Bios Centre UK

15/01/2026

Prof Bryan Pilkington's talk on “Understanding Conscientious Objection” for our monthly seminar series is now available on our YouTube channel at the following link👇

Bryan Pilkington, Professor of Bioethics in the Department of Medical Sciences at the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine (New Jersey), presents a Bios Ce...

13/01/2026

**REMINDER**Prof Bryan Pilkington (Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, New Jersey) will be speaking to us via Zoom on Wed 14/01 at 6pm GMT on “Understanding Conscientious Objection.”
To join the discussion please email info@bioscentre.org.

07/01/2026

One week to go! Prof Bryan Pilkington (Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, New Jersey) will be speaking to us via Zoom on Wed 14/01 at 6pm GMT on “Understanding Conscientious Objection.”
To join the discussion please email info@bioscentre.org.

26/11/2025

⚠️We apologise but Dr Toni Saad has had to cancel his seminar tonight due to illness - he hopes to reschedule and we will let you know when we have a new date.

24/11/2025

A quick reminder that Dr Toni Saad (Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, UK) will be speaking to us via Zoom this **Wed 26/11 at 6pmGMT** on the topic 'Moving Beyond "First Do No Harm."'
To join the discussion please email info@bioscentre.org👇

22/10/2025

Helen Watt, Senior Research Fellow at the Bios Centre, has published a blogpost titled “What My Hand Does, My Heart Does: Conscience and Assisted Dying” available at the following link👇

By Helen Watt The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill would permit assisted su***de in England and Wales for mentally capable adults reasonably expected to die within 6 months. Progress on the Bill has met a roadblock: we now wait as the House of Lords begins committee-stage consideration. Afte...

20/10/2025

Dr Aaron Kheriaty's talk on “What Makes a Good Doctor?” for our monthly seminar series is now available on our YouTube channel at the following link👇

Psychiatrist and writer Dr Aaron Kheriaty, author of the just-published book "Making the Cut: How to Heal Modern Medicine" presents a seminar on "What Makes ...

16/10/2025

A reminder that TODAY Dr A Kheriaty (Director of the Program in Bioethics and American Democracy at the Ethics and Public Policy Centre) will be speaking to us via Zoom at **7pm BST** on the topic 'What Makes a Good Doctor?'
To join the discussion email info@bioscentre.org👇

14/10/2025

Ilaria Bertini, Research Fellow at the Bios Centre, has published an article titled “The relationship between quality and sanctity of life in medical futility decisions for terminally ill children in England and Wales,” available at the following link👇

https://doi.org/10.4081/mem.2025.1647 The relationship between quality and sanctity of life in medical futility decisions for terminally ill children in England and Wales Requires Subscription or Fee PDF (EUR 15) Vol. 74 No. 3 (2025) Published: October 10, 2025 futility, quality of life, sanctity of...

13/10/2025

A reminder that Dr A. Kheriaty (Director of the Program in Bioethics and American Democracy at the Ethics and Public Policy Centre) will be speaking to us via Zoom on Thu 16/10 at 7pm BST on the topic 'What Makes a Good Doctor?'
To join the discussion email info@bioscentre.org👇

22/07/2025

Ilaria Bertini, Research Fellow at the Bios Centre, has recently published an article in “Voices in Bioethics” on whether autonomy justifies a right to die in the form of physician assisted death, available at the following link👇

The Right to Die Autonomy at the Limits Article Sidebar PDF Published Jul 21, 2025 DOI https://doi.org/10.52214/vib.v11i.13787 Main Article Content Ilaria Bertini https://orcid.org/0009-0000-7222-4474 Abstract Photo by Kateryna Hliznitsova on Unsplash Abstract This paper examines whether the autonom...

10/07/2025

Ilaria Bertini, Research Fellow at the Bios Centre, has recently published a blogpost titled “The Proposed Law on Physician Assisted Dying in England and Wales Reaches the House of Lords: Concerns Remain” available at the following link 👇