The ‘joy’ of fathering 22 donor kids
The American tabloid media was abuzz this week with news that a New York Mathematics Professor had fathered 22 children through informal sperm donation. The...
Facing a moral dilemma over driverless cars
A practical application of utilitarian theory spurned by the public Driverless cars pose a quandary when it comes to safety. These autonomous vehicles are programmed...
Who’s telling the truth about China’s bioethics?
Confusing signals from China over stem cells and organ transplants Somebody must be telling porkies about the state of ethics in China’s medical profession. In...
Interview: Dissecting the age of ‘do harm’ medicine
A leading voice in American bioethics peers into the future in his new book Wesley J. Smith is one of America's leading commentators on bioethical...
Crazy or crafty?
I have no love for Donald Trump, but it does seem unfair that only he is being accused of being crazy in this year’s election...
Should psychiatrists tell voters what they think about Trump?
Despite Hilary Clinton’s recent claims that Donald Trump is temperamentally unsuited to be president and her suggestion that he may be unhinged – clinicians have...
Bioethicists clash over death of 5-year-old
Can a child ask for withdrawal of treatment? Julianna Snow and her family Julianna Snow, a terminally ill five-year-old girl who captured the worldwide...
When will transgender women deliver babies?
The short answer is: don't hold your breath from Scientific American / Getty Images If we welcome transgender women, are transgender mothers a...
Orlando massacre signals a public health crisis – AMA
The American Medical Association has labelled gun violence a “public health crisis” and called on congress to fund research into gun related crime. In the...
Chinese surgeon is planning a body transplant
Ethicists have serious doubts about the procedure, even in China Another Chinese scientist is stretching medical ethics to the breaking point. According to the New...
Chinese clinics advertise for sperm donors
But donation goes against strong cultural prejudices Chinese IVF centres are offering better and bigger rewards as they are failing to recruit enough sperm donors....
Pope attacks culture of ‘perfect people’
"They become an unacceptable economic burden in time of crisis" Pope Francis has made a stinging, if familiar, attack on the bioethics of a consumer...