United Nations agencies have their good days. I have also quoted the UN genocide treaty in another post (which is related). Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights 19 October 2005 Article 6 – Consent 1.Any preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic … Continue reading →
‘Morality pills’ may be the US’s best shot at ending the coronavirus pandemic, according to one ethicist | By Parker Crutchfield |Associate Professor of Medical Ethics, Humanities and Law, Western Michigan University | August 10, 2020 My research in bioethics … Continue reading →
Value for value: Please support my efforts. Edited 2.1, April 14, 2020 I will intersperse day to day observations in italics when writing and adding to these posts I have a lot I want to say about what’s going on … Continue reading →
Edited: April 13, 2020, v 2.1 Continued from Part 3 https://beadonor.ca/about-donation Note that this is a website that promotes organ donation in Ontario. Claims are made on this page, including how organ donation saves the lives of some people and … Continue reading →
Edited, v 2.0, April 11, 2020 Continued from Part 2 Back to the Ontario organ donation website: https://beadonor.ca/about-donation/faqs Under the heading: How do I register if I live in Ontario, but don’t have an Ontario health card? It says: . … Continue reading →
Edited 2.0, April 11, 2020 Continued from Part 1 Continuing with the Roman Catholic brochure featured on a Canadian organ donation site: https://www.giftoflife.on.ca/resources/pdf/Catholic_Brochure.pdf About the subject of determining death: Most Catholic ethicists and clinicians accept brain death as a valid … Continue reading →
Value for value: Please support my efforts. Edited: April 13, 2020, v. 2.1 My apologies, I corrected my use of the terms opt-in and opt-out in this series. See https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/282905 Part 1 This post will try to get at the … Continue reading →
Test of anthrax vaccine in children gets tentative OK Sharon Begley, Reuters | March 19, 2013 A presidential ethics panel [Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues] has opened the door to testing an anthrax vaccine on children as … Continue reading →
By Alan Mercer Hand-made humans may hold the key to saving the world | www.brisbanetimes.com.au | Matthew Liao | September 30, 2012 “Matthew Liao is the director of the bioethics program and an associate professor in the Centre for Bioethics … Continue reading →