Living wills for people who will to live
BioEdge recently reported that nervous Nellies in the Netherlands were carrying “please DO resuscitate me” cards instead of “do not resuscitate” cards. This week we...
Court lets US continue funding embryonic stem cell study
After a long, complex series of legal battles, US government funding for research on human embryonic stem cells can resume, at least for the time...
Results of trial of Final Exit Network volunteers
It is not illegal to commit suicide in Arizona, but helping someone else to commit suicide is. So a Maricopa County Superior Court jury had...
91-year-old woman sells suicide kits
It came in a simple white box decorated with a butterfly.It came in a simple white box decorated with a butterfly. Nicholas Klonoski, 29, ended...
Court rules surrogate children have no right to German passport
A German court ruled this week that a child born to a surrogate mother in India has no right to a passport even though the...
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The bioethics of the royal wedding
Hi there, Journalism is about news and editors are always desperate to spice up mundane stories with links to breaking news. So I cudgelled my...
The ride of your life, er, death
“And now for something completely different” is a Monty Python catch phrase which seems both true and inadequate for the brainchild of a Lithuanian...
Canadian doctors debate transplants for foreigners
Canadian transplant surgeons are debating the ethics of transplanting the organs of foreign nationals. In some cases, according to the National Post, a surgeon wanted...
Good intentions in the world’s organ market
Investigative journalist Scott Carney has just published The Red Market, a book about the international trade in human body parts --trade in human body parts...
China considers financial incentives to promote organ donation
The Chinese government is considering offering financial incentives to people to voluntarily donate organs. In 2007 China banned organ transplants from living donors, except spouses,...
Convicted rapist next in line for organ transplant
Convicted rapist Kenneth Pike, of New York, was expected to undergo a life-saving heart transplant that could have cost as much as US$800,000, a price...