Is it ethical to use shock treatments for disruptive individuals?
Concerns raised over Boston school’s treatments for autism and behavioural problems The Judge Rotenberg Center, a special needs school in Boston, has been the site of...
Does the Indian Surpreme Court need better bioethics advice?
Hi there, Bioethical developments in India are not widely reported elsewhere. But the case of Aruna Shanbaug, which was decided by India’s Supreme Court this...
UK doctors consistently oppose euthanasia and assisted suicide
A review of research carried out over 20 years suggests that UK doctors appear to consistently oppose euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide (PAS). The findings --...
Third of UK doctors fear payback if they report colleagues
Some disturbing findings have emerged from a survey of the professionalism of US and UK doctors. According to the journal BMJ Quality and Safety nearly...
UK gears up for three-parent embryos
There’s still life in the UK’s fertility watchdog, even if the present government plans to scrap it. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has...
Ohio executes prisoner with euthanasia drug
Ohio executed a prisoner this week with a controversial drug normally used for euthanasing animals, pentobarbital. Ohio executed a prisoner this week with a controversial...
Helium suicides rising after promotion on internet
Helium inhalation promoted by internet suicide and euthanasia sites is becoming a significant factor in Australian suicides. Helium inhalation promoted by internet suicide and euthanasia...
Death row inmate offers to donate organs
Claims he can make “profound benefit to society” Death row inmate Christian Longo has written in a New York Times opinion piece that he would...
Pope speaks out on post-abortion syndrome, conscience
Pope argues for generosity and solidarityPope Benedict XVI has endorsed the existence of post-abortion syndrome in a recent speech to the Pontifical Academy for Life....
Instant DNA fingerprinting at the push of a button
DNA analysis to be cheaper, faster and easierThe Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plans to begin testing a device that would make DNA analysis cheaper,...
India’s Supreme Court allows “passive euthanasia”
Aruna Shanbaug, the brain-damaged woman who has lived in a Mumbai hospital for 38 years, should continue to live, the Supreme Court of India has...
Bioethics panel told no guarantee against unethical research
Rules have not changed behaviour, experts sayThe bioethical abuses of 1940 to 1970 could happen again despite over 1,000 rules and regulations designed to end...