Volume 25; 2024

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A QALY is [still] a QALY is [still] a QALY?: Evaluating proportional shortfall as the answer to the problem of equity in healthcare allocations

Hamideh Mahdiani, Nikolai Münch, Norbert W. Paul

BMC Med Ethics. 2024; 25: 35. Published online 2024 Mar 23. doi: 10.1186/s12910-024-01036-w

PMCID:: PMC10960401

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Understanding drug exceptional access programs (DEAPs) in Canada, and their associated social and political issues

Pierre-Marie David, Kayley Laura Lata, Marie-Eve Bouthillier, Jean-Christophe Bélisle-Pipon

BMC Med Ethics. 2024; 25: 37. Published online 2024 Mar 26. doi: 10.1186/s12910-024-01038-8

PMCID:: PMC10964648

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Community engagement in genetics and genomics research: a qualitative study of the perspectives of genetics and genomics researchers in Uganda

Harriet Nankya, Edward Wamala, Vincent Pius Alibu, John Barugahare

BMC Med Ethics. 2024; 25: 1. Published online 2024 Jan 2. doi: 10.1186/s12910-023-00995-w

PMCID:: PMC10763360

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Family roles in informed consent from the perspective of young Chinese doctors: a questionnaire study

Hanhui Xu, Mengci Yuan

BMC Med Ethics. 2024; 25: 2. Published online 2024 Jan 3. doi: 10.1186/s12910-023-00999-6

PMCID:: PMC10765650

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Culturally appropriate consent processes for community-driven indigenous child health research: a scoping review

Cindy Peltier, Sarah Dickson, Viviane Grandpierre, Irina Oltean, Lorrilee McGregor, Emilie Hageltorn, Nancy L. Young

BMC Med Ethics. 2024; 25: 3. Published online 2024 Jan 3. doi: 10.1186/s12910-023-00996-9

PMCID:: PMC10765721

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The Diversity Compass: a clinical ethics support instrument for dialogues on diversity in healthcare organizations

Charlotte Kröger, Bert Molewijk, Maaike Muntinga, Suzanne Metselaar

BMC Med Ethics. 2024; 25: 4. Published online 2024 Jan 3. doi: 10.1186/s12910-023-00992-z

PMCID:: PMC10765795

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A scoping review of the ethical impacts of international medical electives on local students and patient care

Magdalena Chmura, Shobhana Nagraj

BMC Med Ethics. 2024; 25: 5. Published online 2024 Jan 3. doi: 10.1186/s12910-023-00998-7

PMCID:: PMC10765728

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AI-driven decision support systems and epistemic reliance: a qualitative study on obstetricians’ and midwives’ perspectives on integrating AI-driven CTG into clinical decision making

Rachel Dlugatch, Antoniya Georgieva, Angeliki Kerasidou

BMC Med Ethics. 2024; 25: 6. Published online 2024 Jan 6. doi: 10.1186/s12910-023-00990-1

PMCID:: PMC10771643

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Towards the implementation of law n. 219/2017 on informed consent and advance directives for patients with psychiatric disorders and dementia. Physicians’ knowledge, attitudes and practices in four northern Italian health care facilities

Corinna Porteri, Giulia Ienco, Mariassunta Piccinni, Patrizio Pasqualetti

BMC Med Ethics. 2024; 25: 7. Published online 2024 Jan 6. doi: 10.1186/s12910-023-00997-8

PMCID:: PMC10771689

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Ethics rounds in the ambulance service: a qualitative evaluation

Catharina Frank, Andreas Rantala, Anders Svensson, Anders Sterner, Jessica Green, Anders Bremer, Bodil Holmberg

BMC Med Ethics. 2024; 25: 8. Published online 2024 Jan 18. doi: 10.1186/s12910-024-01002-6

PMCID:: PMC10795226

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Compliance with research ethics in epidemiological studies targeted to conflict-affected areas in Western Ethiopia: validity of informed consent (VIC) by information comprehension and voluntariness (ICV)

Gemechu Tiruneh, Mekdes Yilma, Bizuneh Wakuma, Eba Abdisa, Lami Bayisa, Michelle Nichols, Anja Bedeker, Nicki Tiffin

BMC Med Ethics. 2024; 25: 9. Published online 2024 Jan 18. doi: 10.1186/s12910-024-01003-5

PMCID:: PMC10795316

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Integrating ethics in AI development: a qualitative study

Laura Arbelaez Ossa, Giorgia Lorenzini, Stephen R. Milford, David Shaw, Bernice S. Elger, Michael Rost

BMC Med Ethics. 2024; 25: 10. Published online 2024 Jan 23. doi: 10.1186/s12910-023-01000-0

PMCID:: PMC10804710

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Questionable research practices of medical and dental faculty in Pakistan – a confession

Ayesha Fahim, Aysha Sadaf, Fahim Haider Jafari, Kashif Siddique, Ahsan Sethi

BMC Med Ethics. 2024; 25: 11. Published online 2024 Jan 31. doi: 10.1186/s12910-024-01004-4

PMCID:: PMC10829322

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Ethical dilemmas in prioritizing patients for scarce radiotherapy resources

Rebecca J. DeBoer, Anita Ho, Espérance Mutoniwase, Cam Nguyen, Grace Umutesi, Jean Bosco Bigirimana, Nicaise Nsabimana, Katherine Van Loon, Lawrence N. Shulman, Scott A. Triedman, Vincent K. Cubaka, Cyprien Shyirambere

BMC Med Ethics. 2024; 25: 12. Published online 2024 Jan 31. doi: 10.1186/s12910-024-01005-3

PMCID:: PMC10829165

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Analyzing the composition of the editorial boards in high-impact medical ethics journals: a survey study

Zhiwei Jia, Donghua Liu, Xingxuan Li, Tianlin Wen, Xiyan Zhao, Wei Li

BMC Med Ethics. 2024; 25: 13. Published online 2024 Feb 4. doi: 10.1186/s12910-024-01006-2

PMCID:: PMC10840243

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Conscientious objection and barriers to abortion within a specific regional context - an expert interview study

Robin Krawutschke, Tania Pastrana, Dagmar Schmitz

BMC Med Ethics. 2024; 25: 14. Published online 2024 Feb 6. doi: 10.1186/s12910-024-01007-1

PMCID:: PMC10848386

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Cross-cultural perspectives on intelligent assistive technology in dementia care: comparing Israeli and German experts’ attitudes

Hanan AboJabel, Johannes Welsch, Silke Schicktanz

BMC Med Ethics. 2024; 25: 15. Published online 2024 Feb 7. doi: 10.1186/s12910-024-01010-6

PMCID:: PMC10848426

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Perceptions of COVID-19 patients in the use of bioethical principles and the physician-patient relationship: a qualitative approach

Guillermo Cantú Quintanilla, Irma Eloisa Gómez-Guerrero, Nuria Aguiñaga-Chiñas, Mariana López Cervantes, Ignacio David Jaramillo Flores, Pedro Alonso Slon Rodríguez, Carlos Francisco Bravo Vargas, America Arroyo-Valerio, María del Carmen García-Higuera

BMC Med Ethics. 2024; 25: 16. Published online 2024 Feb 9. doi: 10.1186/s12910-024-01009-z

PMCID:: PMC10858506

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“That’s just Future Medicine” - a qualitative study on users’ experiences of symptom checker apps

Regina Müller, Malte Klemmt, Roland Koch, Hans-Jörg Ehni, Tanja Henking, Elisabeth Langmann, Urban Wiesing, Robert Ranisch

BMC Med Ethics. 2024; 25: 17. Published online 2024 Feb 16. doi: 10.1186/s12910-024-01011-5

PMCID:: PMC10874001

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Evaluating the understanding of the ethical and moral challenges of Big Data and AI among Jordanian medical students, physicians in training, and senior practitioners: a cross-sectional study

Abdallah Al-Ani, Abdallah Rayyan, Ahmad Maswadeh, Hala Sultan, Ahmad Alhammouri, Hadeel Asfour, Tariq Alrawajih, Sarah Al Sharie, Fahed Al Karmi, Ahmed Mahmoud Al-Azzam, Asem Mansour, Maysa Al-Hussaini

BMC Med Ethics. 2024; 25: 18. Published online 2024 Feb 17. doi: 10.1186/s12910-024-01008-0

Correction in:: BMC Med Ethics. 2024; 25: 27.

PMCID:: PMC10873950

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Moral approval of xenotransplantation in Egypt: associations with religion, attitudes towards animals and demographic factors

Gabriel Andrade, Eid AboHamza, Yasmeen Elsantil, AlaaEldin Ayoub, Dalia Bedewy

BMC Med Ethics. 2024; 25: 19. Published online 2024 Feb 19. doi: 10.1186/s12910-024-01013-3

PMCID:: PMC10877808

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The role of bioethics services in paediatric intensive care units: a qualitative descriptive study

Denise Alexander, Mary Quirke, Jo Greene, Lorna Cassidy, Carol Hilliard, Maria Brenner

BMC Med Ethics. 2024; 25: 20. Published online 2024 Feb 19. doi: 10.1186/s12910-024-01017-z

PMCID:: PMC10877773

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Layered vulnerability and researchers’ responsibilities: learning from research involving Kenyan adolescents living with perinatal HIV infection

Mary Kimani, Sassy Molyneux, Anderson Charo, Scholastica M. Zakayo, Gladys Sanga, Rita Njeru, Alun Davies, Maureen Kelley, Amina Abubakar, Vicki Marsh

BMC Med Ethics. 2024; 25: 21. Published online 2024 Feb 20. doi: 10.1186/s12910-023-00972-3

PMCID:: PMC10877892

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Cross-sectional analysis of financial relationships between board certified allergists and the pharmaceutical industry in Japan

Anju Murayama, Yuki Senoo

BMC Med Ethics. 2024; 25: 22. Published online 2024 Feb 20. doi: 10.1186/s12910-024-01014-2

PMCID:: PMC10880373

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A bioethical perspective on the meanings behind a wish to hasten death: a meta-ethnographic review

Paulo J. Borges, Pablo Hernández-Marrero, Sandra Martins Pereira

BMC Med Ethics. 2024; 25: 23. Published online 2024 Feb 27. doi: 10.1186/s12910-024-01018-y

PMCID:: PMC10898028

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“She was finally mine”: the moral experience of families in the context of trisomy 13 and 18– a scoping review with thematic analysis

Zoe Ritchie, Gail Teachman, Randi Zlotnik Shaul, Maxwell J. Smith

BMC Med Ethics. 2024; 25: 24. Published online 2024 Mar 2. doi: 10.1186/s12910-023-00994-x

PMCID:: PMC10908114

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Ethics of early detection of disease risk factors: A scoping review

Sammie N. G. Jansen, Bart A. Kamphorst, Bob C. Mulder, Irene van Kamp, Sandra Boekhold, Peter van den Hazel, Marcel F. Verweij

BMC Med Ethics. 2024; 25: 25. Published online 2024 Mar 5. doi: 10.1186/s12910-024-01012-4

PMCID:: PMC10913641

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An empirical ethics study of the coherence of NICE technology appraisal policy and its implications for moral justification

Victoria Charlton, Michael DiStefano

BMC Med Ethics. 2024; 25: 28. Published online 2024 Mar 6. doi: 10.1186/s12910-024-01016-0

PMCID:: PMC10918908

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Comprehension of informed consent and voluntary participation in registration cohorts for phase IIb HIV vaccine trial in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania: a qualitative descriptive study

Masunga K. Iseselo, Edith A. M. Tarimo

BMC Med Ethics. 2024; 25: 29. Published online 2024 Mar 13. doi: 10.1186/s12910-024-01033-z

PMCID:: PMC10935914

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Understanding, being, and doing of bioethics; a state-level cross-sectional study of knowledge, attitude, and practice among healthcare professionals

Poovishnu Devi Thangavelu, Balamurugan Janakiraman, Renuka Pawar, Pravin H. Shingare, Suresh Bhosale, Russel D Souza, Ivone Duarte, Rui Nunes

BMC Med Ethics. 2024; 25: 30. Published online 2024 Mar 18. doi: 10.1186/s12910-024-01028-w

PMCID:: PMC10949768

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What are the views of Quebec and Ontario citizens on the tiebreaker criteria for prioritizing access to adult critical care in the extreme context of a COVID-19 pandemic?

Claudia Calderon Ramirez, Yanick Farmer, Andrea Frolic, Gina Bravo, Nathalie Orr Gaucher, Antoine Payot, Lucie Opatrny, Diane Poirier, Joseph Dahine, Audrey L’Espérance, James Downar, Peter Tanuseputro, Louis-Martin Rousseau, Vincent Dumez, Annie Descôteaux, Clara Dallaire, Karell Laporte, Marie-Eve Bouthillier

BMC Med Ethics. 2024; 25: 31. Published online 2024 Mar 19. doi: 10.1186/s12910-024-01030-2

PMCID:: PMC10949716

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Ethical challenges in global research on health system responses to violence against women: a qualitative study of policy and professional perspectives

Natalia V. Lewis, Beatriz Kalichman, Yuri Nishijima Azeredo, Loraine J. Bacchus, Ana Flavia d’Oliveira

BMC Med Ethics. 2024; 25: 32. Published online 2024 Mar 19. doi: 10.1186/s12910-024-01034-y

PMCID:: PMC10949724

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Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of the ethics in medical research among Moroccan interns and resident physicians

Ibtissam El Harch, Soumaya Benmaamar, Nabil Tachfouti, Moustapha Hida, Mohammed Faouzi Belahsen, Tarik Sqalli Houssaini, Karima El Rhazi

BMC Med Ethics. 2024; 25: 33. Published online 2024 Mar 20. doi: 10.1186/s12910-024-01029-9

PMCID:: PMC10953237

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Supporting patient decision-making in non-invasive prenatal testing: a comparative study of professional values and practices in England and France

Hilary Bowman-Smart, Adeline Perrot, Ruth Horn

BMC Med Ethics. 2024; 25: 34. Published online 2024 Mar 21. doi: 10.1186/s12910-024-01032-0

PMCID:: PMC10956335

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How stable are moral judgements? A longitudinal study of context dependency in attitudes towards patient responsibility

Berit H Bringedal, Karin Isaksson Rø

BMC Med Ethics. 2024; 25: 36. Published online 2024 Mar 25. doi: 10.1186/s12910-024-01035-x

PMCID:: PMC10962157

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Exploring health and disease concepts in healthcare practice: an empirical philosophy of medicine study

Rik R. van der Linden, Maartje H.N. Schermer

BMC Med Ethics. 2024; 25: 38. Published online 2024 Mar 27. doi: 10.1186/s12910-024-01037-9

PMCID:: PMC10967067

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How patients experience respect in healthcare: findings from a qualitative study among multicultural women living with HIV

Sofia B. Fernandez, Alya Ahmad, Mary Catherine Beach, Melissa K. Ward, Michele Jean-Gilles, Gladys Ibañez, Robert Ladner, Mary Jo Trepka

BMC Med Ethics. 2024; 25: 39. Published online 2024 Mar 27. doi: 10.1186/s12910-024-01015-1

PMCID:: PMC10967177

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Attitudes of the Portuguese population towards advance directives: an online survey

João Carlos Macedo, Luísa Castro, Rui Nunes

BMC Med Ethics. 2024; 25: 40. Published online 2024 Apr 3. doi: 10.1186/s12910-024-01043-x

PMCID:: PMC10988855

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Measuring moral distress in health professionals using the MMD-HP-SPA scale

Eloy Girela-Lopez, Cristina M. Beltran-Aroca, Jaime Boceta-Osuna, Dolores Aguilera-Lopez, Alejandro Gomez-Carranza, Manuel Lopez-Valero, Manuel Romero-Saldaña

BMC Med Ethics. 2024; 25: 41. Published online 2024 Apr 3. doi: 10.1186/s12910-024-01041-z

PMCID:: PMC10993501

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Ethical use of artificial intelligence to prevent sudden cardiac death: an interview study of patient perspectives

Menno T. Maris, Ayca Koçar, Dick L. Willems, Jeannette Pols, Hanno L. Tan, Georg L. Lindinger, Marieke A.R. Bak

BMC Med Ethics. 2024; 25: 42. Published online 2024 Apr 4. doi: 10.1186/s12910-024-01042-y

PMCID:: PMC10996273

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Physicians’ views on the role of relatives in euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide decision-making: a mixed-methods study among physicians in the Netherlands

Sophie C. Renckens, Bregje D. Onwuteaka-Philipsen, Agnes van der Heide, H. Roeline Pasman

BMC Med Ethics. 2024; 25: 43. Published online 2024 Apr 5. doi: 10.1186/s12910-024-01031-1

PMCID:: PMC10996154

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Oncologists’ perspective on advance directives, a French national prospective cross-sectional survey – the ADORE study

Amélie Cambriel, Kevin Serey, Adrien Pollina-Bachellerie, Mathilde Cancel, Morgan Michalet, Jacques-Olivier Bay, Carole Bouleuc, Jean-Pierre Lotz, Francois Philippart

BMC Med Ethics. 2024; 25: 44. Published online 2024 Apr 10. doi: 10.1186/s12910-024-01046-8

PMCID:: PMC11008039

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A logic framework for addressing medical racism in academic medicine: an analysis of qualitative data

Pamela Roach, Shannon M. Ruzycki, Kirstie C. Lithgow, Chanda R. McFadden, Adrian Chikwanha, Jayna Holroyd-Leduc, Cheryl Barnabe

BMC Med Ethics. 2024; 25: 45. Published online 2024 Apr 15. doi: 10.1186/s12910-024-01045-9

PMCID:: PMC11017534

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Research ethics and artificial intelligence for global health: perspectives from the global forum on bioethics in research

James Shaw, Joseph Ali, Caesar A. Atuire, Phaik Yeong Cheah, Armando Guio Español, Judy Wawira Gichoya, Adrienne Hunt, Daudi Jjingo, Katherine Littler, Daniela Paolotti, Effy Vayena

BMC Med Ethics. 2024; 25: 46. Published online 2024 Apr 18. doi: 10.1186/s12910-024-01044-w

PMCID:: PMC11025232

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“I am in favour of organ donation, but I feel you should opt-in”—qualitative analysis of the #options 2020 survey free-text responses from NHS staff toward opt-out organ donation legislation in England

Natalie L. Clark, Dorothy Coe, Natasha Newell, Mark N. A. Jones, Matthew Robb, David Reaich, Caroline Wroe

BMC Med Ethics. 2024; 25: 47. Published online 2024 Apr 20. doi: 10.1186/s12910-024-01048-6

PMCID:: PMC11031982

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A comparative ethical analysis of the Egyptian clinical research law

Sylvia Martin, Mirko Ancillotti, Santa Slokenberga, Amal Matar

BMC Med Ethics. 2024; 25: 48. Published online 2024 Apr 30. doi: 10.1186/s12910-024-01040-0

PMCID:: PMC11059645

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Ethics support for ethics support: the development of the Confidentiality Compass for dealing with moral challenges concerning (breaching) confidentiality in moral case deliberation

Wieke Ligtenberg, Margreet Stolper, Bert Molewijk

BMC Med Ethics. 2024; 25: 49. Published online 2024 May 3. doi: 10.1186/s12910-024-01039-7

PMCID:: PMC11067180

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Facing a request for assisted death - views of Finnish physicians, a mixed method study

Reetta P. Piili, Minna Hökkä, Jukka Vänskä, Elina Tolvanen, Pekka Louhiala, Juho T. Lehto

BMC Med Ethics. 2024; 25: 50. Published online 2024 May 3. doi: 10.1186/s12910-024-01051-x

PMCID:: PMC11067268

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A qualitative interview study to determine barriers and facilitators of implementing automated decision support tools for genomic data access

Vasiliki Rahimzadeh, Jinyoung Baek, Jonathan Lawson, Edward S. Dove

BMC Med Ethics. 2024; 25: 51. Published online 2024 May 5. doi: 10.1186/s12910-024-01050-y

PMCID:: PMC11070093

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Navigating the ethical landscape of artificial intelligence in radiography: a cross-sectional study of radiographers’ perspectives

Faten Mane Aldhafeeri

BMC Med Ethics. 2024; 25: 52. Published online 2024 May 11. doi: 10.1186/s12910-024-01052-w

PMCID:: PMC11088142

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Corrections

Correction to: Mapping trust relationships in organ donation and transplantation: a conceptual model

María Victoria Martínez-López, Leah McLaughlin, Alberto Molina-Pérez, Krzysztof Pabisiak, Nadia Primc, Gurch Randhawa, David Rodríguez-Arias, Jorge Suárez, Sabine Wöhlke, Janet Delgado

BMC Med Ethics. 2024; 25: 26. Published online 2024 Mar 5. doi: 10.1186/s12910-024-01026-y