Splintering bioethics
In 1978 Tom Beauchamp and James Childress published their milestone textbook, Principles of Biomedical Ethics. Over at the Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, they're throwing a birthday party...
‘Black bioethics’ emerging as a rebellion against conventional bioethics
The field is splintering into many different factions For too long bioethics has ignored the health of African-Americans, contends Keisha Ray, a bioethicist at McGovern...
More evidence of correlation between transgender and autism in UK study
Transgender adults are six times more likely to be diagnosed as autistic Photo by Sharon McCutcheon on Unsplash Transgender and gender-diverse adults are three to six times more...
Disabled girl at centre of surrogacy case dies
Defying predictions, she had a happy life Serafina Harrell A girl with severe disabilities who made international headlines when her surrogate mother refused to abort...
Disability rights groups protest death of man in Texas hospital
What about the equal dignity of the disabled? Michael Hickson with his five children / photo from Melissa Hickson Late last month we reported the...
With Covid-19, the world needs more ‘infodemiologists’
Combatting a crisis in medical information on the internet The job of monitoring fake health news on the internet now has a name, specialist professionals...
Trump’s foetal tissue review panel is ‘stacked’, say opponents
Ten out of 15 oppose abortion Human foetal tissue research has been touted as a pathway to studying the coronavirus as well as HIV, diabetes,...
Regenerative clinics: strong language from FDA
American regulators get tough A strongly worded article in JAMA gives a heads-up to stem cell clinics operating outside of the regulatory framework that they...
Father dragged from dying daughter’s bedside in UK intensive care ward
Shocking footage has emerged of a father being forcibly removed from a UK ICU ward by police. Disturbing footage has emerged of a father being...
There is a bright side. If you catch Covid-19, you’ve missed out on bubonic plague
For a real epidemic, read ‘The Betrothed’Milan is in the grip of an epidemic. Towns have been quarantined. Public gatherings have been cancelled. The streets...