Why health inequality is not good enough

By Lasse Nielsen. Mildred and Meagan lead different lives. Mildred resides in an affluent and socially privileged neighbourhood, comes from a higher-middle-income household and is out of a well-educated family. Meagan, on the other hand, is from a non-educated, working-class background, out of a low-income family and lives in a much less salubrious area. What […]

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Efficiency and Education: Finding Harmony in AI-Driven Medical Notes

By Trisha Nagin Artificial Intelligence (AI) scribing technology has been praised as a revolutionary tool in modern healthcare. It can be seen as an answer to the long-standing problem of physician burnout caused by documentation. By listening in on doctor-patient conversations and generating clinical notes automatically, the technology is designed to save time, increase efficiency, […]

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Making healthcare decisions for patients with a disorder of consciousness: We have no idea what we are doing, should not pretend we do, and should prioritise their treatment

By Charles Foster In a recent article in the American Journal of Bioethics Neuroscience Clarke et al provide a welcome and sophisticated counter to much of the dogmatic literature relating to the making of healthcare decisions for a person with a disorder of consciousness (‘PDOC’). They take into account many factors that are often ignored […]

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In the best interests of the child – reporting restrictions in serious medical treatment cases

By Helen Turnham and Dominic Wilkinson Following the release of the judgment in Abbasi and Haastrup [2023] EWCA Civ 331 Abbasi and another (Respondents) v Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Appellant); Haastrup (Respondent) v King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (Appellant) – UK Supreme Court, April 2025, a ripple of conversation and concern […]

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