Objectives—This study examined the issue of confidentiality in relation to i) undergraduate curriculum content in physiotherapy, and ii) the awareness, experiences and attitudes of clinical ...

3 Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Correspondence to: Dr J G W S Wong Department of Psychiatry, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, 102 Pokfulam Road, Hong ...

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 ...

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 ...

Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK Correspondence to Dr Sarah Chan, Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation, University of Manchester, Oxford ...

Objectives: The mental health legislation of most developed countries includes either a dangerousness criterion or an obligatory dangerousness criterion (ODC). A dangerousness criterion holds that ...

Correspondence to Dr Cristina Richie, Philosophy and Ethics of Technology, Technische Universiteit Delft, Delft 2628, The Netherlands; c.s.richie{at}tudelft.nl The US healthcare industry emits an ...

1 Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2 Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Correspondence to: Dr L E Ferris Department of ...

This paper discusses the notion of using international shipping legislation to provide healthcare technologies to inhabitants of a country on a ship in international waters based just outside the ...

1 Department of Bioethics, Transplant Center, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA 2 Department of Plastic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA Correspondence to: G J ...