Within feminist literature from the early 1970s to this day, assisted reproductive technologies have been largely known to ...

In a recent article, Director makes the case that many individuals with bipolar disorder have the capacity to consent to many ...

Correspondence to J Thomas Gebert, Molecular Virology & Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, Texas, USA; gebert{at}bcm.edu Since the 19th century, innocence has been a hallmark of ...

One of the major concerns about surrogacy is the potential harm that may be inflicted upon the surrogate mother and the child after relinquishment. Even if one were to take the liberal view that ...

Eugenics casts a long shadow over contemporary genetics. Any measure, whether in clinical genetics or biotechnology, which is suspected of eugenic intent is likely to be opposed on that ground. Yet ...

One of the most contentious ethical issues in the neonatal intensive care unit is the withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment from infants who may otherwise survive. In practice, one of the most ...

Caster Semenya, a South African 18-year-old, won the 800-metre track running title at the Berlin World Athletics Championships in 2009. Only 3 h later, her gender was being harshly contested. The ...

Editor. Murdoch Children's Research Institute & Centre for the Study of Health & Society, University of Melbourne, Australia; savulesj@cryptic-rch.unimelb.ed.au Abortion and embryo destruction prevent ...

A physician’s identity can never be reconfigured to put climate protection on par with an individual patient’s best interests ...

Dr N Crichton, Institute of Primary Care & Public Health, London South Bank University, 103 Borough Rd, London SE1 0AA, UK; crichtnj{at}lsbu.ac.uk Aims: The aims of the study were to explore expert ...

University of Helsinki, Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, Helsinki University Hospital, Unit of General Practice, Helsinki, Finland Marja-Liisa Laakkonen, Helsinki Health Centre, ...

In English law there is a strong (though rebuttable) presumption that life should be maintained. This article contends that this presumption means that it is always unlawful to withdraw ...