In healthcare, the patient’s autonomy has risen to an almost unassailable tenet. Patients now have power over their own healthcare management, supported by a strong presumption of autonomy.…
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By Annie Sorbie Few can have missed media reports of the actions of Ian Stuart Paterson, the former breast surgeon who faced criminal charges on…
Leave a CommentBy Shawn Harmon Answers Too Easily Attained?One of the fundamental questions that is asked through the field of ethics is: ‘How should we live?’ This…
Leave a CommentBy Scott Clair3rd Year Undergraduate LLB Student, University of EdinburghThe decision of the Welsh Assembly to introduce a new ‘opt-out’ system for organ donation is…
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