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>Limits on "I want" ethics
>While we’re all waiting for the announcement that Shinya Yamanaka’s lab has or has not published on human embryonic-like stem cells dedifferentiated from adult stem cells . . . (The press releases hit while I was writing this post.) Wesley Smith’s blog, Secondhand Smoke has a good discussion titled, ” Just Because Someone Wants Something, … Continue reading
>Christian Medical Association on Right to Conscience
>If the scientist or doctor is driven by curiosity (and a desire for her own set of money making patents?) or because “it’s legal” and patients want it, where do we draw the line between preference, opinion and conscience? We’ve been discussing the significance of ethics and conscience at here at LifeEthics.org, the Women’s Bioethics … Continue reading
>Laws, conscience, medicine and bloggers
>In contrast to the hype that you might read on blogs and in the press, the Federal District Court judge in Washington has upheld the law of that State. The basic right to not be forced into action that one considers unethical or immoral – the right to liberty – was upheld first, by the … Continue reading
>Previous review Texas Cancer and stem cell research
>Here’s a link to a post from last January on HB 14, and House Joint Resolution 90, the Bills which became Proposition 15, the Legislation for $3 billion in cancer research bonds and the Texas Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas. The original article is no longer available on the Austin American Statesman site, … Continue reading
>Wesley Smith reviews Physician Assisted "Suicide"
>Bioethics.com, the blog of the Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity published Wesley Smith’s excellent review of a British report on so-called “Physician Assisted Suicide.” PAS is not medicine in any sense of the word. Medicine, at the very least involves the intention of bringing health to the body and relief from unpleasant symptoms. It … Continue reading
>Conservative vs. Progressive (no adjectives)
>Once again, we’re reminded about the great gulf between perception and reality (just look at the repetition of the names of authors whose ethics comments are published in the “mainstream” science and bioethics journals and explore the political and religious viewpoints of those authors and editors), between the idea that all humans are people possessing … Continue reading
>Television Ethics: "Private Practice"
>The TV show, “Private Practice,” hasn’t impressed me with its medical, social or psychiatric integrity. But, I found myself watching it tonight, October 24th, and was more impressed than usual. Tonight’s show touches on a cutting-edge bioethics topic that was also mentioned at last week’s American Society of Bioethics and Humanities. Major Multiple Spoiler Alert!!! … Continue reading
>Watson un – reasonable
>Dr. James Watson, the man who is credited with discovering the structure of DNA, along with Francis Crick and Rosalin Franklin, has lost his laboratory and much of his status as a respected science icon after allegedly making racist remarks. From the Times Online (London, UK): In his interview Watson had said that he was … Continue reading
>AMA editorial on Partial Birth Abortion Ban
>I would like to respond to the Commentary by Lawrence O. Gostin, JD, “Abortion Politics: Clinical Freedom, Trust in the Judiciary, and the Autonomy of Women.” in the Journal of the American Medical Association, October 3, 2007.(behind a pay wall) Declaring that the Supreme Court’s consideration of the “respect for the dignity of human life” … Continue reading
>Abortion restrictions can be healthy
>The last couple of weeks I’ve been getting ready for the American Academy of Family Physicians’ Annual Scientific Assembly and the hearing of several controversial resolutions at our Academy’s Congress of Delegates, held last week in Chicago, Illinois. One of the resolutions called for the protection of “physician-patient confidentiality” by restricting the information that insurance … Continue reading
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