British doctors performing sex-selective abortions
The News of the World may be defunct, but the Ghost of Gotcha! journalism still stalks the corridors of Fleet Street. The latest shock-horror exclusive...
Is honesty is the best policy on resumes?
Patients expect honesty and attention to detail in their doctors. Unfortunately there is a large proportion who appear to be economical with the truth. Two...
Newspaper sting uncovers sex-selective abortion in UK
Some UK abortion clinics are falsifying paperwork so that they can carry out their clients’ requests for sex-selective terminations. Undercover reporters for the London Telegraph...
A Model Proposal for eliminating poverty in Motor City
The eugenic temptation is ever with us. This seems to be the lesson conveyed by Editorial Page Editor of The Detroit News, Nolan Finley. Chrysler's...
Whose design will be used for designer brains?
Dr Paul Root Wolpe is the senior bioethicist at NASA and a pioneer in the field of neuroethics. Peering into his children's and grandchildren's future,...
Is cosmetic surgery “ethically corrupt”?
At BioEdge, along with end-of-life issues, beginning of life issues, conscientious objection, organ transplants, the challenge of technology, we also try to cover cosmetic surgery....
British doctors endorse radical solutions to organ shortage
Some of the most controversial methods of obtaining organs have been endorsed by the British Medical Association in a report released this week. “Building on...
Sarkozy draws line in sand over euthanasia
The two candidates in France’s presidential election are using euthanasia as one of the defining differences in the campaign. In a wide-ranging interview in Le...
Surrogacy is “reproductive prostitution”, says Dutch expert
Once again Dutch legislators are organising a legal work-around for a procedure which is clearly illegal in the Netherlands. This time the issue is commercial...
Is cosmetic surgery “ethically corrupt”?
The flames of bioethical controversy crackle loudest in the media when stem cells or euthanasia or abortion are tossed onto the flames. But tempers can...
American bioethics shaken by dispute over conflict of interest
The latest conflict between bioethical purists and bioethical pragmatists concerns the former editor of the American Journal of Bioethics, Glenn McGee. Dr McGee founded and...
Queensland man jailed over assisted suicide
A Queensland man has become the first to be sentenced to a full-time jail term for assisting a suicide. Merin Nielson, 50, received a six-month...