Objectives—This study examined the issue of confidentiality in relation to i) undergraduate curriculum content in physiotherapy, and ii) the awareness, experiences and attitudes of clinical ...

The use of black box algorithms in medicine has raised scholarly concerns due to their opaqueness and lack of trustworthiness. Concerns about potential bias, accountability and responsibility, patient ...

Correspondence to Eva Elizabeth Bolt, Department of Public and Occupational Health, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VUmc Expertise Center for Palliative Care, VU University Medical Center ...

Correspondence to Dr T J Kasperbauer, Center for Bioethics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA; tkasperb{at}iu.edu The standard approach to protecting privacy in ...

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 Professor Katrina A Bramstedt, Bond University Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia; txbioethics{at}yahoo.com Worldwide there are currently over ...

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?’.

Chronic fatigue syndrome or myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) remains a controversial illness category. This paper surveys the state of knowledge and attitudes about this illness and proposes that ...

1 Idaho Neurological Institute at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, Boise, Idaho, and Boise State University, Boise, Idaho, USA 2 Idaho Neurological Institute at Saint Alphonsus Regional ...

NIEHS, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA Correspondence to Dr David B Resnik, NIEHS, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, Box 12233, Mail ...

4 Pediatric Ethics Committee, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Correspondence to Dr Matthew R Hunt, Centre de recherche en éthique (CRÉUM), University of Montreal, C.P. 6128, ...

Correspondence to R Grant Steen, Medical Communications Consultants, LLC 103 Van Doren Place, Chapel Hill, NC 27517, USA; g_steen_medicc{at}yahoo.com Background Scientific papers are retracted for ...