Reframing Patient’s Autonomy in End-of-Life Care Decision-Making: Constructions of Agency in Interviews with Physicians by André Buscariolli, Kari Mikko Vesala

“…The results show that the interviewees reframed patient autonomy with the help of biological, medical, ethical, and interaction frames. Through such reframing, the patient’s agency was constructed as vulnerable and weak in contrast to the medical expert with the legitimated capacity to act as an agent for the patient. …”
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Role of religion in the promotion of transplantation and organ donation by Maria Golebiowska, Beata Golebiowska, Robert Chudzik, Katarzyna Jarosz, Maria Klatka

“…Religion and tradition are one of the most influential factors shaping the lives of many communities, which can often be seen in social debates on medical ethical dilemmas. Transplantology, as field of medicine that allows full recovery of health and a second chance of fate by patients in last stages of organ failure, is also the source of numerous moral dilemmas associated with religious beliefs. …”
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Role of religion in the promotion of transplantation and organ donation by Maria Golebiowska, Beata Golebiowska, Robert Chudzik, Katarzyna Jarosz, Maria Klatka

“…Religion and tradition are one of the most influential factors shaping the lives of many communities, which can often be seen in social debates on medical ethical dilemmas. Transplantology, as field of medicine that allows full recovery of health and a second chance of fate by patients in last stages of organ failure, is also the source of numerous moral dilemmas associated with religious beliefs. …”
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Up the Duff With Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma: The Traumas and the Dilemmas by Sheeba Marwah, Harsha Shailesh Gaikwad, Ritin Mohindra, Manjula Sharma

“…Managing NHL in pregnancy involves intricate medical, ethical and psychological issues. Diagnostic and treatment delays may influence the prognosis for indolent cases. …”
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The Usage of Digital Health Mobile-Based Applications among Saudi Population by Naif AlAli, Yasser AlKhudairy, Khalid AlSafadi, Bandar Abduljabbar, Nawfal Aljerian, Abdulrahman M. Albeshry, Najim Z. Alshahrani

“…Unfortunately, their understanding of how to use such apps was limited, and this posed a barrier to embracing digital health alongside difficulty downloading apps and medical ethical concerns. Although there is a willingness, extra effort is needed from the Saudi Ministry of Health and the government to promote the uptake of digital health in Saudi Arabia.…”
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Principle of consent for organ donation in Malaysia / Khairul Anuar Abdul Hadi, Nur Khalidah Dahlan and Allycia Taidin by Abdul Hadi, Khairul Anuar, Dahlan, Nur Khalidah, Taidin, Allycia

“…It looks into the view both medical ethic and morality. Our research is based on the qualitative methodology whereby apart from references to the books, article and journals we also conducted interview with several lectures and official expertise in this field. …”
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Newborns in crisis: an outline of neonatal ethical dilemmas in humanitarian medicine by Schnall, J, Hayden, D, Wilkinson, D

“…Aid organisations increasingly recognise the necessity to provide for the medical needs of newborns, however, this may generate distinctive ethical questions for those providing humanitarian medical care. Medical ethical approaches to neonatal care familiar in other settings may not be appropriate given the diversity and volatility of humanitarian disasters, and the extreme resource limitations commonly faced by humanitarian aid missions.…”

Brain death in neonates: a case report by Georgios Mitsiakos, Ilias Chatzioannidis, Eirini Tzimou

“…BD leads to debate for medical, ethical and philosophical issues. It is a challenging condition in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) since difficulties for BD diagnosis in neonates and ever more so in preterm neonates do arise. …”
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Moving into the wide clinical spectrum of consciousness disorders: Pearls, perils and pitfalls by Rocco Salvatore Calabrò, Demetrio Milardi, Alberto Cacciola, Angela Marra, Giuseppina Digangi, Carmela Casella, Alfredo Manuli, Rosaria De Luca, Rosalia Silvestri, Placido Bramanti

“…Management of vegetative or a minimally conscious state individuals involves charily getting the right diagnosis with an evidence-based prognosis, also taking into account the medical, ethical, and legal key factors of the ideal treatment. …”
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To withhold resuscitation – The Swedish system’s rules and challenges by Eva Piscator, Therese Djarv

“…The aim of this article is to describe current Swedish legalisation, clinical practice and future perspectives on the medical ethical decision “Do-Not-Attempt-Cardio-Pulmonary-Resuscitation” (DNACPR) in relation to prevent futile resuscitation of in-hospital cardiac arrests. …”
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THE RIGHT TO LIVE. THE RIGHT TO DIE by Aleksander Kitsera

“…The author points on the medical ethic classics views and the views of philosophers, in particular, the economists-utilitarianists. …”
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Spiritual Care in Palliative Care: A Physician’s Perspective by Marie-José H.E. Gijsberts

“…In the integrity of the clinical encounter, medical, ethical and spiritual issues may be discussed. …”
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Does equipoise exist for masking children for COVID-19? by Tracy Beth Høeg, Sebastián González-Dambrauskas, Vinay Prasad

“…Despite ongoing equipoise about masking children, we outline why, owing to lack of evidence of net benefit, recommending this intervention does not currently appear to be medically ethical.…”
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Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide: Sweetness in Bitterness by Victoria Ajibola Adeleke

“…Keywords: Euthanasia, physician assisted suicide, Human Rights, Medical Ethics…”
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Application of artificial intellengence and deep learning in opthalmology by Lu-Lu Xiao, Xiao-Yan Dou

“…However, training the algorithm based on AI technology is still costly and time-consuming. The medical ethic of AI is another challengefor its application. …”
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Case report: Organ donation after euthanasia for psychiatric suffering: some of the practical and ethical lessons Martijn taught us by Nathalie van Dijk, Wim de Jongh, Paulan Stärcke, David Shaw, David Shaw, Jan Bollen, Walther van Mook, Walther van Mook, Walther van Mook

“…Where possible, and within the current medical, ethical and legal boundaries, the importance of facilitating organ donation without unnecessarily prolonging the suffering of competent psychiatric patients seeking euthanasia is emphasized. …”
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Unexpected complications of novel deep brain stimulation treatments: ethical issues and clinical recommendations by Savulescu, J, Maslen, H, Cheeran, B, Pugh, J, Boccard, S, Green, A, FitzGerald, J, Aziz, T

“…Examining these unexpected complications in light of medical ethical principles, we argue that serious complications of novel DBS treatments do not necessarily make it unethical to offer the intervention to eligible patients. …”

Quaternary Prevention, an Answer of Family Doctors to Overmedicalization by Marc Jamoulle

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African Christian View on Morality of Abortion by Ron Macaulay

“…There are several medical, ethical, theological, and personal sensitive questions on abortion – a developing phenomenon across all racial groups. …”
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Quality-controlled small-scale production of a well-defined bacteriophage cocktail for use in human clinical trials. by Maya Merabishvili, Jean-Paul Pirnay, Gilbert Verbeken, Nina Chanishvili, Marina Tediashvili, Nino Lashkhi, Thea Glonti, Victor Krylov, Jan Mast, Luc Van Parys, Rob Lavigne, Guido Volckaert, Wesley Mattheus, Gunther Verween, Peter De Corte, Thomas Rose, Serge Jennes, Martin Zizi, Daniel De Vos, Mario Vaneechoutte

“…The bacteriophage cocktail is currently being evaluated in a pilot clinical study cleared by a leading Medical Ethical Committee.…”
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