Fetal pain has long been a contentious issue, in large part because fetal pain is often cited as a reason to restrict access to termination of pregnancy or abortion. We have divergent views regarding ...

Background This research explores how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the ways doctors make end-of-life decisions, particularly around Do Not Attempt Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (DNACPR), ...

Objectives: The aim of this paper is to examine the way in which nurses manage patients who refuse nursing care procedures. Design: This paper reports on a qualitative study which was undertaken to ...

1 School of Social Work and Social Policy, La Trobe University, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia 2 Faculty of Health, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia Correspondence to Dr ...

John Coggon, Centre for Social Ethics and Policy and Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation, School of Law, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester ...

Correspondence to Dr Avraham Steinberg, Medical Ethics Unit, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, POB 3235, Jerusalem 91031, Israel; steinberg{at}e-tal.org Since time immemorial, medical ethics deliberations ...

Correspondence to Dr Dana Howard, Center for Bioethics, The Ohio State University OSUMC, Columbus, Ohio, USA; howard.1146{at}osu.edu The increasing use of opioid treatment agreements (OTAs) has ...