by Collectif | 28 Nov, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
On Wednesday, 15 November, in Switzerland, the Transplantation Act changed the guidelines of the Académie suisse des sciences médicales (ASSM) (Swiss Academy for Medical Sciences) on “Determining death with regard to organ transplantation and preparations for...
by Collectif | 28 Nov, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
At a meeting of the World Medical Association (WMA) held in the Vatican, the Pope reaffirmed that euthanasia “is always wrong in that euthanasia ends life and causes death”. He deemed as “positive” all of the “medical advances...
by Collectif | 20 Nov, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
In some countries where euthanasia or assisted suicide is banned, the withdrawal of food and water is deemed to be “ethically and legally accessible”. However, one article published in BMC Medicine relates this practice to assisted...
by Collectif | 20 Nov, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
81 year-old Hubert Ougier, who was married to Nicole for fifty-four years, suffocated her with a duffle bag on the morning of 28 October 2015 before attempting to commit suicide. His wife, who was suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and osteoporosis, would not...
by Collectif | 20 Nov, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
A study carried out by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) suggests that Dutch committees responsible for evaluating euthanasia cases (RTE) tend to focus essentially on complying with the procedure “without checking whether the patient is actually...
by Collectif | 20 Nov, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
Forty-two psychiatrists, psychologists and academics published an open letter last week, calling for a “national debate on euthanasia and mental disease” in Belgium. They state that “Euthanasia as a solution to pointless, intolerable psychological...