Articles

The Right to Die: Autonomy at the Limits

Bios Research Fellow Dr Ilaria Bertini has published an article in Voices in Bioethics on ‘The Right to Die: Autonomy at the Limits’ MORE

Conscientious objection

Dr Helen Watt has published an article in HEC Forum entitled ‘Practising and Tolerating Conscientious Objection in Healthcare: A Brief Defence.’ MORE

14 Day Rule

Bios Senior Research Fellow Dr Helen Watt has an article in the Journal of Medicine and Philosophy on puzzles raised by the 14 Day Rule and other time limits for embryo research. MORE

Double effect donation of vital organs

The Linacre Quarterly has published a paper by Dr Anthony McCarthy and Dr Helen Watt on ‘double effect donation’ of vital organs, the gist of which can be found in… MORE

Childbearing and Regret

Dr Anthony McCarthy has published a response in Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics to Kate Greasley’s JME paper on regret for abortion or childbearing. Full article: Childbearing, abortion and regret: a response to Kate… MORE

Agency, Pregnancy and Persons – book co-edited by Bios Associate Research Fellow Bruce Blackshaw with Nicholas Colgrove and Daniel Rodger

This Routledge collection, part of the Annals of Bioethics series, provides extensive and critical engagement by philosophers and doctors with some of the most recent and compelling arguments favoring abortion… MORE

The benefits, risks, and alternatives of Mitochondrial Replacement Therapy – Bringing proportionality into public policy debate

Abstract Mitochondrial Replacement Therapy (MRT) utilises nuclear transfer technology to replace defective mitochondria with healthy ones and thereby minimise the risk of a mitochondrial disease passing from a mother to… MORE

Professor Alexander Pruss presents at the Bios BWIP Seminar Series

To start off the new year the January BWIP Seminar Series was given by Prof Pruss who gave us a very rich talk setting out his new research `Defining Murder’.… MORE

Euthanasia and assisted suicide – when choice is an illusion and informed consent fails

Arguments for legalising euthanasia and assisted suicide always rely upon the assertion that a patient must always make a persistent, well-considered, and free choice to end his or her life.… MORE

The provision of nutrition and hydration to vulnerable patients: an analysis of the clinical and ethical issues

Executive Summary The provision of food and fluids to vulnerable patients is an essential part of medical care. For a variety of reasons, some patients are unable to take food… MORE