This paper stresses the goals of the European Society for Philosophy of Medicine and Healthcare (ESPMM): to stimulate and promote the development and methodology in the field of philosophy of Medicine and Healthcare; to be a center for European scholars in this field; to promote international contact between members of the various countries in and outside Europe. It also concentrates on legal a...

The present study was carried out in the Psychiatry Service at Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA) and Department of Psychiatry at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. * Resident physician in psychiatry, HCPA, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. ** Psychiatrist, PhD in Clinical Medicine, Medical School (FAMED), UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. *** Psychiatr...

Both reproductive medicine and genetics are seeing rapid, and in some instances revolutionary, medical and scientific advances. Courtshavebeencailedupontoresolveavariety of novel disputes arising from these areas, and more can be anticipated as these technologies continue to develop and their use becomes more widespread. This article discusses some of the most relevant areas of the law and liti...

Context and Aim: The World Health Organization defines traditional complementary medicine (TCM) practices as “the sum total of the knowledge, skills, based on theories, beliefs, experiences indigenous to different cultures, whether explicable or not, used in maintenance health well prevention, diagnosis, improvement treatment physical mental illness”. This study aims analyse main legal regulati...