March 2, 2007
The oath of medical professionals is to protect patients; yet the recent publication of a University professor paints a different picture of medical ethics in the war on terror. (Minnesota Daily)
March 2, 2007
Close friends should be added to the list of those who can be consulted to help make medical decisions for incapacitated people, the South Dakota House of Representatives decided Tuesday. (Sioux City Journal)
March 2, 2007
There are two kinds of ethicists. The first kind makes you think about what it is you want, and why. The second kind tells you what you should want. The first kind of ethicist is very valuable. The second can … Read More
March 1, 2007
It goes from bad to worse, for the UK’s National Health Service. Now, it has spent billions of pounds training doctors and has no place to put them due to budget cuts. According to the Telegraph, 8,000 doctors are on … Read More
March 1, 2007
Michael Fumento’s work on explaining adult stem cells is stellar. Perhaps, that is because, of the many hats he wears, one is that of a science writer. In this article in the American Spectator, Fumento explains how the mistakes in … Read More
March 1, 2007
Marilyn Golden is a disability rights activists who I have worked with over the years in opposing assisted suicide. She is smart, effective, and understands the stakes in this debate for her community and indeed, for each of us. In … Read More
March 1, 2007
British scientists will be allowed to create part-human, part-animal embryos for research into potentially life-saving medical treatments, the Government signalled yesterday. (Telegraph)
March 1, 2007
Dr. Diane E. Meier, a geriatrician at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, is an expert on end-of-life care. So when her elderly parents needed long-term help at home with bathing, dressing and cooking after her father’s stroke, she … Read More
March 1, 2007
Roger Secker Walker, a retired physician with cancer, wants the comfort of knowing he has the option of physician-assisted suicide if the disease spreads into his bones and makes his life unbearable. (5abc)
March 1, 2007
Assisted reproduction patients are protesting in an unprecedented way after the recent broadcast of a highly critical BBC documentary about the UK’s top IVF clinic. The Assisted Reproduction and Gynaecology Centre (ARGC) in London is under ongoing investigation by the … Read More
March 1, 2007
For the third time in as many years, a bill to legalize assisted suicide has been introduced in the California Legislature. (Mercury News)
