Clinicians and researchers can often rescue patients or research participants from serious harms. Indeed, they often have a duty to do so—a duty to rescue. Duties to rescue are frequently discussed in the medical ethics literature, but according to Tina Rulli and Joseph Millum they are under-theorised and more problematic than is normally acknowledged. Rulli and Millum outline two widely discus...

The duties and responsibilities of laboratory scientists are still evolving. In this paper, I briefly summarize some of the classical duties and responsibilities of Clinical Chemists in the areas of research, education and service. Furthermore, I developed some general rules of success for younger laboratorians. It is clear that we are living in exciting times and Clinical Chemists must learn t...

This theoretical paper draws the scientific community's attention to how pharmacological cognitive enhancement may impact on society and law. Namely, if safe, reliable, and effective techniques to enhance mental performance are eventually developed, then this may under some circumstances impose new duties onto people in high-responsibility professions-e.g., surgeons or pilots-to use such substa...