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The real scandals in organ donation consent

April 30, 2010

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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…]

Doctors Who Fail Their Patients

February 16, 2007

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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…]