Lawrence Masek argues that the dead donor rule (DDR) is rationally unjustifed because it relies on mistaken assumptions about harm, killing and intention in medical ethics. I believe his case does not ...
Illness perception (IP) is how individuals interpret a medical condition through their values, beliefs and experiences. In paediatric and neonatal intensive care settings, IP has been associated with ...
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Correspondence to Dr Dominic Sisti, Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; sistid{at}pennmedicine.upenn.edu Medical cannabis is widely ...
Background In Switzerland, right-to-die organisations assist their members with suicide by lethal drugs, usually barbiturates. One organisation, Dignitas, has experimented with oxygen deprivation as ...
Infants are unable to make their own decisions or express their own wishes about medical procedures and treatments. They rely on surrogates to make decisions for them. Who should be the decision-maker ...
Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Law, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium Correspondence to Kris Dierickx, Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Law, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, ...