Dubai rejects demands to legalise euthanasia
Emirates 24/7 reports that a doctors’ group in the United Arab Emirates has called for “euthanasia”. Emirates 24/7 reports that a doctors’ group in the...
Death still a taboo subject among Brits
Death is still a taboo subject in Britain, new research by the Dying Matters Coalition suggests. Death is still a taboo subject in Britain, new...
Top fertility doc says London IVF clinics are “cashing in” by overcharging patients
IVF pioneer Lord Robert Winston has spoken out against IVF clinics that he believes are “cashing in” by overcharging patients who are storing frozen embryos.IVF...
Terminally ill could get right to hasten death under law approved by Spanish government
The Spanish government has approved a law that allows terminally ill patients to discontinue medical treatment even if it hastens their deaths. The Spanish government...
Zurich voters reject “suicide tourism” ban
Zurich residents have voted to continue to allow assisted suicide for non-residents despite a campaign to ban so-called suicide tourism. Zurich residents have voted to...
An assisted suicide with a twist
Hi there! Here’s a thought experiment. From Guangzhou comes a startling story about assisted suicide. A man, Chen Fuchao, mounted a bridge and threatened to...
Sick American seek kidneys in Latin America’s illicit organ market
Latin American countries are trying to crack down on a growing illegal organ trade, according to a report from Bloomberg Markets Magazine. The article describes...
Foreign is as foreign does
STRANGE BUT TRUE DEPARTMENT: This has almost nothing to do with bioethics – except, perhaps, to highlight the fact that there is much that we...
“Brain dead” woman awakes in Australian hospital
Tani and Gloria Cruz“Hopeless” and “brain dead” are expressions which have to be used with great caution, it seems, judging from the experience of an...
Possible problem with induced stem cells
High hopes for the ethically less controversial variety of pluripotent stem cell have been dimmed by research published this week in Nature. A team led...
Is happiness genetically determined?
Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory, according to Albert Schweitzer. Only half right, according to a recent paper in the...
Judge sentences former nurse who helped people kill themselves
William Melchert-Dinkel, 48, the former nurse who encouraged the suicides of two people on internet chat rooms, was sentenced last week to 360 days in...