This paper examines whether the modern bioethical principles of respect for autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, and justice proposed by Beauchamp and Childress are existent in, compatible with, or ...

In her paper, The case for physician assisted suicide: not (yet) proven, Bonnie Steinbock argues that the experience with Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act fails to demonstrate that the benefits of ...

Artificial placenta technologies (also termed ‘artificial wombs’) for use in place of conventional neonatal intensive care ...

The objective of explainable artificial intelligence systems designed for clinical decision support (XAI-CDSS) is to enhance ...

Medical errors are all too common. Ever since a report issued by the Institute of Medicine raised awareness of this unfortunate reality, an emerging theme has gained ...

Clinical Ethics at the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA Correspondence to Dr L F Ross, Department of Paediatrics, University of Chicago, 5841 S Maryland Ave, MC 6082, Chicago, IL60637, USA; ...

The Ethox Centre, Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK Dr M C Shearer, School of Biology, Bute Building, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife ...

The use of smart mouthguards in contact sports like rugby aims to enhance player safety by providing real-time data on head impacts. These devices, equipped with sensors, measure collision force and ...

Materiality and practicality: a response to - are clinicians ethically obligated to disclose their use of medical machine learning systems to patients?

Some have challenged the validity of labelling suicidal thoughts and behaviours (STB) as pathological. In this paper, we argue that STB is indeed pathological, thereby, situating suicide prevention ...

According to many scholars, kidney xenotransplantation promises to mitigate the organ supply shortage. This claim has a certain obviousness to it: by flooding the market with a new source of kidneys, ...