January 9, 2018
(Washington Post) – Despite the investigation, the main players behind the Medicus operation have continued to slip from justice — until last week. On Friday, authorities in Pristina announced Moshe Harel, an Israeli national, had been arrested in Cyprus, Reuters reported. Accused … Read More
January 9, 2018
Journal of Medical Ethics (vol. 43, no. 11, 2017) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “What Sort of Death Matters?” by Rebecca Roache “The Deadly Business of an Unregulated Global Stem Cell Industry” by Tamra Lysaght et al. “Do … Read More
January 9, 2018
BMC Medical Ethics has new articles available online. Articles include: “Transplant Eligibility for Patients with Affective and Psychotic Disorders: A Review of Practices and a Call for Justice” by Katherine L. Cahn-Fuller and Brendan Parent Must We Remain Blind to … Read More
January 2, 2018
The Journal of Medicine & Philosophy (vol. 42, no. 6, 2017) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Reassessing the Likely Harms to Kidney Vendors in Regulated Organ Markets” by Luke Semrau “The Ethics of Organ Tourism: Role Morality … Read More
December 28, 2017
(Reuters) – [Warning: Graphic Images] Federal agents discovered four preserved fetuses in the Detroit warehouse of a man who sold human body parts, confidential photographs reviewed by Reuters show. The fetuses were found during a December 2013 raid of businessman … Read More
December 19, 2017
Hastings Center Report (vol. 47, no. 5, 2017) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “The Case for Resource Sensitivity: Why It Is Ethical to Provide Cheaper, Less Effective Treatments in Global Health” by Govind C. Persad and Ezekiel J. … Read More
December 18, 2017
The Journal of Medicine & Philosophy (vol. 42, no. 5, 2017) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Organ Vouchers and Barter Markets: Saving Lives, Reducing Suffering, and Trading in Human Organs” by Mark J Cherry “Ethical and Logistical Issues … Read More
December 15, 2017
(Chicago Tribune) – Canavero has told the media that a recent operation at China’s Harbin Medical University has demonstrated that it is possible to successfully reconnect the spine, nerves and blood vessels of a severed head. A similar operation on … Read More
December 15, 2017
(Scroll.in) – Thakur’s case is an example of how India’s organ transplant laws do little to protect organ donors, who are often from poor socioeconomic backgrounds and sometimes coerced into making the donation. At a recent meeting of doctors, legal … Read More
December 13, 2017
(Associated Press) – A British surgeon has admitted assaulting two patients by burning his initials into their livers during transplant operations. Simon Bramhall pleaded guilty Wednesday to two counts of assault, in a case a prosecutor called “without legal precedent … Read More
December 12, 2017
(Newsweek) – According to the document, West received a kidney and pancreas transplant on June 4, 2016. On December 17 of the same year, the organs were removed as test results showed that the implanted pancreas was cancerous. The kidney … Read More
December 7, 2017
(International Business Times) – The investigation into Libya’s seedy underbelly, where men and women are sold off to the highest bidder, has earned international condemnation, with demands for a swift investigation into the human rights atrocity. Now, a Ghanaian lawyer … Read More
December 6, 2017
(NPR) – Beautiful. Pure. Natural. Medicine at its pinnacle. Those were the words of Dr. Giuliano Testa this week — the principal investigator of a clinical trial with ten women underway at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas. He was … Read More
December 6, 2017
(Washington Post) – After years of debate, the organization that oversees the allocation of livers for transplant took steps Monday to address a long-standing geographic disparity in supply of the scarce organs. The policy approved by the Organ Procurement and … Read More
December 4, 2017
Journal of Medical Ethics (vol. 43, no. 9, 2017) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “The Ethics Liaison Program: Building a Moral Community” by Sarah R Bates et al. “Organ Donation After Medical Assistance in Dying or Cessation of … Read More
November 21, 2017
(ProPublica) – Little known to the public, or to sick patients and their families, organs donated domestically are sometimes given to patients flying in from other countries, who often pay a premium. Some hospitals even seek out foreign patients in … Read More
November 17, 2017
(Newsweek) – Whether or not we believe head transplants will “work” or whether or not we want them to happen, the fact is the technology to perform them is being developed in China right now. We have been disappointed by the … Read More
November 14, 2017
(Quartz) – A.J. has now survived long enough that he can receive a kidney transplant, something that would allow him a healthy and normal childhood unmarked by the trials of constant dialysis. His father Anthony Dickerson is an excellent match … Read More
November 9, 2017
NanoEthics (vol. 11, no. 2, 2017) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Reflection as a Deliberative and Distributed Practice: Assessing Neuro-Enhancement Technologies via Mutual Learning Exercises (MLEs)” by Hub Zwart et al. “Nanoethics, Science Communication, and a Fourth Model for … Read More
November 8, 2017
JAMA (vol. 318, no. 6, 2017) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Can Patients Make Recordings of Medical Encounters? What Does the Law Say?” by Glyn Elwyn, Paul James Barr, and Mary Castaldo “Challenges in International Comparison of Health Care Systems” by … Read More
November 1, 2017
(Huffington Post) – The belief that a brain that has died will not ever recover led to the “Brain Death” statutes which allowed for a legal declaration of death for a person who meets certain clinical and laboratory findings indicative … Read More
October 30, 2017
(The Yomiuri Shimbun) – The Organ Transplant Law prohibits organ trafficking, and people who travel overseas for transplants are viewed with a harsh eye around the world. All countries face an insufficient number of donors compared to the number of … Read More
October 26, 2017
(Reuters) – The month after Cody died, Restore Life sold part of the young man’s body: his cervical spine. The transaction required just a few email exchanges and $300, plus shipping. Whether Restore Life vetted the buyer is unclear. But … Read More
October 25, 2017
(Reuters) – More and better data is needed to track progress in the global drive to eradicate modern slavery and human trafficking as many victims – including people trafficked for their organs and child soldiers – are going uncounted, leading … Read More
October 25, 2017
South African Journal of Bioethics and Law (vol. 10, no. 1, 2017) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Liver Transplantation for Non-Resectable Colorectal Liver Metastases at a Single Centre in South Africa: A Report of the Ethics and Regulatory … Read More
