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Papers

Theoretical ethics

• Paper: Fear of a female planet: how John Harris came to endorse eugenic social engineering (14 December, 2011)

  Robert Sparrow
• Brief abstract: Sparrow's song revisited (14 December, 2011)

  John Harris

Clinical ethics

• Paper: Innovative surgery: the ethical challenges (14 December, 2011)

  Jane Johnson, Wendy Rogers
• Paper: A clear case for conscience in healthcare practice (14 December, 2011)

  Giles Birchley

Law, ethics and medicine

• Paper: When should conscientious objection be accepted? (14 December, 2011)

  Morten Magelssen
• Paper: Conscientious objection in medical students: a questionnaire survey (14 December, 2011) Free

  Sophie LM Strickland
• Paper: The Israeli abortion committees' process of decision making: an ethical analysis (14 December, 2011)

  Nitzan Rimon-Zarfaty, Alan Jotkowitz
• Paper: Privacy, confidentiality and abortion statistics: a question of public interest? (14 December, 2011)

  Jean V McHale, June Jones
• Paper: Do guidelines on euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide in Dutch hospitals and nursing homes reflect the law? A content analysis (14 December, 2011)

  B A M Hesselink, B D Onwuteaka-Philipsen, A J G M Janssen, H M Buiting, M Kollau, J A C Rietjens, H R W Pasman

Research ethics

• Paper: Abortion decisions as inclusion and exclusion criteria in research involving pregnant women and fetuses (14 December, 2011)

  Carson Strong
• Paper: What does ‘respect for persons’ require? Attitudes and reported practices of genetics researchers in informing research participants about research (14 December, 2011)

  Fiona Alice Miller, Robin Zoe Hayeems, Li Li, Jessica Peace Bytautas
• Essay: Research and complicity: the case of Julius Hallervorden (14 December, 2011)

  Franklin G Miller
• Brief Report: Diagnostic misconceptions? A closer look at clinical research on Alzheimer's disease (14 December, 2011)

  Lara K Kutschenko

Teaching and learning ethics

• Paper: Towards a specific approach to education in dental ethics: a proposal for organising the topics of biomedical ethics for dental education (14 December, 2011)

  Sefik Gorkey, Tolga Guven, Gurkan Sert