Is there a place for blame in healthcare? An interesting exchange on this question took place between Daniel Tigard and Elizbeth Duthie, Ian Fischer and Richard Frankel in 2019. In his central appeal ...

Arima, in the paper ‘Double-effect sedation: do physicians not intend a decrease in consciousness when it is caused by drugs that can also reduce specific symptoms?’, offers a nuanced analysis of ...

Scholars in philosophy of medicine and bioethics have recently turned their attention to transformative experiences: experiences that teach something new that one could not have known before having ...

In their recent Authors Meet Critics contribution to the Journal of Medical Ethics , Nancy S Jecker and Caesar Alimsinya ...

I thank all authors for their commentaries. I particularly appreciate the invitation to reflect on deeper commitments driving ...

Objective To study how doctors care for their patients, both medically and as fellow humans, through observing their conduct in patient–doctor encounters. Design Qualitative study in which 101 ...

In their response to Shahvisi, Porat-Wojakowski et al challenge what they describe as the ‘medicalisation of war’, cautioning ...

This Current Controversy article critically reviews the recent motion by delegates of the British Medical Association to ...

The increasing integration of genomic medicine into routine medical care brings to light issues of complexity and uncertainty ...