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What constitutes consent when parents and daughters have different views about having the HPV vaccine: qualitative interviews with stakeholders
Department of Primary Care and Public Health, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK Correspondence to Fiona Wood, Department of Primary Care and Public Health, School of Medicine, ...
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Should physicians be gatekeepers of medical resources?
Physicians have an ethical responsibility to their patients to offer the best available medical care. This responsibility conflicts with their role as gatekeepers of the limited health care resources ...
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Assessing the performance of ChatGPT in medical ethical decision-making: a comparative study with USMLE-based scenarios
Introduction The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into healthcare introduces innovative possibilities but raises ethical, legal and professional concerns. Assessing the performance of AI in ...
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The Ethics of Ozempic and Wegovy
Semaglutide, sold under the brand names of Ozempic, Rybelsus and Wegovy, is one of the most popular drugs on the market.
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Justifying emergent personhood: comment on Jecker and Atuire’s What is a person?
What Is a Person: Untapped Insights from Africa, a new book by Nancy Jecker and Caesar Atuire, offers an appealing and fresh perspective into ongoing debates surrounding personhood.1 The bioethics ...
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Value judgements in the decision-making process for the elderly patient
Centre for Ethics in Medicine, Department of Community Based Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK Miss J Ubachs-Moust, Department of Health, Ethics & Society ...
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Learning the law: practical proposals for UK medical education
Correspondence to Dr J K Margetts, Centre for Medical Education Research, Durham University, Burdon House, Leazes Road, Durham DH1 1TA, UK; j.k.margetts{at}durham.ac.uk Ongoing serious breaches in ...
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The capacity for life force as the grounds of dignity
The first theme that emerges from the commentaries has to do with dignity. In the article, I did not suggest a grounds for dignity based on a life force ethic. Instead, I focused on describing the ...
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A generational ban creates inequality between non-smokers
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Assessing ethics and law in medical schools: there is no single best answer
Medical ethics and law (MEL) have a well-established place in medical curricula within the UK, but appropriately assessing MEL in a medical school context can be extremely challenging. The Institute ...
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When the patient can't walk away
When the clinician and patient are unable to reconcile differences over treatment, does this mean the latter lacks capacity to decide in such matters? Wellesley et al analyse the legal judgements in ...