We had a lovely dinner last night. I was able to meet, for the first time, many of my co-
speakers. People that are more eminent, far more knowledgeable than I in this area. I …

In an earlier paper in this journal I criticised the British Medical Association Guidance on
withholding and withdrawing treatment on the ground that it undermines the principle of the …

There is as yet no widely agreed-upon solution to the standard textbook problem whether
actively shutting off a life-sustaining medical device, eg a respirator, and thus bringing about …

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Physicians are traditionally enjoined above all else to “do no harm.” In general,“doing no
harm” is interpreted as causing only the minimal amount of avoidable or unintentional harm …

The cultural significance of recent changes in medicine and advances in biotechnology can
hardly be overstated. Such have stirred fresh interest in the moral foundations of ethical …

Crime is a human behavior that has captivated the thoughts of scholars of various
disciplines throughout history. Philosophers, sociologists, psychologists and others have …

Issues surrounding the end of life, and in particular questions of patient choice, have seldom
been so high on the legal, ethical and political agenda. This book examines these issues …

This chapter discusses Peter Skegg's Law, Ethics, and Medicine, which was published in
1984, and focuses on Skegg's attempts to anticipate English law's position on the lawfulness …

Abstract In October 2003 the Supreme Court of the United States allowed Arkansas officials
to force Charles Laverne Singleton, a schizophrenic prisoner convicted of murder, to take …