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Papers

Law, ethics and medicine

• Paper: A fair share for the orphans: ethical guidelines for a fair distribution of resources within the bounds of the 10-year-old European Orphan Drug Regulation (24 September, 2011)

  Wim Pinxten, Yvonne Denier, Marc Dooms, Jean-Jacques Cassiman, Kris Dierickx

Clinical ethics

• Paper: Egg freezing for non-medical uses: the lack of a relational approach to autonomy in the new Israeli policy and in academic discussion (1 October, 2011)

  Shiri Shkedi-Rafid, Yael Hashiloni-Dolev

Justice

• Paper: How to avoid unfair discrimination against disabled patients in healthcare resource allocation (3 December, 2011)

  Sean Sinclair

Genetics

• Paper: Challenges of genetic testing in adolescents with cardiac arrhythmia syndromes (27 September, 2011)

  Lilian Liou Cohen, Marina Stolerman, Christine Walsh, David Wasserman, Siobhan M Dolan

Teaching and learning ethics

• Paper: Is medical students' moral orientation changeable after preclinical medical education? (24 September, 2011)

  Chaou-Shune Lin, Kuo-Inn Tsou, Shu-Ling Cho, Ming-Shium Hsieh, Hsi-Chin Wu, Chyi-Her Lin
• Paper: The role of the principle of double effect in ethics education at US medical schools and its potential impact on pain management at the end of life (24 September, 2011)

  Robert Macauley