Journal symposium explores brain death
A new edition of the Journal of Medicine and Philosophy explores important debates about brain death. A new edition of the Journal of Medicine and...
Time for a technoethics commission?
A US computational scientist has suggested the next US president should create a ‘technoethics commission’. As another presidential bioethics commission finishes up, A US computational...
Experimentation continues on chimera embryos
A group of scientists in the US are continuing to conduct research on human-animal hybrid embryos, despite a moratorium on funding from the National Institutes...
Doctors call for government action as suicide increases
A US doctor has voiced grave concern about government inaction on increasing suicide rates in the country. A US doctor has voiced grave concern about...
Victorian parliamentary committee backs legalisation of assisted suicide
Victoria’s ‘Inquiry Into End of Life Choices’ has concluded with a report recommending the legalisation of assisted dying. After 10 months of submissions and consultation,...
Searching for meaning at the end of life
Researchers have called for greater attention to be paid to "spiritual care" in the treatment of elderly patients. Researchers from Australia and the UK have...
Vulnerability in medical contexts: interview with Steve Matthews
There has been growing interest among ethicists in the theme of vulnerability. I recently spoke about the topic with bioethicist Steve Matthews. There has been...
New stem cell research guidelines
The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) has released updated guidelines for stem cell research In response to the rapid development of scientific research...
Medicine in India #2 – IVF for septuagenarians
A woman in India thought to be in her 70s has given birth to a baby boy A woman in India thought to be in...
Medicine in India #1 – limb surgery
Limb surgery is becoming an increasingly common procedure among middle-class Indians. Limb surgery is becoming an increasingly common procedure among middle-class Indians looking to improve...
Calls to extend 14-day embryo rule
Policy analysts in the US and UK are calling for an augmentation of the decades-old 14-day embryo experimentation rule. Policy analysts in the US and...
Overdose deaths are boosting organ donation rates
Public health executives see a big positive in the US opioid tragedies – increased organ donation. The number of deaths from opioid overdoses has skyrocketed...