The virtuous surgeon
There is a hoary medical joke which runs: “What is the difference between God and a surgeon? God does not think he is a surgeon.”...
Harassment “pervasive” among Australian surgeons
What would Edmund Pellegrino think? The late Edmund Pellegrino, the chairman of the President's Council on Bioethics under George W. Bush, was a champion of...
Conscientious objection under fire in Canadian hearing aid case
Hindu lecturer declines to wear FM transmitter. An FM transmitter Most disputes over conscientious objection concern issues like abortion and euthanasia. However, a case...
Creating Lexie’s Village
A single mother is recruiting mothers for her 25 frozen embryos. Natalie Lovett and Lexie / Australian Story IVF for single women who never...
UK transgender woman wants to be both father and mother
Another dispatch from the Wild West of assisted reproductive technology. Another dispatch from the Wild West of assisted reproductive technology. The third place contestant in...
Mexican politician suggests lethal injections for the homeless
After apologising she has gone back to the drawing board This belongs in the “ooops, I really shouldn’t have said that” department rather than serious...
Do money and mother’s milk mix?
Demand for human breast milk is increasing “exponentially”. What are the ethics of creating a market for it?© Laura Breiling / Mosaic Demand for...