The dark history of medical illustrations and the question of consent

Historical anatomy textbooks are built on the bodies of prisoners, the poor and the powerless – and we’re still using them ...
News Medical

What is Informed Consent?

Informed consent represents one of the most important ethical aspects of clinical treatments and scientific research involving humans. This article will discuss the key elements of informed consent ...
Pulse Today

Government poised to allow GP patient data access beyond ‘pandemic only’ scope

Exclusive: The Government is preparing to imminently expand rules allowing research access to patient data held by GPs.
UK Human Rights Blog

Physician and Anaesthetic Associates: Delegation, Informed Consent, and Montgomery in the Administrative Court

In R (Anaesthetists United Ltd and Others) v General Medical Council [2025] EWHC 2270 (Admin) (“Anaesthetists United”), Mrs Justice Lambert dismissed a judicial review claim brought by the claimants ...

Lack of antidotes adds to ethical dilemmas for UK COVID-19 challenge trials

UK scientists seeking approval to deliberately infect healthy people with COVID-19 in trials must first convince ethics specialists that, among other things, they have potential "rescue therapies" or ...
The Conversation

‘Conversion therapy’: UK government kicks ban down the road – and there’s a major problem with what’s been proposed so far

Ilias Trispiotis does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...
Business Insider

Why a UK ruling on gender-affirming care for kids could impact youth in the US, threatening access to treatment

The UK High Court ruled transgender children under the age of 16 are "unlikely to be able to give informed consent" to receive gender-affirming treatments such as puberty blockers and hormone ...