Defending human dignity
English barrister and medical ethicist Charles Foster has penned defence of “human dignity” as the foundation of bioethics in the Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics....
Ebola in West Africa: the stakes rise
Wrapped into US President Barack Obama’s speech on the threat posed by ISIS in the Middle East was a commitment to send the US Army...
The ethics of running scared
It’s all very well to sit in an armchair and bloviate about Ebola. If you are a doctor or a nurse or a hospital cleaner...
Pistorius verdict – disability is not a defence
Oscar Pistorius has been told that disability is not a defence. He has been cleared of murder, but may be given a lengthy sentence for...
Should we criminalise scientific misconduct?
Scientific misconduct is bad, but should it be a crime? One high profile academic says yes. Scientific misconduct is bad, but should it be a...
Executed prisoners may be part of cadaver exhibition
A human rights group is calling on Canadian authorities to investigate the possible use of executed Chinese prisoners in an exhibition of ‘plastinated’ corpses. A...
Having a laugh at euthanasia
A new Israeli film attempts to offer a humorous look at euthanasia. A new Israeli film attempts to offer a humorous look at euthanasia. The...
Women risk lives for IVF
Women are putting their lives in danger by purchasing illegal IVF drugs from the online auction site EBay. Women are putting their lives in danger...
Lessons of two millennia
Augustus My Latin is not what it once was and it was never much. All I can remember is classic phrases like Caesar ad sum...
At long last, a follow-up study of “cytoplasmic transfer”
About 30 children conceived from this technique have been born, 17 of them from an American IVF clinic between 1996 and 2002. The United Kingdom...
British MP blasts “three-parent embryos”
In a terse summary of objections to the practice of mitochondrial transfer to prevent serious diseases Sir Edward Leigh, a Conservative MP, told the House...
The ethics of transgender fertility
This month’s issue of LGBT Health contains a fascinating interview with two Boston fertility specialists who cater for gays and lesbians who want to become...