In Germany, efforts to reform current legislation governing access to termination of pregnancy (TOP) have recently gained momentum. In 2023, the German Federal Government appointed a ‘Commission on ...

Holt argues against my account of the moral disanalogy between the situation of a pregnant person having an abortion and a parent committing the infanticide of their newborn. I explain that this ...

A survey study by Haining et al reported significantly higher percentages of Singaporeans approving of human cognitive enhancement via reprogenetic technologies, as compared with American respondents ...

Ethics Unit, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Childrens Hospital, Flemington Road, Parkville, Victoria, 3052, Australia; [email protected] If you wish to reuse any or all ...

Although an invasive medical intervention, Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) has been regarded as an efficient and safe treatment of Parkinson's disease for the last 20 years. In terms of clinical ethics, ...

Correspondence to Dr Benjamin J Wheeler, Women's and Children's Health, University of Otago, Dunedin School of Medicine, PO Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand; ben.wheeler{at}otago.ac.nz Objective To ...

Professor H M Evans, Centre for Arts and Humanities in Health and Medicine, Durham University, School House, St Hild's Lane, Durham DH1 1SZ, UK; h.m.evans{at}durham.ac.uk We here describe a fictitious ...

Correspondence to: A J Rosin Department of Geriatrics, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel; e-mail:martarmd.huji.ac.il Routine management of geriatric problems often raises ethical problems ...

One of the major concerns about surrogacy is the potential harm that may be inflicted upon the surrogate mother and the child after relinquishment. Even if one were to take the liberal view that ...

Correspondence to Dr Kathleen Liddell, Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 9DZ, UK; k.liddell{at}law.cam.ac.uk COVID-19 is a highly contagious infection with no proven treatment.

The cornea was the first human solid tissue to be transplanted successfully, and is now a common procedure in ophthalmic surgery. The grafts come from deceased donors. Corneal therapies are now being ...

Correspondence to Professor Keren Ladin, Departments of Occupational Therapy and Community Health, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA; Keren.Ladin{at}tufts.edu Background National guidelines ...