Ethics briefing

Article | MICHAUX, Natalie | Journal of medical ethics | n°5 | vol.51

Spanish regulation of euthanasia and physicia...

Article | VELASCO SANZ, Tamara Raquel | Journal of medical ethics | n°1 | vol.49

In March 2021, the Spanish Congress approved the law regulating euthanasia, that regulates both euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide (PAS). In this article, we analyse the Spanish law regulating euthanasia and PAS, comparing ...

Expanded terminal sedation : dangerous waters

Article | RIISFELDT, Thomas David | Journal of medical ethics | n°4 | vol.49

Gilbertson et al should be commended for their insightful exploration of expanded terminal sedation (ETS)1; however, there are a number of concerns that I will address in this response. I will first better characterise the current...

Suffering, existential distress and temporali...

Article | EMMERICH, Nathan | Journal of medical ethics | n°4 | vol.49

While there is a great deal to agree with in the essay Expanded Terminal Sedation in End-of-Life Care there is, we think, a need to more fully appreciate the humanistic side of both palliative and end-of-life care. Not only does t...

Practising what we preach : clinical ethicist...

Article | WASSERMAN, Jason Adam | Journal of medical ethics | n°2 | vol.48

The field of clinical bioethics strongly advocates for the use of advance directives to promote patient autonomy, particularly at the end of life. This paper reports a study of clinical bioethicists' perceptions of the professiona...