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Ethical dilemmas in palliative care: a study in Taiwan
Objectives—To investigate the incidence and solution of ethical dilemmas in a palliative care unit. Design—Health care workers recorded daily all dilemmas in caring for each patient.
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Pregnant women are often not listened to, but pathologising pregnancy isn’t the solution
Smajdor and Rasanen (2024) argue that pregnant women are routinely denied appropriate treatment because pregnancy is seen as ...
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How ectogestation can impact the gestational versus moral parenthood debate
Ectogestation technology, when feasible, will permit fetal development within an artificial womb. Ectogestation is termed ectogenesis when it is full (gestation occurs exclusively within an artificial ...
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The Case against compulsory vaccination: the failed arguments from risk imposition, tax evasion, ‘social liberty’, and the priority of life
Arguments for mandatory or compulsory vaccination must justify the coercive infringement of bodily integrity via the injection of chemicals that permanently affect a body’s inner constitution. Four ...
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Acknowledging the dual-interest gestationalist approach
Lange argues that the gestationalist approach to moral parenthood fails due to its implausible reliance on a ‘valuable intimate personal relationship between newborn and gestational procreator’ at ...
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Commentary on Ethics of HIV testing in general practice without informed consent: a case series
Case 1 reminds us that patients have duties too, while case 2 presents an instance of justified withholding of information How refreshing to read these two cases! No conjoined twins, fantastical ...
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Gestation most certainly matters, but it need not involve an ‘emotional relationship’
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(Un)equal treatment in the ‘tobacco-free generation’
The idea of a ‘tobacco-free generation’ promises to make smoking a thing of the past by making cigarettes unavailable to birth cohorts in the future. If implemented, such a generational ban would lead ...
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A pilot study of bullying and harassment among medical professionals in Pakistan, focussing on psychiatry: need for a medical ombudsman
Department of Pharmacy, Medicine and Psychiatry, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John’s, Newfoundland, Canada Dr A A M Gadit, Department of Psychiatry, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St ...
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The Case against compulsory vaccination: the failed arguments from risk imposition, tax evasion, ‘social liberty’, and the priority of life ...
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Ethics and opportunity costs: have NICE grasped the ethics of priority setting?
Correspondence to: J McMillan Department of Philosophy, University of Hull, Hull HU6 7RX, UK; john.mcmillan{at}hyms.ac.uk The Social Value Judgments consultation document reveals NICE’s failure to ...
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Situating requests for medical aid in dying within the broader context of end-of-life care: ethical considerations
Background Medical aid in dying (MAiD) was introduced in Quebec in 2015. Quebec clinical guidelines recommend that MAiD be approached as a last resort when other care options are insufficient; however ...