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A charitable organisation dedicated to improving, supporting and promoting education and debate in medical ethics. Co-owner of the JME and MH Journals.

 United Kingdom
instituteofmedicalethics.org/website/
Joined July 2011
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Three moral logics in responding to adverse events in healthcare bit.ly/3T0rqup

Three moral logics in responding to adverse events in healthcare - Journal of Medical Ethics blog

By Laura Hartman Unintended and unwanted outcomes are an inevitable part of healthcare. When something goes wrong, organisations face difficult questions: How should they respond? How can they do...

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Stopping eating and drinking at the end of life: lawful, ethical, and sometimes best bit.ly/4ADO2Sj

Stopping eating and drinking at the end of life: lawful, ethical, and sometimes best - Journal of...

By Marco Annoni In a recent forum commentary, Helen Watt levels substantial criticism at the 2026 guidance published by the British Medical Association (BMA) on voluntarily stopping eating and...

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📢 Registration is now open! Join Prof Peter Singer for “Ethical Expertise: Can You Develop It?” 🗓 9 Sep 2026, 12–1pm 📍 Shaw Foundation Alumni House, NUS Register: medicine.nus.edu.sg/cbme/eth… #Bioethics #NUSMedicine
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Patients have been left in limbo as all scheduled gender affirming surgeries in Wales have been paused and new referrals halted pending an investigation bmj.com/content/394/bmj-2026…

Wales suspends all gender affirming surgery amid review into high referral rates

Patients have been left in limbo as all scheduled gender affirming surgeries in Wales have been paused and new referrals halted pending an investigation.1 The Welsh Gender Service announced that it...

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British Columbia’s mental health law needs to carry its history forward bit.ly/3Sxe8Fb

British Columbia’s mental health law needs to carry its history forward - Journal of Medical Ethics...

By Austin Lam On July 28, 2026, Justice Lauren Blake of the British Columbia (BC) Supreme Court ruled, in Council of Canadians with Disabilities v. British Columbia, that BC’s scheme for forcing...

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Donald Trump signed an executive order this week that will require the MMR vaccine to be delivered in separate doses. US policies are making a resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases inevitable, write @correia_tiag and colleagues bmj.com/content/394/bmj-2026…

US policies are making a resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases inevitable

The US administration’s vaccine scepticism is weakening vaccine confidence, write Tiago Correia, Martin McKee, and Gregg Gonsalves After being prompted in an interview on 2 August, US health secret...

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PGBC is now open for registration!! There are limited spaces left. Deadline 9am on Monday 16th August! It’s FREE - including accomodation and an evening social (We require a £60 refundable deposit to secure your place) Link to register: ime.datawareonline.co.uk/Eve… #bioethics
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The Court of Appeal has ruled that the General Medical Council does not owe a duty of care to doctors during investigations of their fitness to practise bmj.com/content/394/bmj-2026…

GMC does not owe “duty of care” to doctors it investigates, court rules

The Court of Appeal has ruled that the General Medical Council does not owe a duty of care to doctors during investigations of their fitness to practise. The highest court in England and Wales...

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We're looking for a Research Fellow to join us at CBmE, NUS! This is an opportunity to work alongside an international team on innovative research with real-world impact. careers.nus.edu.sg/job/Resea…
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⭐️Getting rights right: implementing ‘Martha’s Rule’⭐️ New @JME_BMJ paper with @M_S_Graham @mark_sheehan_ox @IsabelJHanson @michaelethox @Pete_Young_ @James_the_hart @SapfoLignou argues for an approach that focuses on the obligations of the health system. jme.bmj.com/content/early/20…
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🎉Excited 🎉 to share the publication of another paper written during my PhD, co-authored with @A_Albertsen In this paper, we explore whether pandemic policies disadvantaging the unvaccinated count as wrongful discrimination. Read it here: jme.bmj.com/content/early/20…

No jab, no access? Is differential treatment based on vaccination (wrongfully) discriminatory?

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries introduced policies that disadvantaged unvaccinated individuals, including fines, restrictions on access to public spaces, and lower healthcare priority....

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📜 From the blog: Whose permission counts? Rethinking abortion access through the lens of authorization By Shizuko Takahashi Read here: bit.ly/4frnHgz

Whose permission counts? Rethinking abortion access through the lens of authorization - Journal of...

By Shizuko Takahashi A law permits abortion. A court has ruled, or a legislature has voted. Legality appears settled. But for the pregnant person in front of a clinician, legality is often not...

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🚨CALL FOR COMMENTARY @ JME 🚨 Normalising transparency: an argument for requiring generative AI use declarations in all manuscripts 🔗 bit.ly/3Td2UFM
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SAVE THE DATE: PET Annual Conference in London on Wed 9 December 2026. Registration opening soon Email [email protected] to register your interest in attending. #fertility #infertility #assistedconception #Genomics #PETconf26 #AITools #automation #Bioethics #genetics
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'Medicine, Meaning & Metaphor' We have calls for papers in your research area. Find out more: bit.ly/4uTeq7z
Medical Humanities announcement featuring a topic collection titled "Medicine, Meaning & Metaphor." Submission deadline is 27th October 2026. Includes a button labeled "Submit your research" with orange accents.

ALT Medical Humanities announcement featuring a topic collection titled "Medicine, Meaning & Metaphor." Submission deadline is 27th October 2026. Includes a button labeled "Submit your research" with orange accents.

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📜 From the blog: What kind of world does AI bring into being? by @faridpakistani bit.ly/4vuB7ii
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There are two weeks to go until the call for abstracts for #PGBC2026 is closes!! Join us at the University of Warwick from the 7-8th of September! Here’s the link to submit, submissions close on the 31st May! Let us know if you have any questions! ime.datawareonline.co.uk/Use…
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🚨 New Special Issue of Journal of Medical Ethics bit.ly/4tvkqBW Read the free editorial led by Shalom Chalson: How Smarter Systems Lead to Tougher Judgements: bit.ly/4eywdeQ

Journal of Medical Ethics: 52 (e1)

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So excited to announce that the call for abstracts for #PGBC2026 is open!! Join us at the University of Warwick from the 7-8th of September! Here’s the link to submit, submissions close on the 31st May! ime.datawareonline.co.uk/Abs… #bioethics #medicalethics
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Prof Caesar Atuire Virtual Seminar: Developing World bioethics: Articulating the sources for an African normative framework of healthcare: Ghana as a case study 📅 Wednesday 13th May ⏲️ 5:30-6:30pm For more Information and to Book: lnkd.in/dguRCRRe
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