Bioethics in the News — May 11

May 11, 2006

• Four in 10 Malpractice Cases Groundless (AP)
• Calif. to Oversee Kaiser Kidney Program (AP)
• 37 Million Americans Now Have Medicare Drug Benefit (HealthDay)
• How HIV can sabotage human cells (BBC)
• Op-Ed: The ethics of assisted suicide (BBC)
• Human Embryos in Britain May Be Screened for Cancer Risk (Washington Post)
• The Big Question: Where Do We Draw The Limits To The Genetic Screening Of Embryos? (The Independent)
• Genetic Testing: Knowledge is power, but can you handle it? (News.com)
• University of California San Francisco Gets $16M for Stem Cell Center (Washington Post)
• Kansas: Stem-Cell Plan Dies; Issue Doesn’t (Kansas City Star)
• Disability Coalition Opposes UK Assisted Suicide Bill (North County Gazette)
• Doctors Oppose Right-To-Die Law (BBC)
• Cancer Surgeons Oppose Assisted Dying (News Wales)
• Opinion Poll: Assisted Death Law ‘Could Push The Vulnerable To Suicide’ (Telegraph)
• Op-Ed: Hitting Rewind (National Review Online)