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Medical Ethics

Miller, Hunt and the Irrelevance of Viability to the Abortion Debate

Craig Purshouse | Posted 07.12.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Medical Ethics, Abortion, Laurie Penny, Maria Miller, Jeremy Hunt, David Cameron, Abortion Rights, Sarah Ditum, Tanya Gold, UK Politics News
Craig Purshouse

Debating the science of when a foetus is viable rather than the relevance of viability itself implicitly accepts that a late-stage foetus's claim on existence outweighs the mother's right to bodily autonomy.

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Eleanor Mills, Assisted Reproduction and Yuck Tests: Rationality, Not Intuition, Should Determine Our Response to Ethical Issues

Craig Purshouse | Posted 23.11.2012 | UK
Read More: Medical Ethics, Intuition, Eleanor Mills, Surrogacy, Yuck Factor, Womb Transplants, Assisted Reproductive Technology, Rationality, UK News
Craig Purshouse

If someone said they found interracial marriages or gay sex disgusting and believed it should be banned for this reason, would you take them seriously? I thought not, yet Eleanor Mills in The Sunday Times believes that a sensible way to handle the sensitive legal and ethical issues surrounding assisted reproduction is to base it on her own gut reaction to such practices.

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Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

Rita Pal | Posted 02.10.2012 | UK
Read More: Medical Ethics, Hunger Strike, Gandhi, Indian Government, Force Feeding, Mental Capacity, Political Protests, India Against Corruption, Fasting, Anna Hazare, Protester, Forced Hospitalisation, Unethical, Prisoner Fasts, UK News
Rita Pal

Fasting has been common throughout history . It is the act of willingly abstaining from some or all food, drink, or both, for a period of time. It is often used as a method of non-violent resistance to effect political change. Famous fasts include the forty hour fast by World Vision to bring awareness to poverty and hunger around the world. Mohandas K. Gandhi conducted several prolonged fasts as effective political and social protests.

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MPs Debate Controversy Of Assisted Suicide Guidelines

The Huffington Post UK | Chris Wimpress | Posted 27.05.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: UK News, UK Parliament, Palliative Care, Medical Ethics, Nhs, Assisted Dying, Assisted Suicide, UK Politics News

MPs are debating the controversial guidelines on assisted suicide which could lead to some people avoiding prosecution for helping someone take their ...

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MPs Debate Controversy Of Assisted Suicide Guidelines

The Huffington Post UK | Chris Wimpress | Posted 27.05.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: UK News, UK Parliament, Palliative Care, Medical Ethics, Nhs, Assisted Dying, Assisted Suicide, UK Politics News

MPs are debating the controversial guidelines on assisted suicide which could lead to some people avoiding prosecution for helping someone take their ...

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MPs Debate Controversy Of Assisted Suicide Guidelines

The Huffington Post UK | Chris Wimpress | Posted 27.05.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Medical Ethics, UK Parliament, UK News, Palliative Care, Assisted Suicide, Assisted Dying, Nhs, UK Politics News

MPs are debating the controversial guidelines on assisted suicide which could lead to some people avoiding prosecution for helping someone take their ...

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The Debate on Euthanasia Need Not be About Life Vs. Death

The Cambridge Union Society | Posted 12.05.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Medical Ethics, Euthanasia, Right to Die, UK Universities and Education, Death, UK Universities, Tony Nicklinson, UK Politics, Nhs, UK Health, UK Universities & Education News
The Cambridge Union Society

Today, more than ever, we should retain the idea that euthanasia is an act of humanity and compassion to those for whom the prospect of death is better than that of a slow, painful and terminal decay.

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Could Assisted Suicide Become Legal In Scotland?

PA | Posted 24.03.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Euthanasia, Scottish Parliament, Scotland, UK News, Assisted Suicide, Medical Ethics, Assisted Dying, UK Politics News

A fresh attempt to legalise assisted suicide in Scotland is being launched today despite defeat just over a year ago. Veteran politician Margo MacD...

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Study: Black Humour Could Benefit Doctors And Patients

Kyrsty Hazell | Posted 28.11.2011 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Medical Ethics, Doctors, Laughter, Patients, Gallows-Humor, Humour, Hastings Center Report, UK Lifestyle News

Doctors who joke about death and health problems in surgey, help themselves, and patients, get through tough times in hospital, research has found. ...

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