“Widespread incompetence” in UK IVF clinics
HFEA also criticised by High Court judge Some of Britain’s best-known IVF clinics have been accused of “Widespread incompetence” by a High Court judge. Justice...
Animal research ethics in question
A new edition of the Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics contains several thought-provoking articles on the ethics of animal research. Animal research – the use...
Approved anti-depressant deemed unsafe
The widely prescribed anti-depressant Paxil has been found by researchers to be neither safe nor effective for the treatment of depression. The widely prescribed anti-depressant...
Fate of assisted suicide in California hinges on Governor
The idiosyncratic Jerry Brown is mulling over whether or not to veto a bill. It is up to one man to decide whether California, America’s...
Ontario doctors squeezed on conscientious objection to assisted suicide
Protests over being forced to refer. The legalisation of physician-assisted suicide in Canada after February’s decision by the Supreme Court is starting to affect doctors....