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Ethical debates

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Education and debate
Brain stem death: managing care when accepted medical guidelines and religious beliefs are in conflictConsideration and compromise are possibleCommentary: Delay in stopping treatment can become unreasonable and unfair
Published 06 May 2000
Education and debate
Certifying fitness for corporal punishmentCertifying fitness for corporal punishmentWhite liesInnocents abroadDeception demands compelling argumentsIndividuals need clear policy guidanceResponse
Published 03 October 1998
Education and debate
Ethical debateShould industry sponsor research?Tobacco industry research: collaboration, not confrontation, is the best approachTobacco company sponsorship discredits medical but not all researchCondemning the drinks industry rules out potentially useful researchIf the drinks industry does not clean up its act, pariah status is inevitableCollaborative research with infant formula companies should not always be censoredHow much research in infant feeding comes from unethical marketing?
Published 01 August 1998
Education and debate
Truth, the first casualtyDeadly charadesCommunication is a vital part of careDoctors and patients should be fellow travellers
Published 20 June 1998
Education and debate
Too drunk to care?Ethanol, emergencies, and ethical dilemmasCommentary: Guidelines could never be developedCommentary: Balance the risk as best you canCommentary: Doctors can never have a moral holiday
Published 16 May 1998
Education and debate
Informed consent in medical researchInformed consent—a response to recent correspondenceChanging the BMJ's position on informed consent would be counterproductiveInformed consent—a publisher's dutyTrial subjects must be fully involved in design and approval of trialsStudies that do not have informed consent from participants should not be published
Published 28 March 1998

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