L’Affaire Vincent Lambert
L’Affaire Vincent Lambert, as the French call it, seems to be just about over. Doctors are going to remove hydration and nutrition from the 42-year-old nurse,...
Vincent Lambert to die
France’s highest court rules that doctors can remove hydration and nutrition Vincent Lambert, the 42-year-old nurse who became a quadriplegic in a “vegetative state” in...
Is ‘autonomy’ the central issue in the Vincent Lambert debate?
Two British bioethicists at loggerheads One of the central issues in the case of Vincent Lambert, the 42-year-old French nurse who became a quadriplegic living...
Progressing beyond sport’s non-inclusive gender binary
New Zealand bioethicists propose breaking up the traditional division New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard Weightlifter Gavin Hubbard set a New Zealand junior record in the...
Canadian fertility doctor deregistered over using own sperm
College finds that Norman Barwin acted in “a disgraceful, dishonorable or unprofessional” way Dr Norman Barwin A leading Canadian fertility doctor has been formally...
50 years after Stonewall, we can’t ignore transgender health, says bioethicist
Nature strongly backs LGBTQI+ rights June was a month of “pride” for the LGBTQI+ community. But the co-editor of the blog of the American Journal...
More evidence that people in ‘vegetative states’ may be aware
NEJM article shows that 15% of people with severe head injuries have some consciousness How do we know that patients with acute brain injuries who...
‘Tsunami’ of elderly and euthanasia are not a good mix, say Queensland doctors
The possibility increases pressure to take up the option With a “tsunami” of elderly patients with severe health problems approaching, Australians should not be legalising...
A look into a Catholic crystal ball
New head for the National Catholic Bioethics Center Time for a bit of future-casting. The Philadelphia-based National Catholic Bioethics Center has a new head, Dr...