If we are sufficientarians about health, then why do we care about health inequality? This is an important ethical question ...

In her recent article, Shahvisi1 argues that ethicists address the ethics of scarce resources at length but scarcely address ...

The suitability of doctors as agents of assisting dying remains debated, although it is common in many jurisdictions, and ...

The question a judge has to ask in deciding whether or not life-sustaining treatment should be withdrawn is whether the continued treatment is lawful. It will be lawful if it is in the patient’s best ...

Purpose This qualitative study investigates how Canadian physician-providers of medical assistance in dying (MAiD) perceived their role in making judgements when assessing patients for MAiD.

The ageing of the global population prompts many countries to appropriately allocate healthcare resources that ensure adequate elder care. Nevertheless, the shortages in and burdens of professional ...

Autonomy, self-determination and substitute judgement: the limits of AI-based personalised patient preference predictors (P4s) in surrogate decision-making ...

While rich countries like the USA and UK are starting to vaccinate their populations against COVID-19, poor countries may lack access to a vaccine for years. A global effort to provide vaccines ...