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The concept of human dignity plays an important role in the public discussion of ethical issues concerning modern medicine and biology. At the same time, there is widespread scepticism about the possibility of defining the content and claims of human dignity. The article goes as far as ...

Indeed, there is a growing need for neuroethics and neuroscience to work together to better identify and analyse the ethical issues that arise in brain research. Equally important, however, is their collaboration in providing the necessary conceptual...

Autonomy is considered a fundamental principle of the doctor-patient relationship: in general, people have the right to be treated according to their informed preferences and wishes. However, there are situations related to cognitive disorders where it is no longer clear whether the patient...

The conceptual synergies arising from the integration of these domains are significant, although insufficiently explored, and are best seen through their application to specific health policy domains. ECD represents a particularly relevant case study: it is characterised by...

According to a well-known distinction, neuroethics includes the neuroscience of ethics and the ethics of neuroscience. In neuroethics, these two parts have given rise to separate lines of enquiry, and there has been no discussion of how the two parts overlap. In this article, the author attempts to relate ...

This article discusses international human rights instruments that set minimum standards for the content and application of mental health legislation. The article considers the extent to which the various instruments impose both 'negative obligations' ...

Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) is an important ethical, legal and policy theme of the European Commission. Although it is variously defined, it is generally understood as an interactive process that involves researchers and innovators having to respond to each other's...

The concept of human dignity is increasingly invoked in the bioethics debate, as well as in international instruments on biotechnology and biomedicine. While some commentators believe that invoking human dignity is something ...

The authors of this article analyse and evaluate the Universal Draft Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights published by UNESCO. They argue that the Draft has two main weaknesses. It unnecessarily limits the scope of bioethics to the life sciences and their practical applications and does not...

The term neuroethics describes a field of bioethics that deals with dilemmas arising from developments in neuroscience. Why are we so sensitive to the considerations of neuroethics? Because it involves the brain, the organ responsible for our perception, our thoughts and our conscience. Since 2002...

In Neuroethics at 15: The Current and Future Environment for Neuroethics, the Emerging Issues Task Force provides an overview of current and future neuroethics topics and foreseeable challenges facing the field. The authors note,...

Two new fields of research on ethical issues in medicine have emerged in recent decades. These are the fields of bioethics, health and human rights. In this critical review of these fields, the author argues that bioethics, in part because it has been so...

The major medical/scientific research project of the last two decades is the human genome project and its suggested clinical applications. The project can be successfully formulated as a quest to cure diseases, especially cancer, and even to opp...

Recent advances in biomedicine that make use of machine learning have shown promising results in identifying psychosis by automatically analysing speech and social media usage patterns, Indeed, in a few years' time, such artificial methods...

Decisions about end-of-life care and participation in clinical trials of patients with disorders of consciousness begin with diagnostic discernment. Careful differentiation between brain conditions clarifies the ethical duties and responsibilities of physicians. A key element...