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Editorial:

Simona Giordano

Should we force the obese to diet?
J Med Ethics 2008; 34: 319. doi:10.1136/jme.2007.023598 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical ethics:

D S Silva, J L Gibson, R Sibbald, E Connolly, and P A Singer

Clinical ethicists’ perspectives on organisational ethics in healthcare organisations
J Med Ethics 2008; 34: 320-323. doi:10.1136/jme.2007.020891 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M P Tomassi

Mexican heroism
J Med Ethics 2008; 34: 324. doi:10.1136/jme.2007.020495 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R Peleg

Is truth a supreme value?
J Med Ethics 2008; 34: 325-326. doi:10.1136/jme.2007.022384 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

B J Zikmund-Fisher, H P Lacey, and A Fagerlin

The potential impact of decision role and patient age on end-of-life treatment decision making
J Med Ethics 2008; 34: 327-331. doi:10.1136/jme.2007.021279 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P Nortvedt, R Pedersen, K H Grøthe, M Nordhaug, M Kirkevold, Å Slettebø, B S Brinchmann, and B Andersen

Clinical prioritisations of healthcare for the aged—professional roles
J Med Ethics 2008; 34: 332-335. doi:10.1136/jme.2007.020693 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C-H Huang, W-Y Hu, T-Y Chiu, and C-Y Chen

The practicalities of terminally ill patients signing their own DNR orders—a study in Taiwan
J Med Ethics 2008; 34: 336-340. doi:10.1136/jme.2007.020735 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S D Edwards

The Ashley treatment: a step too far, or not far enough?
J Med Ethics 2008; 34: 341-343. doi:10.1136/jme.2007.020743 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A T Barnett, I Crandon, J F Lindo, G Gordon-Strachan, D Robinson, and D Ranglin

An assessment of the process of informed consent at the University Hospital of the West Indies
J Med Ethics 2008; 34: 344-347. doi:10.1136/jme.2007.020388 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

F Asghari, A Mirzazadeh, and A Fotouhi

Patients’ preferences for receiving clinical information and participating in decision-making in Iran
J Med Ethics 2008; 34: 348-352. doi:10.1136/jme.2007.021873 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J Wilson

To what extent should older patients be included in decisions regarding their resuscitation status?
J Med Ethics 2008; 34: 353-356. doi:10.1136/jme.2007.022681 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

L Williamson

The quality of bioethics debate: implications for clinical ethics committees
J Med Ethics 2008; 34: 357-360. doi:10.1136/jme.2007.021634 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ethics:

A W Cappelen, O F Norheim, and B Tungodden

Genomics and equal opportunity ethics
J Med Ethics 2008; 34: 361-364. doi:10.1136/jme.2007.021162 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A I Padela, H Shanawani, J Greenlaw, H Hamid, M Aktas, and N Chin

The perceived role of Islam in immigrant Muslim medical practice within the USA: an exploratory qualitative study
J Med Ethics 2008; 34: 365-369. doi:10.1136/jme.2007.021345 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Genetics:

P Borry, L Stultiens, T Goffin, H Nys, and K Dierickx

Minors and informed consent in carrier testing: a survey of European clinical geneticists
J Med Ethics 2008; 34: 370-374. doi:10.1136/jme.2007.021717 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Global medical ethics:

S Shah and T Wu

The medical student global health experience: professionalism and ethical implications
J Med Ethics 2008; 34: 375-378. doi:10.1136/jme.2006.019265 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Y M Barilan and M Brusa

Human rights and bioethics
J Med Ethics 2008; 34: 379-383. doi:10.1136/jme.2007.020859 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Law, ethics and medicine:

S Erer, E Atici, and A D Erdemir

The views of cancer patients on patient rights in the context of information and autonomy
J Med Ethics 2008; 34: 384-388. doi:10.1136/jme.2007.020750 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Research ethics:

A Wertheimer and F G Miller

Payment for research participation: a coercive offer?
J Med Ethics 2008; 34: 389-392. doi:10.1136/jme.2007.021857 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A Arshad and P D Arkwright

Status of healthcare studies submitted to UK research ethics committees for approval in 2004–5
J Med Ethics 2008; 34: 393-395. doi:10.1136/jme.2007.020545 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Teaching and learning ethics:

H V McLachlan

The religious beliefs of students and the teaching of medical ethics: a comment on Brassington
J Med Ethics 2008; 34: 396-398. doi:10.1136/jme.2007.021121 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M Svantesson, R Löfmark, H Thorsén, K Kallenberg, and G Ahlström

Learning a way through ethical problems: Swedish nurses’ and doctors’ experiences from one model of ethics rounds
J Med Ethics 2008; 34: 399-406. doi:10.1136/jme.2006.019810 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M Svantesson, A Anderzén-Carlsson, H Thorsén, K Kallenberg, and G Ahlström

Interprofessional ethics rounds concerning dialysis patients: staff’s ethical reflections before and after rounds
J Med Ethics 2008; 34: 407-413. doi:10.1136/jme.2007.023572 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

PostScript:

B C Heng

Should fertility doctors and clinical embryologists be involved in the recruitment, counselling and reimbursement of egg donors?
J Med Ethics 2008; 34: 414. doi:10.1136/jme.2007.021733 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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