J. of Medical Ethics

🌍 "USAID Cuts: A Moral Failure" by G. Owen Schaefer Slashing international aid isn’t just bad policy - it’s a moral failure. In this blog post, Schaefer critiques recent USAID cuts that could lead to 14 million preventable deaths, arguing that wealthy nations like the US have a…

🎲 "Using a lottery to resolve indeterminacy when allocating resources for drugs for rare diseases" by Kenneth Bond, Lars Sandman and Erik Gustavsson When tough funding decisions must be made for high-cost rare disease drugs, could a lottery be fairer than first come, first…

🧪 "When to create embryos or organoids for research" by Sebastian Porsdam Mann, Julian Savulescu and Brian D Earp How should we decide between using embryos or brain organoids in research? This paper sidesteps debates over moral status by showing how different ethical…

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❤️‍🩹 "Care in palliative care: A challenging concept with normative issues" by Michael Rechenmacher What exactly do we mean by 'care' in palliative care? Michael Rechenmacher examines how this central yet underdefined concept differs from paternalism, especially when navigating…

💉 "Do vaccine mandates impair the voluntariness of informed consent?" by Maxwell J Smith and Evan Mackie Do vaccine mandates undermine valid consent? This feature article explores whether employment-based vaccine requirements render informed consent coercive and thus invalid.…

👋 Introducing Dr Arianne Shahvisi, one of our new joint Editors-in-Chief! An expert in #bioethics & #appliedphilosophy, Arianne has a particular focus on #gender, #race and #migration. Learn more about her here: bit.ly/4mRrAhH @BSMSMedSchool

🤔 "Monash IVF Mix-ups: Who gets the child?" by Sinead Prince and Julian Savulescu After an IVF mix-up in Victoria, Australia, a woman raised a child for two years before discovering the embryo wasn’t hers. This blog post unpacks the legal and ethical chaos such mistakes…

👋 Introducing Dr Arianne Shahvisi, one of our new joint Editors-in-Chief! An expert in #bioethics & #appliedphilosophy, Arianne has a particular focus on #gender, #race and #migration. Learn more about her here: bit.ly/4kZrK4M @BSMSMedSchool

✋ "Keep calm but do not carry on: Ethical issues with the recommendations made by the Cass Review (2024)" by Simona Giordano This paper critiques the Cass Review’s call to limit access to puberty blockers to clinical trials, arguing that the recommendation is both ethically…

📢 Announcing a call for commentary proposals for a new Feature Article: "Bioethics and the value of disagreement" by Michael J Parker 🗓️ Commentary abstracts due Monday 4th August 2025 and full commentaries due Friday 15th September 2025 📌 Check out the feature article and 'JME…

👋 Meet Brian D. Earp, one of our new joint Editors-in-Chief! Brian holds roles at @NUSingapore as well as Uehiro Oxford Institute, and is a member of the UK Young Academy. Learn more about Brian here: bit.ly/440Iim7 @briandavidearp #bioethics #medicalethics…

Introducing JME Practical Bioethics the new companion OA title to JME! JMEPB aims to broaden the discourse in relation to ethics and human health by addressing both local and global societal challenges of today and beyond. jmepb.bmj.com

👋 Say hello to Prof Lucy Frith, one of our new joint Editors-in-Chief! Based at the Univ of Manchester, Lucy brings deep expertise in #medicalethics. Learn more about Lucy here: bit.ly/4kZrK4M @OfficialUoM @lucy_frith

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🩺 "What Does It Mean to Provide Medicine in a World of Declining Trust?" by Crystal Lemus Medicine is more than algorithms and evidence - it’s a moral act rooted in trust. In this blog post, Crystal Lemus explores how the erosion of public trust, especially post-COVID,…

📢 Announcing a call for commentary proposals for a new Feature Article: "Digital twins for trans people in healthcare: queer, phenomenological and bioethical considerations" 🗓️ Commentary abstracts due 3 July 2025; full commentaries due 15 Aug 2025 📌 Check out the feature…

👋 Introducing Dr Arianne Shahvisi, one of our new joint Editors-in-Chief! An expert in #bioethics & #appliedphilosophy, Arianne has a particular focus on #gender, #race and #migration. Learn more about her here: bit.ly/4kZrK4M @BSMSMedSchool

🚧 "The Fence Around Us: How India’s Medical System Enables Cultural Misogyny" by an anonymous author A baby girl starved to death in a hospital and no one was held accountable. This blog post exposes how cultural misogyny and systemic neglect are embedded within India’s medical…