Transplant doctors clash over Chinese organ donor system
Criticism reached fever pitch as the 26th International Congress of The Transplantation Society convened on Chinese soil. Criticism of alleged forced organ harvesting in China...
Baby boomers will clamour for euthanasia, says Udo Schuklenk
Editor of Bioethics says the baby boomer generation are pushing euthanasia. The good ol' days of Flower Power How should we explain the...
More donating their bodies to science
Rising cost of burials could be responsible Funeral homes are earning more through cremation of bodies donated to science More and more people are...
Bioethicist alleges “publication bias” at NEJM
Leading medical journal refuses to back down from controversial articleMICHAEL DWYER/ASSOCIATED PRESS For a fascinating behind-the-scenes view of how a major medical journal can...
Australia urges Cambodia to crack down on surrogacy services
With commercial surrogacy now outlawed in Thailand, India and Nepal, desperate couples are turning to agencies in Cambodia. Although many surrogacy agencies have shifted their...
The pain of Indian surrogate mothers
Three women tel the BBC of the sorrow of separation from the BBC It’s only anecdotal evidence, but a BBC story from the Indian...
Review: ‘The Ethics of Invention’
A Harvard academic’s new book on the ethics of technology asks important questions about the regulation of new developments in science and research. A Harvard...
Save the date: November 2 is World Right to Die Day
A crowded calendarA Mexican celebration of the Día de Muertos The World Federation of Right to Die Societies has designated November 2 as World Right to...
Documentary chronicles history of Dutch euthanasia law
The major protagonists in the campaign for legalisation explain their views The Fight to Die from Nan Rosens on Vimeo. A new documentary, The Fight...
All beauty must die
The death of Ivo Pitanguy in Rio this week was the intersection of bioethics and the Olympics. The world’s best-known cosmetic surgeon and a celebrity...
Gold medallist paralympian from Belgium seeks euthanasia
Marieke Vervoort has become an ambassador for the right-to-die movement The end-of-life wishes of a gold medallist at the Paralympics have again raised the question...
New euthanasia lobby group launched in Australia
Andrew Denton has launched a new campaign for assisted dying in Australia. Influential Australian journalist Andrew Denton has launched a new campaign for assisted dying...