More conscience conundrums
Hi there, I am afraid that the newsletters this week and next week will be a bit thinner than usual. We shall be on light...
May doctors refuse to do physical examinations?
Conscientious objection is a familiar issue in cases of abortion or contraception. What about conscientious objection to physical examinations of the opposite sex? This is...
Swiss parliament rejects more regulation of assisted suicide
The lower house of the Swiss parliament has declined to tighten controls on assisted suicide. MPs felt that self-regulation by groups like Exit and Dignitas...
Useful kidneys discarded every day in US, experts claim
In 2011 2,644 of the 14,784 kidneys recovered in the United States were discarded – nearly 18%, according to official statistics. Almost 500 of these...
New York nurse alleges pressure to harvest organs
A whistleblower has accused the New York Organ Donor Network of pressuring hospital employees to declare patients brain dead so that their organs can be...