BMJ editorial backs castration of sex offenders
Disputed by Italian doctors Simmering away in the pages of the British Medical Journal is a debate over the merits of surgical or chemical castration...
Gynaecologist prescribes lethal drink for Dignitas clients
The decline of Christianity is one reason for the attraction of assisted suicide The gynaecologist who writes the lethal prescription for clients of Dignitas has...
Pro-choice victory on Victorian abortion bill
Problems with conscientious objection Pro-choice campaigners in the Australian state of Victoria have emerged triumphant after the upper house of the state parliament voted to...
Scrap Hippocratic Oath, say Italian doctors
Ancient oath bans abortion and euthanasiaSome senior Italian doctors have called for the Hippocratic Oath, which all doctors take at the beginning of their career,...
Updated oaths breached, too
Study finds that doctors often breach codes of medical professionalismA few years ago, in an attempt to update the Hippocratic Oath to reflect dilemmas about...
HIPPOCRATIC OATH FOR SCIENTISTS PROPOSED
The British government's chief scientific adviser has launched a code of ethics for scientists. Professor Sir David King said that the new code will help...
CORNELL UPDATES HIPPOCRATIC OATH
A leading American medical school has revised the Hippocratic Oath to take account of contemporary values. Weill Cornell Medical College's version is more inclusive and...