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News, blogs, jobs, press articles, reports and think pieces from around the field of medical ethics, bioethics and law. This page is a mixture of news from the IME and others that we are aware of. You can filter all news by category, year and/or month in order to find exactly what you are looking for. Please contact us to get your news, blog, jobs, press articles, reports and think pieces featured here.
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Bi-Weekly Round Up: 28th June 2021
This edition explores the interaction between medicine and law and their implications in current clinical situations. Four must read articles below for those with a keen interest in medico-legal matters. Of course, the ethical ramifications are always complexly intertwined within these matters. Enjoy!
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Bi-Weekly Round Up: 14th June 2021
For this bi-weekly round up, another set of diverse and ethically contentious articles and news stories for your enjoyment.
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Bi-Weekly Round Up: 1st June 2021
For this bi-weekly round up, here are another four compelling news and journal articles exploring areas of clinical practice and ethics. The focus in this edition pertains to potentially vulnerable members of the general public; those at the extremes of age.
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Bi-Weekly Round Up: 17th May 2021
For this bi-weekly round up, here are four compelling news and journal articles exploring areas of clinical practice and ethics.
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Ethical challenges for women’s healthcare highlighted by the Covid-19 pandemic VIDEO RECORDING
A recording of the online seminar 'Ethical challenges for women's healthcare highlighted by the Covid-19 pandemic' held on 12th May2021 featuring Dr Kavita Shah Arora
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Bi-weekly Round up: 4th May 2021
As we bear witness to the ongoing devastation caused by Covid-19 worldwide, more ethical considerations and discussions are coming to the fore. For this bi-weekly round up, here are four must-read news and journal articles discussing ethical topics related to Covid-19.
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Bi-weekly Round up: 19th April 2021
For our new bi-weekly round up, here are four articles to read and digest in your spare time. Enjoy!
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Bi-weekly Round up: 5th April 2021
For our bi-weekly round up, why not catch up on five timely and thought-provoking articles. All articles eloquently convey ethical and legal arguments for particularly contentious topics, such as abortion, consenting for treatment for minors and minimising harm from vaccination schemes. Enjoy!
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Bi-weekly Round up: 22th March 2021
Four stellar thought-provoking articles to catch up on and keep you engaged with current bioethical issues and to ultimately intellectually stimulate and challenge.
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IME Student 2021 Conference competition winners
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Nuffield Council on Bioethics- ‘What’s on the horizon for Bioethics?’ Infographic
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Reflecting on the year 2020
2020, what a year! Although I imagine many will be happy to see the end of this year due to the ongoing phenomenal impact of Covid-19, a lot has occurred in the realms of medical ethics and law. As we move into the new year, it is interesting to reflect on the year we are leaving behind. Below exemplifies important cases and changes that have occurred in 2020 that have forever impacted the ethics and legal aspects of medicine. This is by no means an exhaustive list.
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