by Collectif | 9 Oct, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
Martin Jervis, a 61 year-old British man, sustained a stroke that required extensive surgery. Doctors believed that he had “little chance of recovery” and his family, in agreement with the medical team, refused any attempt to prolong his life by medical...
by Collectif | 9 Oct, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
A 35 year-old man who has been “awake but unresponsive” [1] for 15 years, has showed signs of regaining consciousness following electrical vagus nerve stimulation. An article on this case was published in the “Current Biology” journal. It was written...
by Collectif | 27 Sep, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
A study published in the BMC Psychiatric describes regular developments in euthanasia, between 2002 and 2013, for individuals with a psychiatric disorder or suffering from dementia. The EBI[1] comments as follows. Between 2002 and 2013, “patients with...
by Collectif | 27 Sep, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
Three investigating judges presiding over the Family Court of Australia and a plenary session have held that: Mr. and Mrs. Bernieres whose child was born abroad through surrogacy using Mr. Bernieres’ sperm and a donor egg, will not be recognised as the...
by Collectif | 27 Sep, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
For the second time, the American association, Men Having Babies, is organising a European conference in Brussels on 24 and 25 September 2017 in order to “bring male homosexual couples into contact with American service providers” (see Brussels: funding...