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

The suitability of doctors as agents of assisting dying remains debated, although it is common in many jurisdictions, and ...

In her recent article, Shahvisi1 argues that ethicists address the ethics of scarce resources at length but scarcely address ...

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 ...

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; ...

Some of the most widely accepted arguments in favour of abortion seem to undermine the view that infanticide is impermissible. In this paper, I outline a proposal that addresses this issue, arguing ...

The allocation of scarce healthcare resources inherently involves trade-offs between the interests of ‘visible’ and ‘invisible’ victims (ie, individuals who are aware that they are shortchanged by ...

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.

1 Section of Hospital Medicine, University of Chicago, Illinois, USA 2 Section of General Internal Medicine, University of Chicago, Illinois, USA 3 Associate Faculty, MacLean Center for Clinical ...