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.

Some guys just like to collect foetal remains. What’s the big deal?

Michael Cook | 22 Sep 2019 |

tags: abortion, respect for bodies

A horrifying discovery on the property of a deceased American abortionist

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Ashes to ashes and dust to dust

Michael Cook | 22 Sep 2019 |

tags: cremation, human composting, respect for bodies

Turning human remains into compost for your tomatoes

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When love in a marriage is dead…

Michael Cook | 22 Sep 2019 |

tags: brain death, informed consent

What if your spouse-to-be is brain dead?

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Transhuman in the race for Transhumanist Party leadership

Michael Cook | 22 Sep 2019 |

tags: transhumanism

There are nine candidates

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English juries grapple with ‘mercy killing’

Michael Cook | 22 Sep 2019 |

tags: assisted suicide, euthanasia, mercy killing

Two recent cases in England show how tricky it is

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A judge loosens Canada’s euthanasia belt another notch or two

Michael Cook | 15 Sep 2019 |

tags: canada, euthanasia, slippery slope

Patients no longer need to be terminally ill

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Dutch doctor acquitted of unlawful euthanasia

Michael Cook | 15 Sep 2019 |

tags: euthanasia, euthanasia for dementia, netherlands

The first in the history of the controversial law to trigger criminal charges

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‘Medical ethics’ is ethics by, for and about medics, not common morality, says bioethicist

Michael Cook | 15 Sep 2019 |

tags: bioethics

‘The ethics of medicine is internal to the profession’

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Doctors are ‘professionals’ and should leave religion out of it

Michael Cook | 15 Sep 2019 |

tags: bioethics

Medicine has its own rules

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Another IVF mix-up creates a child and destroys a marriage

Michael Cook | 15 Sep 2019 |

tags: ivf health, ivf mixup

Caucasian New Jersey couple have child with Asian features

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‘Artificial embryos’ created at the University of Michigan

Michael Cook | 15 Sep 2019 |

tags: embryo research, stem cell research

‘It’s uncanny how much it is like a human embryo’

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Ezekiel Emanuel: intimations of mortality

Michael Cook | 15 Sep 2019 |

tags: ezekiel emanuel, longevity

A leading bioethicist reflects upon his lifespan

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A new blockbuster: sperm donor reality TV?

Michael Cook | 15 Sep 2019 |

tags: reality tv, sperm donation

Could be coming to Channel 4 in the UK

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Christian hospital system in US sacks doctor over support for assisted suicide

Michael Cook | 7 Sep 2019 |

tags: assisted suicide, religious freedom

Conflict set up between freedom of speech and freedom of religion

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Mini-brains created from stem cells

Michael Cook | 7 Sep 2019 |

tags: stem cells

Their brain waves resemble pre-term babies

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