For the majority of patients at the end of life, their symptoms can be relieved through good
palliative care. However, for an unfortunate few, these symptoms become intractable despite …

Although genuinely new and novel arguments surrounding the permissibility of euthanasia
have been thin on the ground in recent years, the issue itself is going through a period of …

This chapter considers the basis of providing consent for others in cases of adult individuals
who are unable to provide consent for themselves due to, for example, incapacity. The …

Posthumous medical data donation (PMDD) could deliver a longitudinal dataset that
facilitates significant advances in health research. This chapter focuses on a central …

abstract The standard by which we apply decision‐making for those unable to do so for
themselves is an important practical ethical issue with substantial implications for the …

Over the past few decades, psychologists have discovered that human reasoning is
defective in surprising ways. We are beset by numerous biases and heuristics, which lead …

There are many problems with Levi and Green's (2010) suggestion that a computer-based
decision aid will overcome the major objections to advance directives (ADs). We focus on …

Where a decision has been made to stop futile treatment of critically ill patients on an
intensive care unit–what is termed withdrawal of treatment in the UK–yet no doctor is …

Clinical researches of new medicaments and medical products on animals and humans are
preceding and unavoidable stage before its application. While from the legal standpoint …

Background: Under the amended Mental Health Act 2007, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
can only be authorized in an incapacitated patient providing it is not in conflict with the …