(The Conversation) — On June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that established the nationwide right to choose an abortion. For decades, rancorous ...

The world of bioethics is defined by four basic principles: autonomy, justice, beneficence and nonmaleficence. Healthcare practitioners use these principles as their guiding force when evaluating the ...

Setting aside the usual hot button issues in bioethics - stem cell research, end-of-life decision making - Edmund Pellegrino, chairman of the President's Council on Bioethics, focused on "the ...

The Houston/Galveston Network is comprised of philosophers working at the intersection of philosophy and bioethics. The network is a collaborative between philosophy faculty and post-docs in The BCM ...

Decision-making, e.g. about the treatment of somebody in a coma, often becomes a massive burden for the near relatives or the partner of such a person. Which weight should be given to their point of ...

Nowhere is the need for culturally competent health care more apparent, or more poignant, than when a patient and his or her family confront the possibility of death in a medical setting. The ...

Alan Petersen receives funding from the Australian Research Council, and the Leverhulme Trust. Bioethics has grown rapidly as a professional field since its emergence in the United States in around ...

Joseph J. Fins does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...