Introduction The birth of live conjoined twins in a community can draw considerable attention
to the appropriate ethical issues. Discussion The management requires the skills of a multi …

The article questions the assumption that conjoined twins are necessarily two people or
persons by employing arguments based on different points of view: non-personal vitalism …

Is there a special Mediterranean approach to Bioethics and if so what are the roots of this
approach? And why not a Bosphorus, or a 'lake Michigan'bioethics? The answer to such a …

This paper reexamines the recent case of the conjoined twins from Malta. Survival was said
to be possible only through separation, which would actually leave only one twin alive. The …

This qualitative thesis uses discourse analysis to examine parental resistance towards
medical treatment of critically ill children. It is an investigation of the 'mobile and …

This chapter provides a brief description about the history and current standings of Bioethics
in Malta. The author not only discusses the legal point of view of bioethics but also takes into …

Although principles, as a framework to resolving moral dilemmas are still debated and seem
to be in a philosophical quagmire, there are strong arguments that by specification one can …

Officially, bioethics in Malta can be said to have started immediately after the 1987 general
elections when, following 16 years of socialist administration, a more conservative …

Conjoined twins are identical twins whose bodies are joined in utero. In some cases it is mor-
ally permissible to separete them in a surgical procedure but not in all cases. Each …

Early diagnosis of conjoined twins is essential, both for pregnancy interruption and for
possible postnatal intervention. We report a case of Siamese twins joined at the head, thorax …