Is the antibiotic apocalypse nigh?
Experts warn that it is creeping closer. In practice contemporary bioethics assumes a constantly increasing standard of medicine. The challenge is to ensure that healthcare...
The underground Dutch system for do-it-yourself euthanasia
Right-to-die groups are promoting a "peaceful pill" The leading Dutch right-to-die society is seeking talks with the Dutch medical association (KNMG) for approval of a...
Taking moral bioenhancement seriously
Oxford’s utilitarian bioethicist Julian Savulescu, with others, has proposed what they call moral bioenhancement – achieving moral outcomes with the help of drugs, genetic engineering...
Nitschke tells medical board to go to blazes
Burns practicing certificate and announces plans for a right-to-die campaign It took only a month for Australia’s leading right-to-die activist to tire of life without...