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Papers

Reproductive ethics

• Paper: Survey of physicians' approach to severe fetal anomalies (19 January, 2012)

  Cara C Heuser, Alexandra G Eller, Janice L Byrne
• Paper: Terminating pregnancy after prenatal diagnosis—with a little help of professional ethics? (21 April, 2012)

  Dagmar Schmitz

Clinical ethics

• Paper: What do we really know about the deliberate use of placebos in clinical practice? (19 February, 2012)

  Pekka Louhiala
• Paper: The burden of normality: from ‘chronically ill’ to ‘symptom free’. New ethical challenges for deep brain stimulation postoperative treatment (19 March, 2012)

  Frederic Gilbert

Research ethics

• Paper: Terminating clinical trials without sufficient subjects (28 February, 2012)

  Lianne Damen, Frans van Agt, Theo de Boo, Frans Huysmans
• Paper: Individual genetic and genomic research results and the tradition of informed consent: exploring US review board guidance (23 February, 2012)

  Christian Simon, Laura A Shinkunas, Debra Brandt, Janet K Williams
• Paper: Is there an objective way to compare research risks? (25 February, 2012)

  John Rossi, Robert M Nelson

Global medical ethics

• Paper: Ethical approval in developing countries is not optional (16 February, 2012)

  Edwin R van Teijlingen, Padam P Simkhada
• Paper: Mahātmā Gandhi's view on euthanasia and assisted suicide (28 February, 2012)

  Joris Gielen