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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...

Recent work has highlighted the importance of the concept of solidarity with bioethics and social philosophy in general. But can and should it appear in documents such as the Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights as more than a vague concept with...

Perhaps the greatest challenge for bioethics is to rehabilitate the way we view ethical dilemmas in medicine. Restoring such problems to their full social complexity is our best vaccine against ignoring a large part of the human race....

Neuroscience research has become a national priority for the Korean government. Korean scholars are interested in the social implications of neurotechnology; Neuroethics is an integral part of the Korea Brain Initiative and the formation of its growing community of...

The principle of respect for human dignity plays a key role in emerging global norms on bioethics, in particular the UNESCO Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights. This instrument, which is a legal document and not just a...

This report reviews developments in addiction neuroscience and explores how these may affect the way in which drug problems are perceived and treated, and considers ethical issues relevant to drug policy in Europe....

Bioethics and human rights emerged in the aftermath of the Holocaust, when moral outrage re-energised the outdated concepts of 'medical ethics' and 'natural rights', rebranding them as 'bioethics' and 'human rights' to give them a new purpose. Originally, the principles of bioethics ...

The global reproductive justice community has turned its attention to the abuse and disrespect that many women face during facility-based births. In 2014, the World Health Organisation issued a statement on the issue, supported by...