Was the Boston bomber too young to be responsible?
Can a teenager be responsible for mass murder? As the trial for the Boston Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev draws to a close, experts are debating whether...
US bioethics commission releases report on neuroscience and law
What is the role of neuroscience in the courtroom? On March 26 the US Presidential Commission into the Study of Bioethical Issues released the second...
Informed consent dilemma: Jehovah witness and child die
Australian case shows agony of hospital staff. The deaths in Australia of an unborn child and its mother who refused a blood transfusion because she...
WHO alarmed by C-section rise
No evidence that a rate of more than 10% saves the lives of mothers or babies There is no evidence that a Caesarean section rate...
Health workers faces dual loyalty in US jails
Guantanamo Bay is not the only place where American health workers’ ethics clash with the need for security. Guantanamo Bay is not the only place...
Controversial doco investigates China’s organ donation system
Two Canadian researchers insist that there is sufficient evidence to believe claims of organ harvesting. China’s organ transplant system is highly controversial. The government admits...
Victims of Guatemala syphilis experiments to sue Johns Hopkins
Johns Hopkins responds that the allegations are groundless. Victims of the infamous Guatemala syphilis experiments have filed a lawsuit against Johns Hopkins University, which they...
Kansas passes novel anti-abortion bill
Republican governor Sam Brownback bans “dilation and evacuation” abortion procedureGovernor Sam Brownback The fierce battle over abortion legislation in the US has taken another...
Kristján Kristjánsson on virtuous medical practice
Philosopher Kristján Kristjánsson recently spoke to BioEdge about the importance of virtue in medicine. Professor Kristján Kristjánsson is professor of Character Education and Virtue Ethics...
CRISPR technology brings precise genetic editing – and raises ethical questions
All a crisp introduction to an astonishing new technology. A group of leading biologists earlier this month called for a halt to the use of...
Two videos
Does anyone else feel that that they are being suckered by the Brittany Maynard videos produced by the assisted suicide group Compassion & Choices? Brittany,...
Brittany Maynard speaks from grave to California senators
Compassion & Choices has scored another public relations coup The leading assisted suicide lobby group, Compassion & Choices, has scored another public relations coup with...