American public health professionals support assisted suicide
Surprising decision flew under the radar. A controversial 2008 decision by the American Public Health Association (APHA) to back "aid in dying" (ie, assisted suicide)...
Legalising assisted suicide threatens us, say disability advocates
Special issue of Disability and Health Journal If assisted suicide is legalised most of the people who will die are disabled. And American disability advocates...
Are dolphins persons?
Call for interspecies ethic Are humans the only persons on the planet? Two zoologists and an ethicist have created a stir in the silly season...
The fuzzy frontier of death
Why protocols for organ donation could change Since trends normally begin in the New York Times, an article about organ donation on December 16 may...
Another blast at “human dignity”
A straw in the wind for Canada’s euthanasia debate?The leading journal Bioethics has launched a stinging attack on the notion of dignity, especially in end-of-life...
Are UK nursing homes cutting costs with PEG tubes?
"There is no reason for them to do that," says doctor Nursing homes in the UK are making the insertion of a feeding tube a...
Bangladesh to introduce one-child policy
Modelled on China’s policy Bangladesh is going to introduce a voluntary "one couple, one child" population planning policy by 2015 to curb its growing population....
Israel stunned by organ scandal
Anger and suspicion in Arab world Israelis have been stunned by the revelations of illegal organ removals from both their own countrymen and Palestinians in...
Montana allows assisted suicide
Court decision sure to be challenged The state of Montana has become the third US jurisdiction to allow doctors to participate in assisted suicide. In...
Holders of transplant donor cards will have priority in Israel
First country in world Israel will be the first country in the world to give priority to people who sign organ donor cards if they...
Irish bioethics council to shut doors
Defunded as part of budget cuts A belt-tightening Irish government has abolished its Council for Bioethics. The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment has decided...
Has Ukraine’s PM exploited swine flu panic?
Yulia Tymoshenko may have deliberately exaggerated fears of a swine-flu epidemic to boost her flagging presidential campaign. Public health officials have warned that the threat...