In 2024, new legislation introduced significant changes to the rules, procedures and institutions governing research ethics ...

Annoni’s critique of Personalized Patient Preference Predictors (P4) highlights a fundamental flaw in their current design: ...

The principle of respect for autonomy has shaped much of the bioethics' discourse over the last 50 years, and is now most commonly used in the meaning of respecting autonomous choice. This is probably ...

I reflect herein on the diverse commentaries for my feature article, ‘Towards an ethics of pronatalism in South Korea (and beyond),’1 taking up each commentary in turn. Shandilya and Murphy claim that ...

While artificial intelligence’s (AI’s) potential role in enhancing diagnostic accuracy and personalising treatment is well-recognised, its application in evaluating physicians raises critical ethical ...

Correspondence to Dr Francesco Perrone, Clinical Trials Unit, National Cancer Institute, 80131 Naples, Italy; francesco.perrone{at}usc-intnapoli.net Background and aim Time allowed for independent ...

Informed consent in surgical settings requires not only the accurate communication of medical information but also the establishment of trust through empathic engagement. The use of large language ...

Correspondence to: J P Bishop Peninsula Medical School, Knowledge Spa, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro TR1 3HD; jeffrey.bishop{at}pms.ac.uk If you wish to reuse any or ...

Some pro-life philosophers have argued that if one accepts abortion, one should accept infanticide. Prabhpal Singh has proposed a symmetry breaker. He argues that the parent–child relationship can ...

1 National University of Singapore Centre for Biomedical Ethics, Singapore 2 Centre for Biomedical Ethics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore Semaglutide, ...