Researchers criticise IVF ‘add-ons’
IVF experts have criticised fertility clinics for marketing expensive additional therapiesIVF experts have criticised fertility clinics for selling expensive additional therapies to women receiving IVF...
In defence of conscientious objection
A leading ethics journal has published a feature issue on conscientious objectionA newly released edition of the journal Perspectives in Medicine and Biology focuses on...
Beauchamp and Childress’s principlism turns 40
The Principles of Biomedical Ethics is unrivaled in its influence. Tom Beauchamp and James Childress’s 1979 tome Principles of Biomedical Ethics (PBE) is widely seen...
Scientists grow primate embryos for 20 days
Two research teams in China have grown primate embryos in vitro for 20 days. Two separate research teams in China have grown primate embryos in...
Researchers cast spotlight on Dutch euthanasia for dementia
Dutch EAS doctors use past statements to determine what demented patients want. A group of US-based researchers have published a detailed review of Dutch cases...
Scientists slam consumer genetic test for same-sex attraction
The app tests for a genetic predisposition for SSA. The authors of a paper debunking the ‘gay gene’ theory have criticised a Belgium company for...
What Canada’s candidates have to say about MAiD
Trudeau will expand MAiD access if re-elected. Andrew Scheer (l) and Justin Trudeau (r) Canada heads to a general election on October 21, and polls...
Bioethicists defend euthanasia for mentally ill
Is there a meaningful difference between physical and psychological suffering? A new edition of the American Journal of Bioethics explores the theme of euthanasia for...
Canada’s MAiD under fire after euthanasia of depressed patient
The man's family allege that he was not eligible for MAiD. Serious concerns have been raised about the implementation of Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying...
Canadian Catholic hospital drops opposition to MAiD after criticism from bioethicist
A Catholic hospital in Nova Scotia has quietly changed its policy on euthanasiaA Catholic hospital in Nova Scotia has quietly changed its policy on Medical...
Conscientious objection: how much discretionary power should physicians have?
And how should we understand the idea of 'the patient's good'? There has been significant debate about conscientious objection in healthcare in recent years. Some...
Disabled child abandoned in Ukraine shines light on troubled surrogacy industry
Children are being abandoned by their commissioning parentsUkraine’s troubled commercial surrogacy industry is in the news again. Authorities have expressed concern after reports emerged of...