for delays in approvals for research proposals due to inadequate or inexperienced IRB staff. Artificial intelligence (AI), ...

Semaglutide, sold under the brand names of Ozempic, Rybelsus and Wegovy, is one of the most popular drugs on the market.