Predictive tools made possible by advances in machine learning techniques may help clinicians make more accurate decisions about who should be allocated costly therapies, such as immunotherapy, which ...

This paper discusses some of the ethical and legal issues that the recommendations contained in the Cass Review raise. It focuses, in particular, on the recommendation that hormonal treatment in the ...

Objective To study physicians’ personal preferences for end-of-life practices, including life-sustaining and life-shortening practices, and the factors that influence preferences. Design A ...

This article responds to Arianne Shahvisi’s editorial, which calls for the examination of the war in Gaza with the lenses of distributive justice and scarcity of healthcare resources. We argue that ...

Medical ethics play a fundamental role in global healthcare, ensuring that patients receive care marked by dignity, compassion and fairness. Vietnam’s 12 ethical principles, codified in 1996, ...

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots such as ChatGPT have several potential clinical applications, but their use for clinical documentation remains underexplored. AI-generated clinical ...

Correspondence to Indira Samantha Elisabeth van der Zande, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, P. O. box 85500, Utrecht, Utrecht 3508 GA, Netherlands ...

Abstract Gyngell et al argue that no intrinsic differences exist between stem cell-derived embryo models (SCEMs) and embryos derived from fertilisation that would justify attributing a higher moral ...

In my article, I argued against the view that substitute judgements—whether aided by AI-driven patient preference predictors (P4s) or not—can genuinely respect the autonomy of previously competent ...

Genomic biobanks play a pivotal role in advancing healthcare research, particularly through large-scale initiatives such as the Newborn Genomes Programme (NGP). This report examines the ethical ...