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Ethical analysis of “traumatic shaking”

The Swedish National Council on Medical Ethics has conducted an ethical analysis of ‘traumatic shaking’ with reference to the report on the subject by The Swedish Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Assessment of Social Services. Read the opinion from the Swedish national council on medical ethics.

Symposium in October on hard choices, QALYs and ethics

The seminar will address questions regarding how much – and why – we are prepared to pay to prolong or improve somebody’s life. To answer these questions we are not only dependent on the economic resources or on the technical development within a society. We also need to consider different underlying ethical values and aspects that are at issue.

Smer comments: Citizen participation

Recent years' breaktrough in medicine and new digital techniques has provided new possibilities for individuals to engage in medical research and health care – as patients, research subjects, consumers or citizens. The Swedish Council has published a comment on the subject citizen participation.

Conference in September on illegal and spurious medicines

Smer is together with Lund University arranging the conference: Illegal and spurious medicines – a danger to public and personal health. The purpose of the conference is to highlight the trade with illegal medicines and discuss it from a global, national and ethical perspective.

ADHD – ethical challenges

The report 'ADHD – ethical challenges' highlights ethical issues that have specifically arisen in connection with the significant increase in recent years in the number of children and adults diagnosed with ADHD.

Opinion on fixed compensation to egg donors

The Swedish National Council on Medical Ethics sees ethical risks in using fixed compensation to egg donors. With high fixed sums some donors might have economic reasons instead of altruistic.