Anthony Trollope and euthanasia
Apart from admiring his prodigious work ethic, I have never really warmed to Anthony Trollope, although his numerous, long and absorbing novels are enjoying a...
A scalpel for the soul
In some countries, there are doctors who doubt whether elective cosmetic surgery is really medicine at all, since it doesn’t heal anything. But not in...
UK dementia expert backs assisted suicide
The UK should legalise assisted suicide according to a leading government adviser on dementia and care for the elderly. Martin Green, the chief executive of...
Ezechiel Emanuel moves to University of Pennsylvania
A bioethicist working in the White House who took much of the heat over “Obamacare death panels”, Ezechiel Emanuel, is moving to the University of...
Bulgarian parliament spurns euthanasia
The Bulgarian Parliament has rejected a euthanasia bill by a vote of 59 to 13, with 29 abstentions.The Bulgarian Parliament has rejected a euthanasia bill...