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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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'The medical student response to the Covid-19 pandemic' IME Essay Competition
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Bi-Weekly Round Up: 7th September 2021
It would be remiss to not highlight the ethical arguments and issues raised recently in connection with vaccinating against Covid-19, given the recent developments in the UK and changes in policy. This relates to vaccinations for children aged 12-15 years old, the introduction of vaccination passports and the mandatory vaccination condition being introduced for employees in care home and potentially a few additional settings.
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Bi-Weekly Round Up: 23rd August 2021
This week, we choose to revisit the tragic plight of Alta Fixsler and her family in attempting to make a decision regarding continuing life sustaining treatment and discuss the issues of medical futility and treatment undertaken in a child’s best interests. This case raises important ethical and moral considerations when attempting to make a decision regarding whether to continue treatment, particularly in children with severe disabilities and poor prognosis.
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Online Seminar: Sian Atkin & Guy Schofield VIDEO RECORDING
This is a recording of the online seminar that took place on 14th July 2021 featuring Sian Atkin & Guy Schofield.
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Bi-weekly Round up: 26th July 2021
This edition of our round up considers ethical matters impacting individuals across the pond; the USA. Although this edition focuses on medical ethics issues in the context of the USA, you will find the ethical considerations transcend country borders. We hope you enjoy the variety within this selection of news articles/journals!
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Bi-Weekly Round Up: 12th July 2021
This edition focuses on the ethics of 4 niche areas. At first glance, the ethical issues may not immediately be apparent, but upon delving deeper the ethical dilemmas and conflicting stances become clear.
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IME 2021 Conference ‘Maintaining trust in medicine in a “post truth” world’ VIDEO RECORDING
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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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UKCEN Conference Posters
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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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