April 14, 2021
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 383, no. 13, 2020) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Fundamentals of U.S. Health Policy: Competing Visions for the Future of Health Policy” by M. Fiedler “Assessing the Safety of Glucose-Lowering … Read More
April 8, 2021
(Project Syndicate) – The right to assistance in dying continues to gain ground. Last month, the Spanish parliament passed legislation, expected to come into effect in June, permitting doctors to assist adult patients to die if they have a “serious … Read More
April 6, 2021
Clinical Ethics (vol. 15, no. 2, 2020) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Surrogate Decision Making for Unrepresented Patients: Proposing a Harm Reduction Interpretation of the Best Interest Standard” by Phoebe Friesen and Nada Gligorov “Counting the Cost … Read More
April 2, 2021
Journal of Medical Ethics (vol. 46, no. 5, 2020) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “How Should We Think About Clinical Data Ownership?” by Angela Ballantyne “Medically Assisted Gender Affirmation: When Children and Parents Disagree” by Samuel Dubin, … Read More
March 31, 2021
Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics (vol. 41, no. 1, 2020) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Eudaimonia and Well-Being: Questioning the Moral Authority of Advance Directives in Dementia” by Philippa Byers “Leroy C. Edozien: Self-Determination in Health Care: A … Read More
March 29, 2021
The Linacre Quarterly (vol. 87, no. 2, 2020) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Strangers in a Strange Land: How Our Founding Principles and a Bitter Pill Undo the Assimilation of US Catholics” by G. Kevin Donovan and … Read More
March 24, 2021
(Australian Broadcasting Co) – Tasmania will become the third Australian state to legalise voluntary assisted dying. Legislation passed Tasmania’s parliament on Tuesday night, with a final vote in the Legislative Council accepting amendments from the Lower House. Victoria and Western … Read More
March 23, 2021
Nursing Ethics (vol. 27, no. 3, 2020) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Compassion Fatigue in Healthcare Providers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis” by Nicola Cavanagh, et al. “The Patients have a Story to Tell: Informed Consent for … Read More
March 19, 2021
(ABC News) – Lawmakers voted Thursday to make Spain the sixth country in the world, and the fourth in Europe, to allow physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia for long-suffering patients with incurable diseases and for people with unbearable permanent conditions.
March 15, 2021
(Medical Xpress) – Portugal’s Constitutional Court on Monday blocked a law passed by parliament introducing euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill and gravely injured people. The court said in a statement that the law is imprecise in identifying the … Read More
