Law's processes are likely always to be needed when particularly intractable conflicts arise
in relation to the care of a critically ill child like Charlie Gard. Recourse to law has its merits …

PC Chang and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is the first biography of PC
Chang (1892-1957), who lived an eventful and cosmopolitan life and was one of the key …

In the western healthcare, shared decision making has become the orthodox approach to
making healthcare choices as a way of promoting patient autonomy. Despite the fact that the …

Wertkonflikte wie der Konflikt um die Regelung des Schwangerschaftsabbruches bilden
eine besondere Herausforderung demokratischer Politik. Auf der Basis einer …

The four principles approach to biomedical ethics points to respect for autonomy,
beneficence, non-maleficence and justice as the norms that should guide moral agents …

Some brain injured patients are left in a permanent vegetative state, ie, they have
irreversibly lost their capacity for consciousness but retained some autonomic physiological …

End-of-life care practices and attitudes in Europe are highly diverse, which is unsurprising
given the variety of cultural and religious patterns across this region. The most marked …

Continuous sedation until death (sometimes referred to as terminal sedation or palliative
sedation) is an increasingly common practice in end-of-life care. However, it raises …

Background: Withdrawal of treatment is a common practice in intensive care units when
treatment is considered futile. Compassion is an important aspect of care; however, it has …

Background Many treatments developed for rare diseases will have an Orphan Medicinal
Product (OMP) designation, indicating that they are likely to deliver benefit in an area of high …