An assisted suicide with a twist
Hi there! Here’s a thought experiment. From Guangzhou comes a startling story about assisted suicide. A man, Chen Fuchao, mounted a bridge and threatened to...
Sick American seek kidneys in Latin America’s illicit organ market
Latin American countries are trying to crack down on a growing illegal organ trade, according to a report from Bloomberg Markets Magazine. The article describes...
Foreign is as foreign does
STRANGE BUT TRUE DEPARTMENT: This has almost nothing to do with bioethics – except, perhaps, to highlight the fact that there is much that we...
“Brain dead” woman awakes in Australian hospital
Tani and Gloria Cruz“Hopeless” and “brain dead” are expressions which have to be used with great caution, it seems, judging from the experience of an...
Possible problem with induced stem cells
High hopes for the ethically less controversial variety of pluripotent stem cell have been dimmed by research published this week in Nature. A team led...
Is happiness genetically determined?
Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory, according to Albert Schweitzer. Only half right, according to a recent paper in the...
Judge sentences former nurse who helped people kill themselves
William Melchert-Dinkel, 48, the former nurse who encouraged the suicides of two people on internet chat rooms, was sentenced last week to 360 days in...
Suicide drugs could become available over the counter in UK if euthanasia laws are changed
Suicide drugs could become available from pharmacists if assisted suicide is legalised, two of the UK’s most highly regarded legal and medical experts have said.Suicide...
Who really invented bioethics?
Who invented bioethics? The textbooks say that there are two contenders, both Americans: Van Rensselaer Potter, an oncologist, and Sargent Shriver, a benefactor of the...
Russian president backs chemical castration for paedophiles
Paedophiles should be chemically castrated, says Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. "Punishments should be as harsh as possible. The state should use all means possible, and...