Italy goes into coronavirus lockdown
Milan is in the grip of an epidemic. Towns have been quarantined. Public gatherings have been cancelled. The streets are empty. Incompetent public officials are...
Survey of British doctors fails to change policy on assisted dying
Five years before the next review The cause of assisted dying in Britain hit a speed bump late last month. After surveying its members, the...
Is China still harvesting organs from prisoners?
If not, where do the organ donors come from? In many ways China’s response to the coronavirus epidemic has been impressive. According to Science, hospitals...
Australian physicians reject need for inquiry into transgender treatment
There’s not much evidence but there’s no need to know much more In Australia, as elsewhere in the developed world, doctors and parents are perplexed...
The limits of doctor-patient confidentiality tested in the UK
Should children be informed if a parent has Huntington’s Disease? A difficult case in the United Kingdom has opened up questions about the confidentiality of...
American women prisoners shackled during childbirth
Healthcare providers routinely report pregnant patients being shackled despite state prohibitions. Women continue to be shackled in pregnancy and childbirth in American prisons, according to...
Scientists lament Trump Administration’s ban on foetal tissue research
Others say that numerous non-controversial alternatives exist The outcome of this year’s American elections is of great interest to medical scientists who work with foetal...
Will loneliness become a major health problem as countries age?
It’s associated with early death, dementia, and heart disease Every general practitioner has lonely elderly patients whose check-ups double as social events. They have few...
The right to die spreads to Germany
“Progressive! Individuals have a right to ‘self-determined’ suicide, including the freedom to take one's own life and to enlist support provided by third parties. German...
Germany’s high court endorses right to assisted suicide
Commercial entities will provide assistance Germany's Federal Constitutional Court Euthanasia movements around the world have been given a boost by Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court. On...
Involve the kids in euthanasia, advises Canadian doctor
It helps to normalise MAiD Bedside gatherings at a Canadian euthanasia are normally an adults-only affair. But one doctor suggests that young children would benefit...
South African doctors sterilised women without consent
Many women did not give informed consent Bongekile Msibi says she never signed a consent form / supplied State hospitals in South Africa have sterilized...