Publications

This briefing note explores the ethical and social issues arising from the use of technology in mental healthcare.

This briefing note highlights the ethical issues raised by the use of medical implants and the challenges faced by regulatory bodies, manufacturers, and healthcare professionals working in this area.

Examining the current and potential applications of AI in healthcare, its limits, and the ethical issues arising from its use.

This report looks at the ethical issues raised by data use in biomedical research and health care, and sets out key ethical principles for the design and governance of data initiatives.

New developments in medical profiling and online medicine can enable people to take more responsibility for their health and give them increased choice. Our report explores the extent to which developments really are leading to healthcare becoming more personalised.

This report uses the principle of proportionality as a basis for recommendations in a number of areas including the use of the National DNA Database.

This report tackles the inequalities that exist between developed and developing countries in relation to externally sponsored research.

Proposing an ethical and legal framework for the use of human tissue in clinical and applied research.