June 16, 2022
(Associated Press) – The trial of a British man charged with the premeditated murder of his ill wife in Cyprus’ coastal resort town of Paphos was pushed back Thursday until September, with defense lawyers arguing that David Hunter should instead … Read More
June 7, 2022
Bioethics (vol. 36, no. 5, 2022) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Your Pain is not Mine: A Critique of Clinical Empathy” by Eugenia Stefanello “Virtual Surgical Planning and Data Ownership: Navigating the Provider?Patient?Vendor Relationship” by William S. … Read More
May 25, 2022
Clinical Ethics (vol. 17, no. 2, 2022) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “A Critical Review Analysis of the Issues Arising out of the Clinical Practice by an Infected Health Care Worker” by Raghvendra K Vidua, et al. … Read More
May 13, 2022
(The Guardian) – After pleading unsuccessfully for affordable housing to help ease her chronic health condition, a Canadian woman ended her life in February under the country’s assisted-suicide laws. Another woman, suffering from the same condition and also living on … Read More
May 13, 2022
Ethics, Medicine, and Public Health (vol. 21, 2022) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “The Consequences of Covid-19 in terms of Public Health for the Year 2022: New Challenges” by P. Charlier “Consent. Ethics of a Contractual Communication” … Read More
May 11, 2022
Christian Bioethics (vol. 28, no. 1, 2022) is available online by subscription only. “Desmond Tutu, George Carey and the Legalization of Euthanasia: A Response” by John Keown “Brain Death, the Soul, and Material Dispositions” by Patrick Lee “Tragic Choices, Revisited: … Read More
May 10, 2022
(Axios) – The firearm homicide rate in the U.S. reached its highest level since 1994 during the first year of the COVID pandemic, with significant racial and class disparities, according to a CDC report published Tuesday. Driving the news: 2020 … Read More
May 5, 2022
(Axios) – Almost half of LGBTQ youth seriously considered attempting suicide in the past year, according to survey results published Wednesday by The Trevor Project, an organization that runs crisis intervention and suicide prevention services for LGBTQ people under 25. … Read More
April 22, 2022
BMC Medical Ethics has new articles available online. Articles include: “Development and Validation of an Instrument to Measure Pediatric Nurses’ Adherence to Ethical Codes” by Raziyeh Beykmirza, et al. “Attitudes about Withholding or Withdrawing Life-Prolonging Treatment, Euthanasia, Assisted Suicide, and … Read More
April 6, 2022
BMC Medical Ethics has new articles available online. Articles include: “Health Care Providers’ Ethical Perspectives on Waiver of Final Consent for Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD): A Qualitative Study” by Caroline Variath “It is not a Big Deal: A Qualitative … Read More
