Bioethics from the developing world
A bioethicist from Sikkim, in India, Subrata Chattopadhyay, and two US colleagues make a good point in a recent issue of the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry....
Peak US fertility association green-lights IVF for over-50s
In a little-noticed move, the leading body for US fertility clinics has given a green light to helping women over 50 to become pregnant. In...
Why wait until death for organ donation, asks Canadian bioethicist
More erosion of the dead donor rule in the latest issue of the Cambridge Journal of Healthcare Ethics. More erosion of the dead donor rule...
Questions hover over “brain death”, says US bioethicist
Is "brain death" really death? The leading opponent of defining death as the death of the brain is D. Alan Shewmon, a professor of paediatric...
Retired Scottish doctor admits assisting in suicides
A retired Scottish doctor has admitted in a newspaper interview that he supplied three patients with lethal medication so that they could end their lives....
Call for input from bioethicists from the developing world
Who are the gatekeepers in bioethics? Does editorial bias or institutional racism exist in leading bioethics journals? Who are the gatekeepers in bioethics? Does editorial...