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Human Dignity
Inside the “fortress of death”
MIchael Cook | 15 February 2013 |
Dr Gunther von Hagens and his controversial Body Worlds exhibitions of plasticised human bodies and body parts have been out of the news for a couple of years. An interview in Wired with von Hagens at his German factory suggests that financial difficulties and illness are the reasons why.
Blow to Germany’s animal lovers
Michael Cook | 07 December 2012 |
Germany is a very big blip on the radar of BioEdge’s Reproductive Revolution Weirdness Watch this week.
Powdered baby flesh sold to South Koreans
Michael Cook | 11 May 2012 |
Thousands of drug capsules made from powdered baby flesh in China have been confiscated by South Korea customs agents. They were manufactured in northern China and smuggled in as stamina boosters. There were 35 attempts since last August, involving 17,450 capsules. Customs officials said that no one had been arrested, because the material, which contained bacteria and other harmful substances, was only intended for personal use.
“Human dignity”: more action in the trenches
Michael Cook | 20 April 2012 |
A bioethicist at Weill Cornell Medical College has fired another salvo in the battle of human dignity. Writing in the May issue of the journal Bioethics, she dissects earlier arguments and finds them wanting.
The danger of being a doctor in a war zone
Jared Yee | 11 February 2012 |
Dr Abd-al-Razzaq Jbeiro, secretary-general of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, was shot and killed two weeks ago on a highway near Damascus.
France bans plastinated body exhibits
Michael Cook | 25 September 2010 |
Contrary to human dignity, says high court
Pope defends human dignity as foundation of bioethics
Michael Cook | 25 February 2010 |
Catholic views under attack
Where did the bodies come from?
Michael Cook | 25 February 2010 |
The Lancet asks questions
Animals may get their own lawyers in Switzerland
Michael Cook | 16 February 2010 |
But what about children?
Another blast at “human dignity”
Michael Cook | 07 January 2010 |
A straw in the wind for Canada’s euthanasia debate?
Human dignity under fire again in leading bioethics journal
Michael Cook | 07 December 2009 |
Animal rights theorist calls for an "undignified bioethics"
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