A landmark case transforms informed consent in the UK
Shift from the 'reasonable doctor' to the 'reasonable patient' A ruling by a UK court last year forces doctors to tell their patients the full...
‘Patient Zero’ of the US AIDS epidemic finally exonerated
Gaétan Dugas helped investigators but did not bring the disease to the USA demonstration against the epidemic in the 1980s in San Francisco The...
Quebec euthanasia deaths soar to three times expected figure
Even the province's health minister is surprisedPhil Carpenter / Montreal Gazette Almost three times the number forecast have died through euthanasia or assisted suicide...
Canadian reproductive rights pioneer in disgrace over IVF mix-up
Dr Norman Barwin is being sued by former clientsDr Norman Barwin after a disciplinary hearing in 2013 An Ottawa fertility specialist secretly used his...
Is enhancement ‘liberal’ or ‘conservative”?
A British academic questions the progressiveness of genetic engineering Human genetic modification (HGM) or human enhancement is normally portrayed as a liberal cause. Its advocates...
The battle over conscientious objection continues
Leading editor responds to his critics The issue of whether conscientious objection should be allowed in the Canadian health system after the legalisation of euthanasia...
Your last chance to vote for the transhumanist candidate
Zoltan Istvan's policies sound odd, but at least he lays his cards on the table As the bitter and dirty race for the American presidency...
Angels of mercy
It appears that Canada has experienced a visitation from an “angel of mercy”, a media euphemism for a medical serial killer. Arrested this week, Elizabeth...
New head of World Medical Association still fighting corruption charges
Dr Ketan Desai steadfastly denies all allegationsDr Ketan Desai This is just a wee bit embarrassing. The new president of the World Medical Association,...
WHO to create universal right to a child
New guidelines redefine infertility The World Health Organisation may redefine infertility so that everyone who wants a child but cannot will be considered infertile –...
Steep increase in Swiss assisted suicide
But the practice is still controversial The latest government statistics for assisted suicides in Switzerland reveal a 26% increase over the previous year. Most of...
Fighting over Brittany’s legacy
Husband and mother at loggerheads over her story in the media. Brittany Maynard's mother, Deborah Ziegler, and her husband, Dan Diaz, at a memorial service...