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

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Health technology assessment (HTA) bodies are increasingly asked to consider the personal utility of genomic testing: the informational, practical and psychosocial value of results beyond direct ...

Informal caregivers are widely recognised as part of the ‘unit of care’ in palliative care, yet this recognition has rarely been translated into clearly specified ethical obligations. The present ...

The death of Mahsa Amini in September 2022 and subsequent protests placed Iranian physicians in an ethical dilemma: comply with state mandates that endangered patients or uphold their duty of care at ...

Transplantation sits at the boundary of modern medicine, ethics, and social collaboration. The ability to recover one individual’s vital organs to save or markedly improve the life of another creates ...

The moral right not to know (RNTK) is predominantly grounded in autonomy. This means that the scope, strength and nature of the moral RNTK is determined in light of the ethical principle of respect ...

Dominant models of prioritising resources in intensive care unit (ICU) settings under conditions of severe resource scarcity, such as a pandemic, are likely to replicate and potentially exacerbate ...

Clarke’s arguments in favour of permitting conscientious objection (CO) in healthcare and setting up registries are not new, but the consequentialist basis for them and the careful attention to ...

The social support criterion is a significant factor used by US transplant centres to determine whether someone is eligible to be placed on the transplant list. Although intended to fairly allocate ...

Objective This study aimed to determine the proportion of capacity challenges for refusal of care, the risk factors that may trigger challenges to capacity and to consider the implications of ...