WHO calls for better palliative care world-wide
The topic of this year’s World Hospice and Palliative Care Day on October 9 was “Leave no one behind: Equity in access to palliative care”. The provision...
BMJ champions ‘assisted dying’
The editors of the BMJ recently put the prestige of their publication squarely behind “voluntary assisted dying”. In a long editorial with 30 footnotes, “Assisted...
China responds to allegations of organ harvesting
Falun Gong protesters against organ harvesting in China BioEdge and many other publications have highlighted claims by the NGO Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting (DAFOH) that...
Pope Francis insists on right to conscientious objection for abortion refuseniks
Pope Francis Health workers have a non-negotiable right to conscientious objection if they are asked to participate in an abortion, Pope Francis told a conference of...
Sexual abuse by WHO staff in DRC Ebola epidemic shattered community trust
Fighting Ebola in the DRC / Médecins Sans Frontières Trust is emerging as an ethical pillar for medicine. Not that it was overlooked in the past,...
Bioethicist group supports vaccine mandates
A leading association of bioethicists has come squarely behind the idea of mandated vaccination. A statement issued by the Association of Bioethics Program Directors (ABPD) declared that...
Bioethicist refuses to comply with vaccine mandate
Aaron Kheriaty Not all doctors – or bioethicists -- support vaccine mandates. Internationally, prevalence of Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy in healthcare workers ranges from 4.3 to 72%. The average...
Need a kidney? No deal, unless you’re vaccinated
A Colorado hospital has refused transplant surgery to a woman who is unwilling to have the Covid-19 vaccine. Leilani Lutali, 56, is a born-again Christian of...
Antiquated Belmont principles must be scrapped, say bioethicists
Three generations of Havasupai members demonstrate against uranium mining In order to cater for the needs of American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities, the...
Covid religious exemptions in the US are a tangled mess
Rev Jackson Lahmeyer at Sheridan Church Many Americans who refuse to be vaccinated request an exemption because of their religious beliefs. A blog post in The Hastings...
‘The Lancet’ enters the transgender word wars
The word “bizarre” is becoming increasingly shop-worn in articles about the transgender movement, but it’s difficult to find a more accurate and less offensive synonym....
‘Science’ apologises for complicity in spreading the philosophy of eugenics
The logo of the Second International Eugenics Congress This year marks the centenary of the Second International Eugenics Congress in 1921, an event supported by the...