Bioethics on the campaign trail
Barack Obama reflecting on the Terri Schiavo controversy Bioethics has hardly been on the radar so far in the US presidential campaign. All three major...
Washington gears up for debate on assisted suicide
Cheque for $200,000 comes from Oregon Supporters of assisted suicide in the US state of Washington are gearing up for a campaign for legalisation, culminating...
Dangers of antibiotics for elderly demented
But who suffers? the patient or society? Say your 90-year-old severely demented grandmother in a nursing home has pneumonia. She has a fever and she...
More information needed about end-of-life care
Little high-quality data available New guidelines for end-of-life care admit that there is very little “high-quality information about palliative and end-of-life care”. The guidelines, issued...
Luxembourg legalises euthanasia
All Benelux countries now have progressive legislation Luxembourg has become the third country in the world to legalise voluntary euthanasia. By a vote of 30...
Some American schools ponder Do Not Resuscitate orders
Teachers trained not to resuscitate severely disabled children Some disabled American children are going to school with "Do Not Resuscitate" orders for teachers and staff....
Dignitas finds new home in Zurich
Assisted suicide group settles into old bowling ball factoryAfter being ostracised by neighbours and municipalities, the Swiss assisted suicide group Dignitas has found a home...
German move to open assisted suicide agency
German allies of Dignitas want to test the law. The German branch of the Swiss assisted suicide group Dignitas is seeking to help someone die...
TEXAS DEBATES FUTILE CARE LAW
Legislators are having second thoughts about a controversial futile- care law in Texas. This stipulates that if a hospital review committee feels that further treatment...
TEXAS “FUTILE CARE” LAW UNDER ATTACK AGAIN
Another weakness in Texas's futile care law has emerged in the case of a woman who suffered brain damage after her breathing tube became disconnected...
“FUTILE CARE” LAW UNDER FIRE IN TEXAS
A "futile care" law in Texas has come under fire from anti- euthanasia activists after doctors allegedly gave up on a 54-year- old woman who...
Colombia to debate euthanasia
The debate over euthanasia has focused almost exclusively on Europe and North America. But in Colombia euthanasia has been legal since 1997 after the nation's...
