British right-to-die campaigner starves herself to death
She was afraid that the other alternative, a drug overdose, would not work and she wanted to die at home, not in Switzerland, where assisted...
Drug tests in East Germany get “conceded pass”
Informed consent was not completely ignored in the 1980s, researchers find. Respect for informed consent is not regarded as one of the greatest virtues of...
Is conflict of interest a real problem for doctors?
Aaron E. Carroll, a blogger at The Incidental Economist, summarises recent research about conflicts of interest. In this YouTube video Aaron E. Carroll, a paediatrician...
Bioethics consultancies: the way of the future?
ethicists in the US are creating independent ‘ethics consulting’ services for healthcare professionals and scientists. Informal bioethics consulting has been common in many countries for...
