Halal is a crucial concept for Muslim consumers regarding consumed products, including
pharmaceutical ingredients, which are essential in modern medicine. To address the issue …

Context Cultural competency is a cornerstone of patient-centered health care. Religious
doctrines may define appropriate consumption or use of certain animals and forbid use of …

Resorbable and volume-stable collagen matrices have been preferred as grafting materials
for diverse clinical applications in recent years. On the other hand, there is always an …

Abstract Rationale, Aims and Objectives Six years ago, the Supreme Court judgement in
Montgomery v Lanarkshire changed medical law. It introduced a new patient‐based …

Bleeding is a consequence of insufficient hemostasis and excessive bleeding at a surgical
site is associated with an increased risk of post-operative infection, transfusion and re …

Babylon 5, like other great sci-fi franchises, touched on important ethical questions. Two
ethical conundrums relating to the series' main characters included providing life-saving …

Respecting patient autonomy through the process of soliciting informed consent is a
cornerstone of clinical ethics. In pediatrics, until a child becomes an adult or legally …

Porcine-derived medical products represent an effective solution for a wide range of human
suffering, yet this may contradict Muslim and Jewish religious prohibitions against …

In order to obtain full informed consent for medical treatments, it is imperative to provide
patients of diverse ethnic backgrounds with all relevant information. Since the pig is …

Introduction The UK is an increasingly multicultural society. This change coincides with an
increasing use of animal products in medicine and surgery and a change in the UK law of …