6 out of 555 results
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Background Paper
Identifying key developments, issues and questions relating to techniques of genome editing with engineered nucleases
01 Feb 2015
This commissioned paper discusses scientific, ethical and governance aspects of genome editing with engineered nucleases
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Naturalness and unnaturalness in contemporary bioethics: preliminary background paper
01 Feb 2015
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Funding pressures in the NHS: an ethical response
13 May 2014
This background paper provides an overview of different forms of response to funding pressures in the NHS, and seeks to identify those aspects where specifically ethical challenges may arise.
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Complementary medicine: ethics
13 May 2014
This paper looks at some of the issues raised by the use of complementary and alternative medicines in the UK.
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Sports science and medicine: ethics
13 May 2014
This paper addresses ongoing ethical challenges faced by sports science and medicine.
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Aesthetic/cosmetic procedures
07 Mar 2013
This commissioned background paper sets the growth of aesthetic or cosmetic procedures in their social, legal and medical context.