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Can we justify eliminating coercive measures in psychiatry?
The practice of coercive measures in psychiatry is controversial. Although some have suggested that it may be acceptable if patients are a danger to others or to themselves, others committed ...
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Training to proficiency in surgery using simulation: is there a moral obligation?
Correspondence to Conor Toale, Department of Surgical Affairs, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland; conortoale{at}rcsi.com A deontological approach to surgical ethics advocates that ...
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Truth-telling and patient diagnoses
How do physicians handle informing patients of their diagnoses and how much information do patients really want? How do registered nurses view both sides of this question? Three questionnaires were ...
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What to tell and how to tell: a qualitative study of information sharing in research for adults with intellectual disability
D A Barron, Department of Mental Health Sciences, Royal Free and University College London Medical School, Charles Bell House, 67 Riding House Street, London WIW 7EY, UK; rejudra{at}ucl.ac.uk ...
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How ectogestation can impact the gestational versus moral parenthood debate
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Information disclosure and decision-making: the Middle East versus the Far East and the West
Department of Medicine, Consultant, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Professor, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Objectives: to assess physicians’ and patients’ views in ...
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The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008: a missed opportunity?
Correspondence to Dr Amel Alghrani, Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation, Centre for Social Ethics and Policy, School of Law, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL; ...
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The Ashley treatment: a step too far, or not far enough?
This “current controversies” contribution describes the recent case of a severely disabled six year old girl who has been subjected to a range of medical interventions at the request of her parents ...
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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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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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Gestation most certainly matters, but it need not involve an ‘emotional relationship’
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