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.

An urgent need for palliative care as the world turns grey

Michael Cook | 17 Jun 2017 |

tags: ageing, demographic winter, demography, palliative care

New research shows that the need for palliative care could increase by 40% by 2040

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Autonomy: a short history of a big idea

Michael Cook | 17 Jun 2017 |

tags: autonomy, enlightenment, paul ramsey, principlism

Do we really need 'autonomy' to explain why people should be decently treated?

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The fake news about female libido

Michael Cook | 17 Jun 2017 |

tags: addyi, drug regulation, fda, hypoactive sexual desire disorder

How a public relations campaign made the FDA approve a bad drug

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Ms Surrogate Mother of 2002 passes away at 37

Michael Cook | 10 Jun 2017 |

tags: surrogacy, surrogate motherhood

Can you love having children too much?

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Remarkable insights in Norwegian study of India’s surrogate mothers

Michael Cook | 10 Jun 2017 |

tags: india, surrogacy, surrogate motherhood

Anthropologist conducted interviews with commissioning parents and surrogate mothers

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Dust-up over a child’s right to know genetic origins

Michael Cook | 10 Jun 2017 |

tags: donor-conceived children, sperm donation

Do children really need to know?

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‘Consult the disabled before enhancing people’ disabled poet advises

Michael Cook | 10 Jun 2017 |

tags: disability, enhancement

The bittersweet feeling of seeing your disability disappear

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Can blood transfusions from teenagers slow the ageing process?

Michael Cook | 3 Jun 2017 |

tags: aged care, ageing population, anti-ageing, parabiosis, peter thiel

Silicon Valley is interested

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Controversial trial to test transhumanist theories

Michael Cook | 2 Jun 2017 |

tags: anti-death projects, bioquark, transhumanism

Is it possible to revive brain-dead patients?

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Hackers steal cosmetic surgery photos from Lithuanian clinic

Michael Cook | 2 Jun 2017 |

tags: cosmetic surgery, hackers, internet, lithuania, privacy

Threats to post them on-line unless if no money is forthcoming

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British surgeon sentenced to 15 years in jail

Michael Cook | 2 Jun 2017 |

tags: malfeasance, malpractice, surgery, uk

He performed hundreds of unnecessary operations, leaving patients traumatised and disfigured

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Is euthanasia really the ‘best’ way to die?

Michael Cook | 2 Jun 2017 |

tags: assisted suicide, canada, euthanasia, new york times

New York Times gushes over Canadian medical assistance in dying

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Fighting the scourge of ‘red envelopes’ for China’s doctors

Michael Cook | 28 May 2017 |

tags: china, corruption, medical ethics, red envelopes

Is it corruption or a recognition of their dignity?

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Are Chinese police collecting DNA for all Muslims in Xinjiang province?

Michael Cook | 28 May 2017 |

tags: dna database, dna tests

A way to control dissidents

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A feminist argument against artificial gametes

Michael Cook | 28 May 2017 |

tags: in vitro gametogenesis, stem cell ethics, stem cell research

The technology is unethical because it supports the false belief that genetic links are essential

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