Stem cell-based human embryo models (SCBEMs), generated in vitro from stem cells, currently exist outside the scope of regulatory frameworks that govern in vitro embryo research in most jurisdictions.

2 Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel Correspondence to Dr Pesach Lichtenberg, Department of Psychiatry, Herzog Hospital, POB 3900, ...

Background: Debates over legalisation of physician-assisted suicide (PAS) or euthanasia often warn of a “slippery slope”, predicting abuse of people in vulnerable groups. To assess this concern, the ...

Correspondence to Dr Teja Ganta, Hematology and Medical Oncology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA; ganteja{at}gmail.com Patient portals are poised to transform health ...

Doctors have an ethical and legal duty to respect patient confidentiality. We consider the basis for this duty, looking particularly at the meaning and value of autonomy in health care. Enabling ...

“Futility” is a word which means the absence of benefit. It has been used to describe an absence of utility in resuscitation endeavours but it fails to do this. Futility does not consider the harms of ...

1 Section of Palliative Care, Department of Oncology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, MBC 64, Department of Oncology, PO Box 3354, Riyadh 11211, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; ...

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