Abstract Background In 2019, the Constitutional Court of South Korea ruled that the anti-
abortion provisions in the Criminal Act, which criminalize abortion, do not conform to the …

Advocates of a right to die increasingly assert that the right in question is a positive right (a
right to assistance in dying) and that the right in question is held against physicians or the …

In late October 2017, a young Canadian Jewish man was at the center of a storm that
involved ethics, religion, law and policy He had been unconscious for a month and doctors …

Conscientious refusal involves decisions by healthcare workers, on grounds of their
conscience, to refuse to provide legal, professionally permissible and safe health …

This book examines the many ethical issues that are encountered in the Pediatric Intensive
Care Unit (PICU). It supports pediatricians, nurses, residents, and other providers in their …

Euthanasia and the duty to die have both been thoroughly discussed in the field of bioethics
as morally justifiable practices within medical healthcare contexts. The existence of a narrow …

An editorial is presented on the debate about whether to allow conscientious objection for
voluntary assisted dying (VAD). Topics include article argues it as a mistake to allow …

The proper role of conscience in healthcare continues to be a topic of deep interest for
bioethicists, healthcare professionals, and health policy experts. This issue of HEC Forum …

For all of us, it is a time very different to years gone past–a time of hardship for many, a time
of isolation, a time of uncertainty, a testing time. For me, it has been an inspiring time …

In this paper, I argue that the conscience clause around abortion provision in England,
Scotland and Wales is inadequate for two reasons. First, the patient and doctor are …