Assisted suicides increase in 2010
The Swiss assisted suicide organisation Exit assisted 257 people’s suicides in 2010, an increase of 15% since 2009, where there were a total of 216...
Hazy end-of-life concepts cloud euthanasia debate
An authentic public debate on “legalising euthanasia” can only occur after a clear distinction is made between assisted suicide and euthanasia and the refusal, withholding...
Medical oaths less of a moral compass for doctors
While most doctors participate in a medical school oath ceremony, few believe that this rite of passage has strongly shaped their sense of professionalism While...
Why is Spain so good at organ transplantation?
Spain is renowned for many things – bullfighting, football, food and film - and organ donation Spain is renowned for bullfighting, football, food and film....
Allowing people with HIV to donate organs could save lives
Allowing people with HIV to donate their organs to other HIV-infected patients could save lives and shorten waiting lists for non-HIV-infected patients. Allowing people with...
Assisted suicide campaigners conflicted about right to die for those not terminally ill
A leading assisted suicide campaigner, who chose to die in Switzerland despite having no terminal illness, has provoked debate between supporters and opponents of the...
Surgery on hold as patient appeals competency finding
In March the Montana Supreme Court allowed a woman to appeal a court-ordered hysterectomy. In March the Montana Supreme Court allowed a woman to appeal...
India’s sex ratio
Hi there, There can be no bioethical issue which commands such universal support as the evil of gendercide. In many countries, girls are aborted or killed...
India’s bad sex ratio worsens
Early returns for the 2011 census shows that the number of girls to 1,000 boys has shrunk to 914 girls to every 1000 boys, down...
Animal rights gains ground in US legal system
Researchers are beginning to feel threatened by the rapid development of laws favourable to animals, according to a wide-ranging feature in Science. Researchers are beginning...
51 die in first full year of Washington’s right-to-die law
Fifty-one people have died in the first full year under Washington state’s Death with Dignity Act. Fifty-one people have died in the first full year...
Was Dante a transhumanist?
Dante is not a figure who is often invoked as a forerunner of transhumanism, the movement to accelerate man’s evolution with technology and genetic engineering....