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>"Matters of Life and Death"
>The Guardian Observer has it right in the title of this op-ed by Mary Riddell. But, then it falls all apart. Sort of like the ethics that is now “bioethics:” justification for whatever action is desired at the moment. Ms. Riddell says that we shouldn’t worry about the babies of the future, but rather for … Continue reading
Good example from AMA (I hope)
The President of the American Medical Association, Dr. J. Edward Hill urges a class of new medical students at his Alma Mater, the University of Mississippi Medical Center to follow the highest medical ethics and “save a life, make a life…” The students participated in a “White Coat Ceremony” and recited the Hippocratic Oath. Unfortunately, … Continue reading
>Good example from AMA (I hope)
>The President of the American Medical Association, Dr. J. Edward Hill urges a class of new medical students at his Alma Mater, the University of Mississippi Medical Center to follow the highest medical ethics and “save a life, make a life…” The students participated in a “White Coat Ceremony” and recited the Hippocratic Oath. Unfortunately, … Continue reading
Killing does not treat the killed
The Scotsman reports that embryo screening is being allowed in the case of families who have a history of retinoblastoma. This is a horrible disease, but since when is it ethical and humane to kill in order to “cure” a disease? Of course, Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis is not treatment or therapy — the embryos which … Continue reading
>Killing does not treat the killed
>The Scotsman reports that embryo screening is being allowed in the case of families who have a history of retinoblastoma. This is a horrible disease, but since when is it ethical and humane to kill in order to “cure” a disease? Of course, Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis is not treatment or therapy — the embryos which … Continue reading
So much for "privacy"
From the Houston Chronicle: The city of Austin, Texas not only pays for the “morning after pill” for the clients/patients who use its city health clinics, it forces the pharmacies with which it contracts to to fill prescriptions for patients on Austin’s medical assistance program “in-store, without discrimination or delay,” even if an individual pharmacist … Continue reading
>So much for "privacy"
>From the Houston Chronicle: The city of Austin, Texas not only pays for the “morning after pill” for the clients/patients who use its city health clinics, it forces the pharmacies with which it contracts to to fill prescriptions for patients on Austin’s medical assistance program “in-store, without discrimination or delay,” even if an individual pharmacist … Continue reading
More on ethical stem cells
I found this article with the same title and published in The New Scientist, soon after I posted my last entry.
>More on ethical stem cells
>I found this article with the same title and published in The New Scientist, soon after I posted my last entry.
Texas Research Yields Ethical "Embryonic" Stem Cells
I’m from Texas, and I’m proud to say that our State has been a leader in medical research, including pioneering umbilical cord blood transplants since at least 2001 and this item, published in this month’s Cell Proliferation. These cells appear to have the characteristics of embryonic stem cells, but they are derived from cells harvested … Continue reading
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