New research ethics guidelines planned for US
HHS has proposed an overhaul of existing human research ethics guidelines The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has proposed an overhaul of...
New criteria for Australian heart transplants could be illegal
Parliaments need to alter the definition of death, say doctors Sydney Morning Herald / Eamon Gallagher Two Australian researchers say a new form of...
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Euthanasia for unbearable mental suffering in Belgium
Euthanasia in Belgium is an increasingly popular subject for documentaries. The latest comes from Dateline, a program of Australia’s SBS network. (See the video below)....
Planned Parenthood still caught in headlights
Carly Fiorina places the group at the centre of the GOP candidates' debate Once again Planned Parenthood entered the US political debate. On Friday, the...
Seeking eternal life in a freezer
New York Times revives interest in cryonics. The New York Times recently highlighted teary story of a young woman with a terminal brain cancer who...
“Unbearable suffering” questioned in documentary on Belgian euthanasia
85-year-old woman euthanised for grief before the camera. This documentary from the Australian SBS network is one of the best on Belgian euthanasia that I...
“Widespread incompetence” in UK IVF clinics
HFEA also criticised by High Court judge Some of Britain’s best-known IVF clinics have been accused of “Widespread incompetence” by a High Court judge. Justice...
Animal research ethics in question
A new edition of the Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics contains several thought-provoking articles on the ethics of animal research. Animal research – the use...
Approved anti-depressant deemed unsafe
The widely prescribed anti-depressant Paxil has been found by researchers to be neither safe nor effective for the treatment of depression. The widely prescribed anti-depressant...
Fate of assisted suicide in California hinges on Governor
The idiosyncratic Jerry Brown is mulling over whether or not to veto a bill. It is up to one man to decide whether California, America’s...
Ontario doctors squeezed on conscientious objection to assisted suicide
Protests over being forced to refer. The legalisation of physician-assisted suicide in Canada after February’s decision by the Supreme Court is starting to affect doctors....