Correspondence to: S Wilkinson Centre for Professional Ethics, Keele University, ST5 5BG, UK; s.wilkinsonpeak.keele.ac.uk By using tissue typing in conjunction with preimplantation genetic diagnosis ...
This paper makes two main claims: first, that the need to protect health professionals' moral integrity is what grounds the right to conscientious objection in health care; and second, that for a ...
Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA Correspondence to: A Hyder Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 615 N Wolfe St, E-8132 Baltimore ...
The modern doctor-patient relationship displays a patient-centred, mutual-participation characteristic rather than the former active-passive or guidance-cooperation models in terms of medical decision ...
Correspondence to Dr T J Kasperbauer, Center for Bioethics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA; tkasperb{at}iu.edu The standard approach to protecting privacy in ...
Introduction Most physicians are against active euthanasia. Very little is known about the possible changes in the attitudes of physicians. Methods A questionnaire was sent to a random sample of 1003 ...
Correspondence to Dr Yvonne Denier, Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Law, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Yvonne.Denier{at}kuleuven.be ...
Julian Savulescu argues for two principles of reproductive ethics: reproductive autonomy and procreative beneficence, where the principle of procreative beneficence is conceptualised in terms of a ...