Just one more sleep before the Super Bowl
Hi there, It was extremely distracting, but as we were toiling over BioEdge today, we also had to watch the final in the Asian Cup....
Torture: sometimes a man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do, say bioethicists
Three bioethicists who give a tick to torture. Torture is an issue on which the public might expect bioethicists to be moral absolutists. Never again!...
NY families fight nursing homes for guardianship
NY nursing homes have been accused of using guardianship petitions to setting overdue bills. Nursing homes in New York State have been accused of using...
No longer anonymous in Germany
The German Supreme Court has ruled that children of any age may request the identity of their biological father. The days of anonymous sperm donation...
FGM convictions: Egypt 1, England 0
15 cases a day, and not one single doctor has been convicted in England. For the first time ever, an Egyptian doctor has been convicted...
Sex-selective abortion: I’m OK with that, says UK academic
Sex-selective abortion is almost universally reviled. Almost. Sex-selective abortion is almost universally reviled – by opponents of abortion because it kills an unborn child and...
Life sustaining treatment 1: withdrawal
Is withdrawal of life sustaining treatment killing? Withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment is a common and more or less accepted procedure in end of life care....
Life sustaining treatment 2: A family perspective
Families are ambivalent and torn when contemplating the withdrawing life sustaining treatment. We have examined the underlying philosophy behind withdrawal of care, but some would...
Summer school in bioethics in Manhattan
The Global Bioethics Initiative is offering a bioethics programme this summer. Interested in getting an overview of bioethics? A Manhattan-based NGO, the Global Bioethics Initiative,...
Stereotypes
There is an apocryphal story of an advertisement placed in the matrimonial pages of a North India newspaper: "Family seeks homely, attractive, convent-educated girl for...
Animal welfare abuses exposed at Nebraska research farm
The Obama Administration has reacted swiftly to a scathing report on animal welfare at a Federal government laboratory in Nebraska Cows grazing at the U.S....
“Virginity tests” unethical, says South African physician
While virginity tests for unmarried women have been universally regarded as unethical in Western countries, the practice is spreading in immigrant communities. While virginity tests...