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tabindex="-1"> <div class="row">  <div class="col-md-8 content-area" id="primary"> <main class="site-main" id="main"> <header class="page-header"> <h1 class="page-title">Category: <span>clinical ethics</span></h1> </header> <article class="post-4626 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-assisted-dying category-clinical-ethics" id="post-4626"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2025/02/20/why-administration-of-lethal-drugs-should-not-be-the-role-of-the-doctor/" rel="bookmark">Why Administration Of Lethal Drugs Should Not Be The Role Of The Doctor</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">Posted on <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2025/02/20/why-administration-of-lethal-drugs-should-not-be-the-role-of-the-doctor/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2025-02-20T07:12:44+01:00">February 20, 2025</time></a></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Why Administration Of Lethal Drugs Should Not Be The Role Of The Doctor' data-link='https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2025/02/20/why-administration-of-lethal-drugs-should-not-be-the-role-of-the-doctor/' data-app-id-name='category_above_content'></div><p>By Sally Barker and Zoë Fritz The Westminster Parliament is currently considering Kim Leadbeater’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which would make doctors both gatekeepers and facilitators of an assisted death for eligible terminally ill adults. The legislation proposes that doctors are involved at several stages of the process. Firstly, they must listen […]</p> <p><a class="btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link" href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2025/02/20/why-administration-of-lethal-drugs-should-not-be-the-role-of-the-doctor/">Read More…</a></p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Why Administration Of Lethal Drugs Should Not Be The Role Of The Doctor' data-link='https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2025/02/20/why-administration-of-lethal-drugs-should-not-be-the-role-of-the-doctor/' data-app-id-name='category_below_content'></div> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/category/assisted-dying/" rel="category tag">Assisted dying</a>, <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/category/clinical-ethics/" rel="category tag">clinical ethics</a></span><span class="comments-link"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2025/02/20/why-administration-of-lethal-drugs-should-not-be-the-role-of-the-doctor/#respond"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="4626 https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/?p=4626">Leave a comment</span></a></span> </footer> </article> <article class="post-4625 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-assisted-dying category-clinical-ethics category-law" id="post-4625"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2025/02/18/the-new-gatekeepers-the-role-of-the-uk-high-court-in-the-oversight-of-medical-assistance-in-dying/" rel="bookmark">The New Gatekeepers: the role of the UK High Court in the oversight of medical assistance in dying</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">Posted on <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2025/02/18/the-new-gatekeepers-the-role-of-the-uk-high-court-in-the-oversight-of-medical-assistance-in-dying/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2025-02-18T16:08:17+01:00">February 18, 2025</time></a></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='The New Gatekeepers: the role of the UK High Court in the oversight of medical assistance in dying' data-link='https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2025/02/18/the-new-gatekeepers-the-role-of-the-uk-high-court-in-the-oversight-of-medical-assistance-in-dying/' data-app-id-name='category_above_content'></div><p>By Sean R. Riley After decades of unsuccessful attempts by advocates, in November 2024, the United Kingdom House of Commons passed a second reading of a bill permitting medical assistance-in-dying (MAiD). The bill still faces a long legislative road before royal assent, but MAiD may very well be a reality for English and Welsh terminally […]</p> <p><a class="btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link" href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2025/02/18/the-new-gatekeepers-the-role-of-the-uk-high-court-in-the-oversight-of-medical-assistance-in-dying/">Read More…</a></p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='The New Gatekeepers: the role of the UK High Court in the oversight of medical assistance in dying' data-link='https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2025/02/18/the-new-gatekeepers-the-role-of-the-uk-high-court-in-the-oversight-of-medical-assistance-in-dying/' data-app-id-name='category_below_content'></div> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/category/assisted-dying/" rel="category tag">Assisted dying</a>, <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/category/clinical-ethics/" rel="category tag">clinical ethics</a>, <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/category/law/" rel="category tag">Law</a></span><span class="comments-link"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2025/02/18/the-new-gatekeepers-the-role-of-the-uk-high-court-in-the-oversight-of-medical-assistance-in-dying/#respond"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="4625 https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/?p=4625">Leave a comment</span></a></span> </footer> </article> <article class="post-4607 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-autonomy category-clinical-ethics category-environmental-ethics" id="post-4607"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2024/12/11/do-ecological-preferences-belong-to-patient-autonomy-the-answer-is-yes/" rel="bookmark">Do ecological preferences belong to patient autonomy? The answer is yes</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">Posted on <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2024/12/11/do-ecological-preferences-belong-to-patient-autonomy-the-answer-is-yes/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-12-11T08:33:13+01:00">December 11, 2024</time></a></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Do ecological preferences belong to patient autonomy? The answer is yes' data-link='https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2024/12/11/do-ecological-preferences-belong-to-patient-autonomy-the-answer-is-yes/' data-app-id-name='category_above_content'></div><p>By Sabine Salloch Healthcare is being increasingly recognized as a major emitter of greenhouse gases in industrialized societies. It accounts for approximately 5 percent of national carbon budgets. Whereas some countries already adopted national climate strategies targeting at a net-zero healthcare other governments still struggle with finding appropriate pathways. This is not surprising as, on […]</p> <p><a class="btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link" href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2024/12/11/do-ecological-preferences-belong-to-patient-autonomy-the-answer-is-yes/">Read More…</a></p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Do ecological preferences belong to patient autonomy? The answer is yes' data-link='https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2024/12/11/do-ecological-preferences-belong-to-patient-autonomy-the-answer-is-yes/' data-app-id-name='category_below_content'></div> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/category/autonomy/" rel="category tag">Autonomy</a>, <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/category/clinical-ethics/" rel="category tag">clinical ethics</a>, <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/category/environmental-ethics/" rel="category tag">Environmental ethics</a></span><span class="comments-link"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2024/12/11/do-ecological-preferences-belong-to-patient-autonomy-the-answer-is-yes/#respond"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="4607 https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/?p=4607">Leave a comment</span></a></span> </footer> </article> <article class="post-4606 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-clinical-ethics category-consultation" id="post-4606"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2024/12/08/clinical-ethics-looking-backwards-thinking-forwards/" rel="bookmark">Clinical ethics: looking backwards, thinking forwards</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">Posted on <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2024/12/08/clinical-ethics-looking-backwards-thinking-forwards/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-12-08T04:08:35+01:00">December 8, 2024</time></a></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Clinical ethics: looking backwards, thinking forwards' data-link='https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2024/12/08/clinical-ethics-looking-backwards-thinking-forwards/' data-app-id-name='category_above_content'></div><p>By R Mohindra, S Louw Our paper is primarily an audit of the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals Clinical Ethics Advisory Group (CEAG). But it has several threads including: The nature of the workflow for the clinical ethics committee including volume and complexity over time; The impact of the relatively recent changes, including principles of approach, […]</p> <p><a class="btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link" href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2024/12/08/clinical-ethics-looking-backwards-thinking-forwards/">Read More…</a></p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Clinical ethics: looking backwards, thinking forwards' data-link='https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2024/12/08/clinical-ethics-looking-backwards-thinking-forwards/' data-app-id-name='category_below_content'></div> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/category/clinical-ethics/" rel="category tag">clinical ethics</a>, <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/category/consultation/" rel="category tag">Consultation</a></span><span class="comments-link"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2024/12/08/clinical-ethics-looking-backwards-thinking-forwards/#respond"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="4606 https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/?p=4606">Leave a comment</span></a></span> </footer> </article> <article class="post-4583 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-clinical-ethics category-consultation" id="post-4583"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2024/07/10/making-visible-the-invisible-elements-of-clinical-ethics-consultation/" rel="bookmark">Making visible the invisible elements of clinical ethics consultation</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">Posted on <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2024/07/10/making-visible-the-invisible-elements-of-clinical-ethics-consultation/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-07-10T13:01:36+01:00">July 10, 2024</time></a></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Making visible the invisible elements of clinical ethics consultation' data-link='https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2024/07/10/making-visible-the-invisible-elements-of-clinical-ethics-consultation/' data-app-id-name='category_above_content'></div><p>By Clare Delany, Sharon Feldman, Barbara Kameniar, and Lynn Gillam. In our article, ‘Making clinical ethics facilitation visible and accessible: Seven steps of the Critical Dialogue method of Ethics Consultation’, we detail our method of clinical ethics facilitation, broken down into seven steps. 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After the tragic death of thirteen-year-old Martha Mills in the UK, Martha’s mother Merope Mills said that she was told to “’Trust the doctors’… It turned out to be the worst advice I will receive in my whole life”. Martha had developed sepsis from an abdominal injury. 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The idea for our paper, Caring as the Unacknowledged Matrix of Evidence-Based Nursing, germinated in a philosophy of medicine graduate class that Brian was teaching and Victoria was attending. 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The authority of clinicians is underpinned by a responsibility to ensure that all treatment decisions are made at the intersection of evidence, law and ethics. We hear a lot in the public square about the science and practice of evidence-gathering, much of it unrealisable. And occasionally the law gets a look-in. 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