Bioethics, a profession plagued by doubts
With two Italian/Australian bioethicists under attack in the media around the globe over the moral permissibility of infanticide, there are signs of the collywobbles in...
Ethicists give thumbs-up to infanticide
If abortion, why not infanticide? This leading question is often treated as a canard by supporters of abortion. However, it is seriously argued by two...
Doctors not always honest with patients: survey
About 10% of doctors in a recent survey in Health Affairs admitted that they sometimes lie to their patients. About 10% of doctors in a...
Scores of UK patients die with bedsores, infections and malnutrition
New figures show that 75 patients are dying in UK hospitals and care homes each day with conditions potentially caused by neglect. In 2010, over...
Australian parents lodge “wrongful birth” claim
After losing a case for damages for the birth of their severely disabled son based on a “wrongful life” claim, a Sydney couple has returned...
Do we need a morality pill?
Princeton bioethicist Peter Singer and a research assistant, Agata Sagan, proposed a “morality pill” in a column in the New York Times this week. They...
Is pregnancy unethical? Yes, says UK bioethicist
Here is contrarian bioethics at its best. Pregnancy and childbirth are so painful, risky and socially restrictive for women that public funding should urgently be...
Looking for films about bioethics?
Hey, this is pretty cool: an annotated list of dramas and documentaries about bioethical topics at the Scottish Council on Human Bioethics (SCHB). It was...
Do we need to rename “persistent vegetative state”?
Do we need to change the name of persistent vegetative state? Do we need to change the name of persistent vegetative state? A feature in...
Has the time come for “queer bioethics”?
As same-sex marriage gains traction in the legal sphere, what about in bioethics? Two bioethicists at the University of Pennsylvania have issued a stirring call...
Drug wakes those who are near death
A gripping feature about the mysteries of the human brain and parental love appeared in the New York Times recently. A gripping feature about the...
Michael Jackson’s doctor gets four years in jail
The personal physician to deceased pop star Michael Jackson has been sentenced to four years imprisonment for involuntary manslaughter. Jackson died in 2009 from an...