A New Edition of Journal of Medical Ethics Is Now Available

October 2, 2018

Journal of Medical Ethics (vol. 44, no. 7, 2018) is available online by subscription only.

Articles include:

  • “Advancing Independent Adolescent Consent for Participation in HIV Prevention Research” by Seema K Shah et al.
  • “Philosophical Medical Ethics: More Necessary than Ever” by Julian Savulescu, Thomas Douglas, and Dominic Wilkinson
  • “Hard Lessons: Learning from the Charlie Gard Case” by Dominic Wilkinson and Julian Savulescu
  • “Approaches to Parental Demand for Non-Established Medical Treatment: Reflections on the Charlie Gard Case” by John J Paris, Brian M Cummings, Michael P Moreland, and Jason N Batten
  • “Charlie Gard and the Weight of Parental Rights to Seek Experimental Treatment” by Giles Birchley
  • “Ethical Implications of Medical Crowdfunding: The case of Charlie Gard” by Gabrielle Dressler and Sarah A Kelly
  • “Voices of Moral Authority: Parents, Doctors and What Will Actually Help” by Richard David William Hain
  • “Why Charlie Gard’s Parents Should Have Been the Decision-Makers about Their Son’s Best Interests” by Raanan Gillon
  • “A Threshold of Significant Harm (f)or a Viable Alternative Therapeutic Option?” by Jo Bridgeman
  • “Clinic, Courtroom or (Specialist) Committee: In the Best Interests of the Critically Ill Child?” by Richard Huxtable
  • “Charlie Gard: In Defence of the Law” by Eliana Close, Lindy Willmott, and Benjamin P White
  • “The Job of ‘Ethics Committees’” by Andrew Moore and Andrew Donnelly
  • “Making Medical Decisions for an Incompetent Older Adult when Both a Proxy and an Advance Directive Are Available: Which Is More Likely to Reflect the Older Adult’s Preferences?” by Gina Bravo, Modou Sene, and Marcel Arcand
  • “Left Of Bang Interventions in Trauma: Ethical Implications for Military Medical Prophylaxis” by Neil Eisenstein et al.