Background Extant surveys of people's attitudes towards human reproductive cloning focus on moral judgements alone, not emotional reactions or sentiments. This is especially important given that some ...

Correspondence to J Thomas Gebert, Molecular Virology & Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, Texas, USA; gebert{at}bcm.edu Since the 19th century, innocence has been a hallmark of ...

In English law there is a strong (though rebuttable) presumption that life should be maintained. This article contends that this presumption means that it is always unlawful to withdraw ...

Correspondence to Dr Elizabeth Chloe Romanis, Gender and Law at Durham, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, UK; elizabeth.c.romanis{at}durham.ac.uk In their paper, ‘How to reach trustworthy decisions ...

1 Department of Surgery, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK 2 Department of Surgery, Dryburn Hospital, Durham, UK Correspondence to: Mr P Gallagher, Department of Surgery, Freeman Hospital, ...

While discussions of the ethics of the placebo have usually dealt with their use in a research context, the authors address here the question of the placebo in clinical practice. It is argued, firstly ...

A physician’s identity can never be reconfigured to put climate protection on par with an individual patient’s best interests ...

Objective: Little empirical evidence exists to support either side of the ongoing debate over whether legalising physician aid in dying would undermine patient trust. Design: A random national sample ...

Abarbanel Mental Health Centre, Bat Yam, Israel, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel and the Department of Social Services, Tel Aviv Municipality, Tel Aviv, Israel In recent years, the homeless ...

Questionnaire studies on the attitudes of Finnish doctors towards euthanasia were conducted in 1993 and 2003, and the results show that they have not become more positive. If you wish to reuse any or ...

New uses of preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) to screen embryos prior to transfer raise ethical, legal, and policy issues that deserve close attention. Extensions for medical purposes, such as ...

Correspondence to Dr Monika Piotrowska, Philosophy, University at Albany State University of New York, Albany, NY 12203, USA; mpiotrowska{at}albany.edu Human embryo models formed from stem cells—known ...