BMC Medical Ethics

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Ethical considerations in decision-making for gender-affirming care

Guest Edited by Asa Radix, Arjee Javellana Restar, Megan E. Sutter and Ariella R. Tabaac

Perspectives and attitudes towards organ donation

Guest Edited by Elena Cavazzoni, Sonny Dhanani, Greg Moorlock, and Matthew Weiss

Ethics of artificial intelligence in health and medicine

Guest Edited by Nan Liu, Kadri Simm, and Honghan Wu

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Editor's choice

Open notes in the practice of clinical ethics consultation offers significant benefits of transparency, and supports patient autonomy.

The process of achieving informed consent in Sub-Saharan Africa is challenging. Greater flexibility with communities to suit diverse socio-cultural contexts is crucial.

What is it about sharing NHS data for research and innovation that challenges public trust?

“Being prevented from providing good care: a conceptual analysis of moral stress among health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic”

Authors: Martina E. Gustavsson, Johan von Schreeb, Filip K. Arnberg and Niklas Juth

Content type: Research 9 December 2023
Medical students’ and residents’ views on euthanasia

Authors: Rogério Aparecido Dedivitis, Leandro Luongo de Matos, Mario Augusto Ferrari de Castro, Andrea Anacleto Ferrari de Castro, Renata Rocha Giaxa and Patrícia Zen Tempski

Content type: Research 8 December 2023
Ethical considerations for biobanking and use of genomics data in Africa: a narrative review

Authors: Mary Amoakoh-Coleman, Dorice Vieira and James Abugri

Content type: Research 5 December 2023
Identifying facilitators of and barriers to the adoption of dynamic consent in digital health ecosystems: a scoping review

Authors: Ah Ra Lee, Dongjun Koo, Il Kon Kim, Eunjoo Lee, Hyun Ho Kim, Sooyoung Yoo, Jeong-Hyun Kim, Eun Kyung Choi and Ho-Young Lee

Content type: Research 1 December 2023
Increasing efficiency and well-being? a systematic review of the empirical claims of the double-benefit argument in socially assistive devices

Authors: Joschka Haltaufderheide, Annika Lucht, Christoph Strünck and Jochen Vollmann

Content type: Research 30 November 2023

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Controversies and considerations regarding the termination of pregnancy for Foetal Anomalies in Islam

Authors: Abdulrahman Al-Matary and Jaffar Ali

Content type: Debate 5 February 2014
Top 10 health care ethics challenges facing the public: views of Toronto bioethicists

Authors: Jonathan M Breslin, Susan K MacRae, Jennifer Bell and Peter A Singer

Content type: Debate 26 June 2005
Implicit bias in healthcare professionals: a systematic review

Authors: Chloë FitzGerald and Samia Hurst

Content type: Research article 1 March 2017
The four principles: Can they be measured and do they predict ethical decision making?

Authors: Katie Page

Content type: Research article 20 May 2012
Human cloning laws, human dignity and the poverty of the policy making dialogue

Authors: Timothy Caulfield

Content type: Debate 29 July 2003

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Aims and scope

BMC Medical Ethics is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in relation to the ethical aspects of biomedical research and clinical practice, including professional choices and conduct, medical technologies, healthcare systems and health policies.