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  1. Present and future.Jennifer Blumenthal-Barby - 2021 - Journal of Medical Ethics 47 (6):361-361.
    As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, this June 2021 issue of the JME contains several articles addressing pandemic-related ethical issues, including, discrimination against persons with disabilities,1 collective moral resilience,2 and stress in medical students due to COVID-19.3 It also contains a critical appraisal of the most recent WHO guidance document on the management of ethical issues during an infectious disease outbreak.4 This June issue of JME also addresses several important clinical ethics issues: covert administration of medication in food,5 educational pelvic (...)
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  • Surrogate uncertainty: who decides?Dominic Wilkinson - 2022 - Journal of Medical Ethics 48 (5):295-296.
    In the case that triggered this round-table discussion there are three separate factors that contribute to moral uncertainty.1 First, the infant, baby T, is extremely premature with suspected brain injury and potentially poor prognosis. Second, the gestational mother is critically unwell herself and her outlook is guarded. Third, as linked commentaries make clear, the legal status of the intended parents is complex and ambiguous.2 3 Any of these factors on their own would be enough to generate ethical complexity and distress (...)
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  • Meta-surrogate decision making and artificial intelligence.Brian D. Earp - 2022 - Journal of Medical Ethics 48 (5):287-289.
    How shall we decide for others who cannot decide for themselves? And who—or what, in the case of artificial intelligence — should make the decision? The present issue of the journal tackles several interrelated topics, many of them having to do with surrogate decision making. For example, the feature article by Jardas et al 1 explores the potential use of artificial intelligence to predict incapacitated patients’ likely treatment preferences based on their sociodemographic characteristics, raising questions about the means by which (...)
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