by Collectif | 19 Nov, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
Arthur Caplan, Director of Medical Ethics at the Langon Medical Centerat New York University refers in Forbes to the current “silent revolution in organ transplantation”. He mentioned medical advances regarding new transplants which led to the birth of four...
by Collectif | 19 Nov, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | All other themes
“For the second year, the Church is boycotting a curious vaccination campaign organised by the Health Minister in conjunction with the UN”. An initial debate had, in fact, already led Kenyan Bishops to oppose the Health Minister in their country concerning the tetanus...
by Collectif | 18 Nov, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
On Wednesday, the Judge in the San Francisco Supreme Court passed judgement on the future of the frozen embryos of a divorced United States couple. The woman who “became sterile following cancer asked to use the frozen embryos she had produced with her ex-husband”....
by Collectif | 17 Nov, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
On 6 February 2015, the Canadian Supreme Court declared that “the refusal to offer medically assisted dying to a consenting person was unconstitutional”. It “suspended the invalidity of certain laws [Penal Code] banning assisted suicide and gave Ottawa one year to...
by Collectif | 17 Nov, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
In Sweden on 12 November 2015, the Jönköping court rejected the request submitted by a midwife requesting equal employment opportunities. In fact, she was refused several hospital posts because she is a conscientious objector, refusing to carry out abortions. ...
by Collectif | 16 Nov, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
A team at the NYU Langone Medical Research Center in New York has performed a “total face transplant involving the scalp, ears and ear canals on a former voluntary fireman”, namely 41 year-old Patrick Hardison. This is “the most complete procedure to date” following a...