In this paper, we discuss the ethical concerns that may arise from the synthesis of human DNA. To date, only small stretches of DNA have been constructed, but the prospect of generating human genomes ...

The purpose of this essay is to stimulate academic discussion about the ethical justification of using human primordial stem cells for tissue transplantation, cell replacement, and gene therapy. There ...

Kögel et al propose a multicriteria alternative to the standard early clinical selection method for xenotransplantation trials. As they note, existing recommendations for inclusion criteria indicate ...

The main goal of our paper ‘The Critical Dialogue method of Ethics Consultation’ was to make a particular method of clinical ethics facilitation visible and therefore accessible to others. We believe ...

Section for Medical Ethics, Institute of General Practice and Community Medicine, University of Oslo, Blindern, Oslo, Norway Per Nortvedt, Section for Medical Ethics, Institute of General Practice and ...

In regulating the voluntary interruption of pregnancy, English law has accorded particular significance to two biological events. First, ‘viability’, the moment when a fetus is said to acquire the ...

1 Centre for Human Bioethics, SOPHIS, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia Mass vaccination has been a successful public health strategy for many contagious diseases. The immunity of the ...

In The Netherlands, neonatal euthanasia has become a legal option and the Groningen Protocol contains an approach to identify situations in which neonatal euthanasia might be appropriate. In the 5 ...

Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK Correspondence to Dr Thomas Douglas, Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, Faculty of Philosophy ...

The marketing of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in the psychopharmacological industry presents a serious moral problem for the corporate model of medicine. In this paper I examine ethical ...

1 Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre and Department of Public Health, University of Melbourne, Australia 2 Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre, Australia 3 Centre for Harm Reduction, Burnet ...

Correspondence to: Sheila A M McLean Institute of Law and Ethics in Medicine, University of Glasgow, The Stair Building, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK; s.a.m.mclean{at}law.gla.ac.uk As support for clinical ...