Religion and spirituality have always played a major and intervening role in a person's life
and health matters. With the influential development of patient autonomy and the right to self …

Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) and total artificial hearts (TAHs) are surgically
implanted as permanent treatment of unrecoverable heart failure. Both LVADs and TAHs are …

Choosing not to have children can be considered a pro-environmental behaviour with a very
high environmental impact. However, such impact calculations have been criticised for …

Critical care clinicians strive to reverse the disease process and are frequently faced with
difficult end-of-life (EoL) situations, which include transitions from curative to palliative care …

The Supreme Court's abortion jurisprudence is premised upon a conflict: a woman's right to
end her pregnancy and control her body clashes with the state's interest in protecting her …

The rare but severe cerebral venous thrombosis occurring in some AstraZeneca vaccine
recipients has prompted some governments to suspend part of their COVID-19 vaccination …

Abstract At present, Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia are illegal in Ireland, and
are forbidden under the Irish Medical Council's ethical guidelines. With the recent …

Background End-of-life decisions remain a hotly debated issue in many European countries
and the acceptance in the general population can act as an important anchor point in these …

Some issues in medical ethics have been present throughout the history of medicine, and
thus provide us with an opportunity to ascertain:(1) whether there is progress in medical …

This paper questions the relevance of distinguishing acts and omissions in moral argument.
It responds to an article by McLachlan, published in this issue of the Journal of Medical …