Practical Ethics April 12, 2010 2:35 PM by Dominic Wilkinson Headlines in a number of newspapers in the last day or two have claimed scandalous failures in organ donation consent in the UK. According to ‘Sky News’, organs were “taken without consent”, while the Sun claims that “NHS doctors took… The real scandals in organ… [Read more…]
April 26, 2010
From The New York Times: EDITORIAL: Faltering Cancer Trials The government’s system for judging the clinical effectiveness of cancer treatments, now in “a state of crisis,” must be repaired. http://nyti.ms/dgUbDk
April 26, 2010
From The New York Times: ‘Informed Consent’ and the Ethics of DNA Research There is a lot scientists can do with a swab. But their research subjects have begun to question the locked lab door. http://nyti.ms/aiBp01
April 22, 2010
Its about time! Doctor groups set new policy to curb industry sway http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_15264/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=gLnnC9MX&src=cat&dbid=15264&dbname=Health&detailindex=0
March 5, 2009
Last month, a physician who serves as an ethics consultant told me about a growing concern in her hospital. Doctors and nurses “feel trapped,” she said, by the competing demands of administrators, insurance companies, lawyers, patients’ families and even one another. “And they are forced to compromise on what they believe is right for patients.”
January 26, 2009
When the sun goes down in Las Vegas, steer clear of doctors. Those are the marching orders that Smith & Nephew, a leading maker of artificial hips and knees, has given executives and sales representatives attending a big meeting of orthopedic surgeons next month. The company has told them to limit their interactions with doctors… [Read more…]
November 29, 2008
The difference between what drug companies tell the government and doctors suggests that they’re cooking the books, which could mislead doctors making prescriptions.
February 16, 2007
It was bad enough when pharmacists who call themselves pro-life refused to fill prescriptions for morning-after pills and an emergency medical technician refused to help drive a woman to an abortion clinic. Now a new survey has revealed that a disturbing number of doctors, at the presumed pinnacle of the health professions, feel no responsibility… [Read more…]
May 16, 2006
The Korean cloning scandal saga is down to its final chapter. According to latest news Woo-Suk Hwang has been indicted on three counts of fraud, embezzlement and bioethics violation.
February 16, 2006
News@nature.com has recently commented on the state of Ethics in scientific research quoting the high profile case of the Korean scientist…
January 27, 2006
Even the pestigious New England Journal of Medicine has had a recent review on the ill fated stem cell research by the Korean scientist… Even the pestigious New England Journal of Medicine has had a recent review on the ill fated stem cell research by the Korean scientist. The article of course, cuts the political… [Read more…]
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