Spontaneous surgical innovation (SSI) is surgical innovation that occurs in response to an intraoperative emergency, where ...

Correspondence to Dr Bennett Foddy, Department of Philosophy, University of Oxford, Suite 8, Littlegate House, 16–17 St. Ebbes St., Oxford OX1 1PT, UK; bennett.foddy{at}philosophy.ox.ac.uk This ...

Healthcare is one of the domains in which artificial intelligence (AI) is already having a major impact. Of interest is the idea of the digital twin (DT), an AI-powered technology that generates a ...

The COVID-19 pandemic will likely recede only through development and distribution of an effective vaccine. Although there are many unknowns surrounding COVID-19 vaccine development, vaccine demand ...

Infants are unable to make their own decisions or express their own wishes about medical procedures and treatments. They rely on surrogates to make decisions for them. Who should be the decision-maker ...

Policies for the allocation of COVID-19 vaccine were implemented in early 2021 as soon as vaccine became available. Those responsible for the planning and execution of COVID-19 vaccination had to make ...

Correspondence to: Ms L C Anderson Bioethics Center, University of Otago, PO Box 913, Dunedin, New Zealand; lynley.andersonstonebow.otago.ac.nz Success in sport can provide a source of national pride ...

2 Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA Background Desire for improvement in one's illness and having one's own doctor functioning as a ...

When people use online platforms to solicit funds from others for health-related needs, they are engaging in medical crowdfunding. This form of crowdfunding is growing in popularity, and its ...

Correspondence to Professor Saroj Jayasinghe, Department of Medical Humanities, Faculty of Medicine, Colombo 00800, Sri Lanka; saroj{at}clinmed.cmb.ac.lk Sponsorship of medical conferences by the ...

Background To investigate attitudes of staff, residents and family members in long-term care towards sex and intimacy among older adults, specifically the extent to which they conceptualise sex and ...