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Papers

Clinical ethics

• Paper: Neurotrauma and the rule of rescue (24 September, 2011) Free

  S Honeybul, G R Gillett, K M Ho, C R P Lind
• Paper: Obstetrician-gynaecologists' opinions about conscientious refusal of a request for abortion: results from a national vignette experiment (13 June, 2011)

  Kenneth A Rasinski, John D Yoon, Youssef G Kalad, Farr A Curlin
• Paper: Working together. An interdisciplinary approach to dying patients in a palliative care unit (24 September, 2011)

  Aurora Minetti
• Paper: Death and legal fictions (2 August, 2011)

  Seema K Shah, Robert D Truog, Franklin G Miller
• Paper: Senior doctors' opinions of rational suicide (27 September, 2011)

  Stephen Ginn, Annabel Price, Lauren Rayner, Gareth S Owen, Richard D Hayes, Matthew Hotopf, William Lee
• Paper: ‘Unbearable suffering’: a qualitative study on the perspectives of patients who request assistance in dying (24 September, 2011)

  Marianne K Dees, Myrra J Vernooij-Dassen, Wim J Dekkers, Kris C Vissers, Chris van Weel
• Paper: On triparenting. Is having three committed parents better than having only two? (9 August, 2011)

  Daniela Cutas
• Paper: A fair trial? Assessment of liver transplant candidates with psychiatric illnesses (24 September, 2011)

  Lisa Cherkassky

Law, ethics and medicine

• Paper: Where's Waldo? The ‘decapitation gambit’ and the definition of death (11 October, 2011)

  John P Lizza
• Paper: Lost property? Legal compensation for destroyed sperm: a reflection and comparison drawing on UK and French perspectives (13 June, 2011)

  Sean Cordell, Florence Bellivier, Heather Widdows, Christine Noiville

Research ethics

• Paper: Ethical practice in internet research involving vulnerable people: lessons from a self-harm discussion forum study (SharpTalk) (24 September, 2011)

  Siobhan Sharkey, Ray Jones, Janet Smithson, Elaine Hewis, Tobit Emmens, Tamsin Ford, Christabel Owens
• Paper: Using human tissue: when do we need consent? (25 August, 2011)

  Lisa Parker
• Paper: Post-trial period surveillance for randomised controlled cardiovascular studies: submitted protocols, consent forms and the role of the ethics board (23 June, 2011)

  Mohammad I Zia, Ronald Heslegrave, Gary E Newton