A New Edition of The Journal of Medical Ethics is Available

September 27, 2013

The Journal of Medical Ethics (Volume 39, No. 9, September 2013) is now available online by subscription only.

Articles include:

• “Withholding artificial nutrition and hydration” by Imogen Goold
• “Withdrawing and withholding artificial nutrition and hydration from patients in a minimally conscious state: Re: M and its repercussions” by Julian C Sheather
• “Should we respect precedent autonomy in life-sustaining treatment decisions?” by Julian C Sheather
• “Best interests and the sanctity of life after W v M” by Alexandra Mullock
• “The weight attributed to patient values in determining best interests” by Carolyn Johnston
• “Significance of past statements: speech act theory” by Joanne Gordon
• “Should religious beliefs be allowed to stonewall a secular approach to withdrawing and withholding treatment in children?” by Joe Brierley, et al.
• “Rationality, religion and refusal of treatment in an ambulance revisited” by Kate McMahon-Parkes