Medical Ethics

Latest research

1. Caring for the lonely: an ethical case for social prescribing against loneliness

   • Zohar Lederman

   in Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy

   Article Open access 21 August 2026

2. To Gaslight or Connect? That Is the Question

   • William E. Rosa
   • Karen Bullock
   • Tessie W. October

   in Journal of General Internal Medicine

   Article 20 August 2026

3. Attitudes and practices regarding volunteering among medical graduates from Romania

   • Andreea Iulia Pop
   • Lucia Maria Lotrean

   in BMC Medical Education

   Article Open access 20 August 2026

4. Multimodal Temporal Modeling for Clinical AI

   • Jinjin Cai
   • Ruiqi Wang
   • Baijian Yang

   Book 2026

   

5. Choosing how to decide: empowering patients for shared decision-making in end-of-life care

   • Nicholas Abernethy

   in Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy

   Article Open access 18 August 2026

6. Strafrechtsrisiko Patientenbehandlung – Dokumentations- und Aufklärungspflichten

   • Katrin Frank

   in best practice onkologie

   Article 17 August 2026

   

7. Medical AI and Human Dignity: A Catholic Normative Ethical Framework in Light of Magnifica Humanitas

   • Anton Heinrich L. Rennesland
   • Joshua Cedric Aquino Gundayao

   in Journal of Religion and Health

   Article 14 August 2026

8. Resource allocation decisions faced by health care providers during the COVID-19 pandemic in a community intensive care unit in Ontario, Canada: a qualitative study

   • Alison Scholes
   • Monica Molinaro
   • Meredith Vanstone

   in Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie

   Article 14 August 2026

   

9. Conversation inspires book on ethical governance of AI

   in British Dental Journal

   Article 14 August 2026

   

10. Übergriffiges Verhalten im Gesundheitswesen

    • Christoph Barkewitz

    in Orthopädie & Rheuma

    Article 13 August 2026

11. Behandlungsfehler, Aufklärung, Dokumentation: was vor Gericht zählt

    • Cecilia Weber

    in Orthopädie & Rheuma

    Article 13 August 2026

12. Police Patrol Officers’ Ethical Competence in Encounters with Individuals Experiencing Severe Mental Ill Health: A Deductive Study

    • Hillewi Carnesten
    • Mats Holmberg
    • Ewa Andersson

    in Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology

    Article Open access 12 August 2026

13. Protecting those who protect us: the ethics of Ebola post-exposure trials

    • Tom  Fletcher
    • William Fischer
    • Gary  Kobinger

    in Nature Africa

    Article 12 August 2026

    

14. Follow-up investigation of ethics approvals and regulatory compliance in publications from the IHU-Mi

    • Fabrice Frank
    • Elisabeth M. Bik
    • Lonni Besançon

    in Research Integrity and Peer Review

    Article Open access 12 August 2026

    

15. Healing Without Certainty: The Ethical Significance of Uncertainty in Israeli Medicine in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

    • Rotem Waitzman

    in HEC Forum

    Article 12 August 2026

16. A War of All Against All? Futility, Value Impositions, and Professional Norms

    • Samuel Berendes

    in HEC Forum

    Article Open access 12 August 2026

    

17. Safe and Integrated Practices in Rhinoplasty: A Contemporary Perspective on Function, Aesthetics, and Patient Safety

    • Geraldo Andrade Capuchinho-Júnior
    • André Cervantes
    • Sylvie Poignonec

    in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

    Article 11 August 2026

18. AI ethics practices in Swiss health organisations

    • Heidi Lee
    • Sara Kijewski
    • Effy Vayena

    in AI and Ethics

    Article Open access 10 August 2026

    

19. Übergriffiges Verhalten im Gesundheitswesen

    • Christoph Barkewitz

    in Pädiatrie hands-on

    Article 10 August 2026

    

20. Building Intergenerational Bridges: Establishing a New Understanding of Medical Professionalism

    • Michelle Silver
    • Melissa Spiel
    • Celeste Royce

    in Medical Science Educator

    Article 10 August 2026

    

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