When palliative becomes curative? An ethical dilemma in end-stage heart failure treated with compassionate stem cell therapy: A case report [0.03%]
当姑息治疗变成治愈性治疗？一例难治性终末期心力衰竭接受同情性干细胞治疗的伦理困境：案例报告
Ameenathul M Fawzy,Peysh A Patel
Ameenathul M Fawzy
Compassionate stem cell therapy (CST) is a potential treatment option for patients with end-stage heart failure who have exhausted all standard options. However, CST remains experimental. Its merits in treating heart failure are still being...
Jasper Vikas
Jasper Vikas
In 2024, over 37 Lakh incidents of Dog Bites in India were reported, primarily due to stray dogs with the result that 54 persons died from rabies. Surely this is a public health crisis. The Municipality's fragile health infrastructure and i...
Symptom-only cauda equina syndrome: A medicolegal assessment of new national guidelines [0.03%]
症状性终丝综合征的医患纠纷评估国家新指南
Nicholas Todd
Nicholas Todd
National guidelines and the legal standard of care for the management of cauda equina syndrome (CES) patients in primary care have recently changed. Any patient with a history of symptoms of CES must be referred to secondary care for urgent...
Adeel Abbas Dhahri,Jelani Lewis-Knights,Kamran Hamid et al.
Adeel Abbas Dhahri et al.
Informed consent is a fundamental component of ethical and legal medical practice in the United Kingdom (UK). As COVID-19 transitions to an endemic phase, this study explores how consistently its ongoing risk is communicated during the surg...
The management of alleged abduction of girls in Dera Ghazi Khan. Pakistan in 2022 and 2023 [0.03%]
巴基斯坦德拉瓜希延2022年和2023年少女被绑架案的处理情况
Sajjad Hassan Khan Manj,John Francis Mayberry,Affifa Farrukh
Sajjad Hassan Khan Manj
Section 164 statements can be taken at any time during investigation of alleged abductions in Pakistan. The independence of such statements is open to question when they are taken in the presence of the alleged abductor. To assess the proce...
Fatal ileal perforation following umbilical granuloma excision: A medico-legal case analysis [0.03%]
肚脐炎性肉芽肿切除术后致回肠穿孔死亡1例及法医学分析
Swati Tyagi,Gokul G,Benjy Tom Varughese et al.
Swati Tyagi et al.
Umbilical granuloma (UG) is a benign and common umbilical anomaly in neonates and infants, typically managed conservatively with salt application or silver nitrate. While rarely requiring surgical intervention, complications arising from in...
Acute subdural haematoma in sudden infant death: diagnostic challenges in a low-resource setting; non-accidental injury, post-mortem or resuscitation artefact? [0.03%]
突发婴儿死亡的急性硬膜下血肿：低资源环境下的诊断挑战；非意外伤害，死后检查或复苏伪影？
Paranavidana Roshel Claude Wijenayaka,Usliyanage Clifford Priyantha Perera,Pradeep Rohan Ruwanpura
Paranavidana Roshel Claude Wijenayaka
Acute subdural haemorrhage in sudden infant death (SID) presents a forensic challenge, particularly in resource-limited settings, where distinguishing true injury from resuscitation or post-mortem artefacts is difficult. We report a case of...
Editorial for 2025 Part 4: Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board: A decade of impact on medical consent [0.03%]
二〇一五年编辑评论之四：Montgomery诉Lanarkshire卫生局案——医疗同意制度的十年影响
Eleanor Jane Turner
Eleanor Jane Turner
The impact of the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Act 2022 on birth rates amongst South Asian women in England [0.03%]
《2022年婚姻与民事伴侣关系（最低年龄）法案对英格兰南亚女性生育率的影响》
A Farrukh,J F Mayberry
A Farrukh
The Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Act 2022 made both registered and unregistered marriages of people under the age of 18 illegal in England and Wales. It came into force on 27 February 2023. This study looks at its impact on ...