In response to public outrage stemming from exposés of animal abuse in research laboratories, the US Congress in 1985 mandated Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees (IACUCs) to oversee animal ...

School of Pharmacy, The University of Mississippi, University, MS, USA Correspondence to: J P Bentley Faser Hall 219A, School of Pharmacy, The University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA; ...

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 ...

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

Emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) remain a significant and dynamic threat to the health of individuals and the well-being of communities across the globe. Over the last decade, in response to these ...

Pox parties are a controversial alternative to vaccination for diseases such as chickenpox. Such parties involve parents infecting non-immune children by exposing them to a contagious child. If ...

In its American context the case of baby Messenger, a preterm infant disconnected from life-support by his father and allowed to die has generated debate about neonatal treatment protocols. Limited by ...

Correspondence to Professor Lois Shepherd, Center for Health Humanities and Ethics, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, USA; lls4b{at}virginia.edu Policies promoted and adopted ...

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 ...