Given that only a small fraction of patients with cancer exhibits specific markers making them eligible for effective targeted therapies, this paper investigates the justification of treating cancer ...

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The contention that paternalism can be modernised in such a way as to avoid the usual criticisms is examined and dismissed. The alleged 'modernisation' consists simply in going through the motions of ...

Advances in the understanding of genetics have led to the belief that it may become possible to use genetic engineering to manipulate the DNA of humans at the embryonic stage to produce certain ...

Although an invasive medical intervention, Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) has been regarded as an efficient and safe treatment of Parkinson's disease for the last 20 years. In terms of clinical ethics, ...

Correspondence to: A J Rosin Department of Geriatrics, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel; e-mail:martarmd.huji.ac.il Routine management of geriatric problems often raises ethical problems ...

Correspondence to Professor Keren Ladin, Departments of Occupational Therapy and Community Health, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA; Keren.Ladin{at}tufts.edu Background National guidelines ...

Bioethics Departmentt, St George’s University School of Medicine, PO Box 7, St George’s, Grenada, West Indies Professor Cheryl Cox Macpherson, Bioethics Department, St George’s University School of ...

Correspondence to Dr Benjamin J Wheeler, Women's and Children's Health, University of Otago, Dunedin School of Medicine, PO Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand; ben.wheeler{at}otago.ac.nz Objective To ...