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The contention that paternalism can be modernised in such a way as to avoid the usual criticisms is examined and dismissed. The alleged 'modernisation' consists simply in going through the motions of ...

Oppressed people face microaggressions in medicine. Extant discussions of microaggressions in medicine primarily focus on verbal and behavioural microaggressions, which typically have perpetrators.

Although an invasive medical intervention, Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) has been regarded as an efficient and safe treatment of Parkinson's disease for the last 20 years. In terms of clinical ethics, ...

Correspondence to: A J Rosin Department of Geriatrics, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel; e-mail:martarmd.huji.ac.il Routine management of geriatric problems often raises ethical problems ...

Correspondence to Professor Keren Ladin, Departments of Occupational Therapy and Community Health, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA; Keren.Ladin{at}tufts.edu Background National guidelines ...

Correspondence to Dr Benjamin J Wheeler, Women's and Children's Health, University of Otago, Dunedin School of Medicine, PO Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand; ben.wheeler{at}otago.ac.nz Objective To ...

Correspondence to: Mr J Chalmers, School of Law, University of Aberdeen, Taylor Building, Old Aberdeen AB24 3UB; j.p.chalmers{at}abdn.ac.uk. Since Bennett, Draper, and Frith published a paper in this ...

Professor H M Evans, Centre for Arts and Humanities in Health and Medicine, Durham University, School House, St Hild's Lane, Durham DH1 1SZ, UK; h.m.evans{at}durham.ac.uk We here describe a fictitious ...

Research Institute, Norwegian Medical Association, and Institute of Health Management and Health Economics, University of Oslo, Blindern, Oslo, Norway Dr R Førde, Section for Medical Ethics, ...

Correspondence to Dr Lars Ursin, Department of Public Health and Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim N-7491, Norway; ...

The public discourse surrounding sex and severe disability over the past 40 years has largely focused on protecting vulnerable populations from abuse. However, health professionals and activists are ...