Michael Cook

Michael Cook likes bad puns, bushwalking and black coffee. He did a BA at Harvard University in the US where it was good for networking, but moved to Sydney where it wasn’t. He also did a PhD on an obscure corner of Australian literature. He has worked as a book editor and magazine editor and has published articles in magazines and newspapers in the US, the UK and Australia. Currently he is the editor of BioEdge, a newsletter about bioethics, and MercatorNet. He also writes a bioethics column for Australasian Science.

US health official reminds states that triage cannot trump civil rights

Michael Cook | 5 Apr 2020 |

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‘Our civil rights laws protect the equal dignity of every human life from ruthless utilitarianism’

Iran’s coronavirus disaster compounded by fake remedy

Michael Cook | 5 Apr 2020 |

tags: coronavirus, iran

Bootleg methanol kills and blinds

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New York legalises commercial surrogacy

Michael Cook | 5 Apr 2020 |

tags: commercial surrogacy, new york, surrogacy

Bill passes almost unnoticed in pandemic panic

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What does it mean to be ‘vulnerable’?  

Michael Cook | 5 Apr 2020 |

tags: coronavirus

‘The Lancet’ warns that draconian measures can harm the poor

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Abortion battles continue in the fog of war on Covid-19

Michael Cook | 5 Apr 2020 |

tags: abortion, coronavirus

While the public is distracted

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More caution needed in coronavirus reporting

Michael Cook | 5 Apr 2020 |

tags: coronavirus, euthanasia, netherlands

The media shouldn’t extrapolate from a few remarks

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Is euthanasia an essential service?

Michael Cook | 29 Mar 2020 |

tags: canada, coronavirus, euthanasia

Canadian providers say that they are facing difficult choices

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Submerged by covid-19?

Michael Cook | 29 Mar 2020 |

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Here’s a link to a excellent summary of what’s happening

Britons have discriminatory attitudes towards the elderly

Michael Cook | 29 Mar 2020 |

tags: demographic winter, elderly

Older people are subject to a litany of damaging stereotypes

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A ghastly incident in Spain shows what could happen

Michael Cook | 29 Mar 2020 |

tags: coronavirus, spain

Elderly found dead in their beds – and abandoned

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Coronavirus news briefs

Michael Cook | 29 Mar 2020 |

tags: coronavirus

The pandemic has some unexpected effects

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Best Coronavirus quotes

Michael Cook | 29 Mar 2020 |

tags: coronavirus

Lots to read from every point of view

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Silver lining theories for the crisis

Michael Cook | 21 Mar 2020 |

tags: assisted suicide, coronavirus

It’s an ill wind that blows nobody good

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Is it ethical to aim at ‘herd immunity’ to the coronavirus?

Michael Cook | 21 Mar 2020 |

tags: coronavirus, herd immunity

More elderly might die

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Nuffield Council on Bioethics publishes coronavirus ethics guide

Michael Cook | 21 Mar 2020 |

tags: coronavirus, nuffield council on bioethics

A very useful document for policy-makers

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