Sweden’s nursing home debacle
Sweden has followed a different Covid-19 strategy. Instead of imposing quarantines and lockdowns, it had a "common sense" policy of voluntary social distancing, border closures,...
Questions raised about Sweden’s Covid-19 policy on nursing homes
Patients given palliative care instead of treatment Disturbing figures are coming from Sweden about the number of Covid-19 deaths amongst the elderly. According to an...
Should defunding the police be a bioethics priority?
Bioethicists can help reset the way budgets are made Protests in Portland / Tito Texidor III on Unsplash In the wake of riots after the...
More protests over eugenics, this time at Michigan State
A leading administrator has been sacked for his unpopular views Stephen Hsu / Michigan State University Away from the main battlegrounds of the war on...
Scandal about treatment of cadavers in France’s leading medical school
A national bioethical framework is needed for body donation Since last November, Europe's largest anatomy centre at the medical school of the University of Paris-Descartes...
Italy takes steps to reverse declining population
It includes a universal monthly allowance for children from the seventh month of pregnancy Last week the Italian parliament passed a bill aimed at boosting...
VSED has been normalised. But is it ethical?
Ethicists are taking an interest in Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking. Euthanasia and physician assisted suicide are now legal in dozens of jurisdictions around the...
Elder abuse awareness
It has been a tumultuous week for the world, with rallies and riots over Black Lives Matter. But also for bioethicists and medical journals. Suddenly...
Unscrupulous scammers are selling stem cell therapies for Covid-19
Regulatory agencies need to be tough It is alarming that unsubstantiated stem cell-based treatments for Covid-19 are cropping up everywhere. Bioethicist Leigh Turner, of the...
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day on Monday
The pandemic has exposed the effects of ageism From Minnesota, which has been at the centre of the world stage for many days now, comes...
‘Harry Potter’ author throws grenade into trans debate
J.K. Rowling comes out as trans sceptic Scepticism about allowing teenagers to transition to a different gender came from an unexpected source this week: J.K....
Covid-19 driven by racism, say major journals
In the wake of revulsion at the death of George Floyd, scientists and doctors vow to change Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash All of...