Dutch doctors cleared to euthanise dementia patients
Dutch doctors will be able to sedate demented patients and then euthanise them, if they have made advance directives, according to new official guidelines. This...
Dutch doctors cleared to euthanise dementia patients who have advance directives
After the exoneration of a nursing home doctor, authorities have made new guidelines Dutch doctors will be able to sedate demented patients and then euthanise...
Euthanasia as an option for Canadian nursing home patients who are sick of lockdowns
90-year-old Nancy Russell was just fed up A final family get-together with Nancy Russell / ctvnews.ca This is just one story amongst many but it raises...
Bioethicist speaks about his own clash with Covid restrictions
Hospitals should recognise a right not to die alone Numerous articles have been published in bioethics journals about aspects of the Covid-19 pandemic. But bioethicist...
Leading British surgeon allegedly hoarded body parts
He illegally accumulated the bones of patients over 25 years (Sorry, we missed this significant story which broke in September and October.) A pioneering orthopaedic...
Sex robots can offer the intimacy that the elderly disabled crave, says bioethicist
They are a way of helping human dignity Sex robots are needed for older people, especially older people with disabilities, according to an article in...
Serbian govt and media attack bioethicist
Defended by prominent colleagues in US and UK Prof. Vojin Rakić A leading Serbian bioethicist is being attacked by the government and media in his...
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to blow up the universe
A 19th century philosopher advocated cosmic euthanasia Euthanasia is usually viewed as a personal experience. But there are movements and philosophers who believe that it...