Canadian doctors divided over euthanasia
In many Western nations most people support the legalization of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide, according to opinion polls. But doctors - who must be involved...
Virus research resumed after security controversy
Research into airborne strains of chicken flu virus has recommenced, following a year and a half of international controversy and bioethical debate. Virologist Dr Ron...
Three cheers for consistency
Hi there, “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.” This quote from the American essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson is one of my favourite...
Colorado hospital apologises over personhood dispute
Coloradans on both sides of the abortion debate were surprised that lawyers for a Catholic hospital were arguing that a fetus has no rights in...
Tasmania may get legal euthanasia
Tasmanians are once again gearing up for a debate over euthanasia. Labor Premier Lara Giddings and her Greens Deputy Nick McKim released a report this...
Another speed bump for Belgian euthanasia
A woman asks for euthanasia after being sexually abused by her psychiatrist. The complications of euthanasia keep bubbling away in Belgium. The latest scandal is...
UK doctor struck off for failing to protect Iraqi detainees
A British Army doctor was deregistered in the UK in December for failing to treat an Iraqi man who had been tortured by British troops...
Does Western bioethics ignore the family?
The emergence of a family centred bioethicsA conference in Singapore recently cast bioethics in a different light. Jim Sabin, a professor at Harvard Medical School,...
Assisted suicide debate moves south, to Connecticut
After being rebuffed in Massachusetts, the assisted suicide lobby has turned its eyes to neighbouring Connecticut, where euthanasia legislation is due to be debated later...
The true “immorality” of test-tube babies
However, a journalist for the American financial magazine Forbes has once again raised the issue of IVF ethics. Its "original sin", says Peter Ubel, was...
Evil is all in the brain. Or is it?
After 3000 years of speculation, a German neurologist has finally located the source of evil. Well, at least Das Bild says he has. Gerhard Roth...
Landmark “vegetative state” paper challenged
US researchers have questioned the results of a landmark study in The Lancet from 2011 on awareness of “vegetative” patients. US researchers have questioned the...