“Slow euthanasia” is the way to go, say Dutch doctors
Dutch doctors prefer "terminal sedation" to lethal medications, according to a survey by Nijmegan University. Under this system, all treatment, food and water are withheld...
More doctors fail to report euthanasia in Netherlands
The Dutch health minister, Cl?mence Ross, has insisted that doctors who perform euthanasia must report it, after the number of reported cases dropped for the...
Dutch OK Euthanasia for dementia patients
The Dutch Justice Minister has backed a decision by the Procurators-General Council that dementia can be a valid reason for euthanasia, provided that certain conditions...
Alan Trounson lobbies for therapeutic cloning at UN
Australia's most prominent stem cell scientist,Alan Trounson, has joined other scientific luminaries in an attempt to sway a vote on human cloning in the United...
Obesity could sink Britain’s health system
The weight of obesity could sink the UK's cash-strapped National Health System predicts a gloomy report from the House of Commons Health Committee. "Obesity will...
Ethical hurdles for face transplants
Doctors at the University of Louisville in the US have successfully experimented with face transplants on cadavers and are now ready for living patients, according...
Israeli organ traffickers shift operations to China
An Israeli organ trafficking ring which was smashed in South Africa last year has shifted its operations to China, according to a report in the...
Lax regulation lets Israeli scientists clone away
Israel will be left in the dust in the biotechnology race unless researchers are given free rein in embryo research, scientists have told their government....
Case study shows flaws in Oregon suicide law
Opponents of Oregon's assisted suicide law have highlighted a "mistake" made by a doctor who prescribed a lethal dose of barbiturates to mentally unstable patient...
The bioethics of torture
In the Australian state of Tasmania, an eminent oceanographer has received a 12-month suspended sentence after pleading guilty to the assisted suicide of his elderly...
Nitschke calls for new strategy to legalise euthanasia
In an editorial in Exit Australia's official journal Dr Philip Nitschke has outlined a "tougher and smarter" strategy for promoting the legalisation of euthanasia without...
Patient feedback leads to a better death
Asking terminal patients about how well they are being cared for may be an easy, cost-free way of improving their quality of life. Bioethicists at...