CLINICAL ETHICS

What should a doctor do when a loved one is ill?

Xavier Symons | 19 May 2018 | Comments

tags: clinical ethics, informed consent, professional integrity, professionalism

It's more complicated than just not treating your child.

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Mary Stopes staff pressured into pursuing abortions

Xavier Symons | 21 October 2017 | Comments

tags: abortion, clinical ethics, consent, professional ethics, uk

Marie Stopes has come under scrutiny after a review of one of its clinics.

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American Nurses Association endorses VSED

Xavier Symons | 16 September 2017 | Comments

tags: clinical ethics, nurses, voluntary palliated starvation, withdrawal of life support

The ANA has endorsed “voluntary stopping of eating and drinking” in new guidelines.

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Compromise on APA torture paper

Xavier Symons | 09 September 2017 | Comments

tags: clinical ethics, psychology, retractions, torture

But the fallout from the Hoffman Report continues.

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Doctors told to include contraceptive counselling in every adolescent consultation

Xavier Symons | 29 July 2017 | Comments

tags: clinical ethics, clinical practice, conscientious objection, contraception

The American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology recommends contraceptive counselling for every visit.

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UK IVF providers trading “free treatment” for egg donation

Xavier Symons | 06 May 2017 | Comments

tags: clinical ethics, commercialization, ivf, uk

Journalists allege that women are being pressuring into exchanging eggs for free IVF treatment.

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Is it ethical to Google your patients?

Xavier Symons | 01 April 2017 | Comments

tags: clinical ethics, consent, google, law, privacy, professional conduct

A significant minority of doctors will “Google their patients” at some point.

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US Senate committee wants to ban ‘concurrent surgeries’

Michael Cook | 09 December 2016 | Comments

tags: clinical ethics, concurrent surgeries, patient care

Questions raised about safety, transparency, patient care, billing and consent

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Power to the patient: new UK consent regulations

Xavier Symons | 29 October 2016 | Comments

tags: clinical ethics, informed consent, negligence, uk

The Royal College of Surgeons has tightened its guidelines on informed consent procedures.

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Doctors worried about shift to online self-diagnosis

Xavier Symons | 10 September 2016 | Comments

tags: clinical ethics, clinical practice, internet, uk

Medical professionals have raised concerns about new software that encourages patients to "self-diagnose".

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Australian court rules against hospital in controversial cancer case

Xavier Symons | 03 September 2016 | Comments

tags: australia, clinical ethics, law, paternalism

The Family Court of Western Australia has found that a six-year old-cancer patient should no longer be required to undergo chemotherapy.

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Untested stem cell treatments in Australia

Xavier Symons | 12 August 2016 | Comments

tags: australia, clinical ethics, informed consent, stem cells

Australia has seen a sharp rise in the use of unproven stem cell treatments.

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The bioethics of Australia’s immigration detention policies

Xavier Symons | 25 June 2016 | Comments

tags: australia, clinical ethics, law, torture

Australia’s asylum seeker policies have been subject to intense international scrutiny – even in the world of bioethics.

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IVF boom in China following one-child backflip

Xavier Symons | 04 June 2016 | Comments

tags: China, clinical ethics, IVF, law, one child policy

Scores of older couples in China are turning to IVF to have a second child.

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Vulnerability in medical contexts: interview with Steve Matthews

Xavier Symons | 18 May 2016 | Comments

tags: clinical ethics, doctor-patient relationship, patient care, trust, vulnerability

There has been growing interest among ethicists in the theme of vulnerability. I recently spoke about the topic with bioethicist Steve Matthews.

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IVF experts divided over mosaic embryos

Xavier Symons | 23 April 2016 | Comments

tags: clinical ethics, IVF

Debate is intensifying among fertility specialists about the use of mosaic embryos in IVF.

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Sperm donor scandal rocks US

Xavier Symons | 16 April 2016 | Comments

tags: clinical ethics, donor anonymity, US

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Treatment disagreement gets ugly in Western Australia

Xavier Symons | 16 April 2016 | Comments

tags: Australia, clinical ethics, informed consent

A Perth hospital has obtained a court order to force chemotherapy on the child.

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Unilateral ‘do not resuscitate’ orders: what doctors think

Xavier Symons | 19 March 2016 | Comments

tags: clinical ethics, clinical practice, do not resuscitate

Most US pediatricians believe DNAR orders are in some cases ethically permissible.

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First US womb transplant fails

Xavier Symons | 12 March 2016 | Comments

tags: clinical ethics, clinical trials, US, womb transplant

The first womb transplant to take place in the US has failed – under dramatic circumstances.

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