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 ...

Departments of Pediatrics and Bioethics, Dalhousie University and IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Dr C V Fernandez, Departments of Pediatrics and Bioethics, Dalhousie University and ...

If we are sufficientarians about health, then why do we care about health inequality? This is an important ethical question ...

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 ...

Healthcare resource allocation decisions for high-cost drugs for rare diseases (DRDs) raise several challenges for decision makers, and, given the complexity of the decisions and the limited funding ...

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 ...

Mitochondrial replacement therapy has been developed in order to prevent the transmission of mitochondrial mutations, yet it raises ethical concerns, particularly regarding the involvement of ...

The ageing of the global population prompts many countries to appropriately allocate healthcare resources that ensure adequate elder care. Nevertheless, the shortages in and burdens of professional ...

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 ...

The suitability of doctors as agents of assisting dying remains debated, although it is common in many jurisdictions, and forms part of the proposed assisted dying legislation for England and Wales.

Correspondence to Cameron Beattie, Medical Sciences Division, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK; cameron.beattie{at}stcatz.ox.ac.uk Gender dysphoria (GD) is a clinically significant ...