In her interesting response ‘Suicide is always a public health issue’, Susan Pennings puts forward a critique of a current controversy article written by us, ‘When is suicide a public health issue?’.

Health technology assessment (HTA) bodies are increasingly asked to consider the personal utility of genomic testing: the informational, practical and psychosocial value of results beyond direct ...

The world’s first clinical trial to assess the safety and efficacy of xenotransplantation (XT), in which kidneys from genetically modified pigs are transplanted into human recipients, is underway. As ...

Brown held that consent is no defence to the infliction of serious bodily harm, yet it recognised an exception for properly conducted sport, noting that criminalising sport-related harm would not be ...

Artificial intelligence is currently changing many areas of society. Especially in health, where critical decisions are made, questions of control must be renegotiated: who is in control when an ...

People in vulnerable positions who need support in their daily lives often face challenges in receiving timely access to care; for instance, due to disabilities or individual and situational ...

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The UK government has recently committed to adopting a new policy—dubbed ‘Martha’s Rule’—which has been characterised as providing patients the right to rapidly access a second clinical opinion in ...

Correspondence to Dr Abraham Graber, Biomedical Education and Anatomy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA; agraber{at}gmail.com In a recent article in this journal, Kowalik argues ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated inequalities, including among the healthcare workforce. Based on recent literature and drawing on our experiences of working in operating theatres and critical ...

Medicine is not merely a job that requires technical expertise, but a profession concerned with making the best decisions and recommendations with reference to, and in consultation with, the patient.

Correspondence to Associate Professor Neil John Pickering, Bioethics Centre, University of Otago Dunedin School of Medicine, Dunedin, New Zealand; neil.pickering{at}otago.ac.nz In a recent JME article ...