In recent years, the development process of pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and related
products and the overall market of these products have become increasingly global. This …

Currently, the ethics infrastructure–from medical and scientific training to the scrutiny of
ethics committees–focuses on trying to reform informed consent to do a job which it is simply …

This book examines the confusions and contradictions that manifest in prevalent attitudes
towards the body, as well as in related bodily practices. The body is simultaneously our …

The concept of human wisdom is fundamental for an understanding of the Apology. But it
has not been properly understood. The received interpretations offer insufficient resources …

Drawing on the ambiguous meaning of the notion of vulnerability, the book offers an
innovative approach to the topic of the female body in relation to women's rights; going …

Hopes are high that stem cell (SC) research will lead to treatments and cures for some of the
most serious diseases affecting humankind today. SC science has been used in a treatment …

This article uses Fichte and Hegel to explore the argument that vulnerability is valuable
because it is what we all share as embodied beings in the world, and thus contributes to our …

Privacy is an unwieldy concept that has eluded an essentialised definition despite its
centrality and importance in the body of bioethics. The compilation presented in this volume …

Live broadcasts of surgical procedures are most common at professional conferences, but
they are not uncommon in the wider public arena, with operations having recently been …