by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 19 Oct, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
Yesterday, the Pontifical Academy for Life[1] presented a document entitled “A new palliative care culture: a white paper presented as a working document”. These are the initial findings of a project entitled Pal-Life (Palliative Life), created in 2017....
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 19 Oct, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
A male patient has just undergone successful heart transplant surgery five months after receiving a Carmat artificial heart. Surgery was performed at the National Research Center of Cardiac Surgery in Astana, Kazakhstan. This is the second patient to undergo this type...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 16 Oct, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
In the wake of the controversy he has unleashed, Dr Rochambeau is worried about challenges to the conscience clause of doctors who refuse to perform abortions: “Since 2013”, explains the doctor, “we have been receiving more and more requests—...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 16 Oct, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
On 4 September, Lord James Mackay introduced an amendment based on a proposal drafted in the aftermath of the Charlie Gard case. The purpose of this proposal is to spare parents from clashes between families and doctors. The amendment proposed by Lord Mackay,...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 16 Oct, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
According to the HFEA[1], since 2010, there has been a 460% increase in the number of women wishing to freeze their eggs. The HFEA even advises women to do this before the age of 35. In 2016, 19% of these procedures were financed by the NHS on medical grounds...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 16 Oct, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
After Bailleul de la Flèche (see Sarthe – hospital centre no longer performs abortions), at Fougères Hospital, access to abortion has been limited since the retirement of a gynaecologist. Four to five surgical abortions were performed every month on average...
