It is hypothesised and argued that “the four principles of medical ethics” can explain and justify, alone or in combination, all the substantive and universalisable claims of medical ethics and ...

If we are sufficientarians about health, then why do we care about health inequality? This is an important ethical question ...

1 CELLS – Centre for Ethics and Law in the Life Sciences, Institute for History, Ethics, and Philosophy of Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany 2 Institute for Medical Ethics and ...

1 Dental Faculty, Paul Sabatier University, Department of Epidemiology, Public Health, Prevention and Legislation, Toulouse University Hospital, Toulouse, France 2 Dental Faculty, Paul Sabatier ...

The Groningen protocol allows for the euthanasia of severely ill newborns with a hopeless prognosis and unbearable suffering. We understand the impetus for such a protocol but have moral and ethical ...

Fetal pain has long been a contentious issue, in large part because fetal pain is often cited as a reason to restrict access to termination of pregnancy or abortion. We have divergent views regarding ...

The University of Manchester Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, Manchester, UK Correspondence to Zahra Ladan, The University of Manchester Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, Manchester M13 9PL ...

In a recent article Matty Häyry observes that human reproduction is both irrational and immoral 1; hence, he suggests, those who seek help before conceiving, “could be advised it is all right not to ...

1 Department of Deontology and History of Medicine, Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey 2 Cukurova University Adana Health High School, Department of Midwifery, Adana, Turkey Correspondence to Dr Hasan ...

2 Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel Correspondence to Dr Pesach Lichtenberg, Department of Psychiatry, Herzog Hospital, POB 3900, ...

1 Department of Economics, University of Oslo and the Norwegian School of Economics, Norway 2 Division for Medical Ethics and the Philosophy of Science, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, ...