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.

Let’s think about robot rights now

Michael Cook | 5 May 2019 |

tags: animal rights, robot ethics

Robots could attain an animal level of consciousness

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Pressure building to abolish the dead donor rule

Michael Cook | 5 May 2019 |

tags: dead donor rule, euthanasia

Now that euthanasia is legal in Canada, transplant opportunities arise

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Older women’s desire for children exploited by some IVF clinics, says HFEA head

Michael Cook | 5 May 2019 |

tags: hfea, ivf

Aggressive sales tactics are used to sell treatment

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At least 1.12% of deaths in Canada are due to euthanasia

Michael Cook | 27 Apr 2019 |

tags: canada, euthanasia

The latest figures show that about 3,000 dies in 2018

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Does transgender medicine for kids need more bioethical scrutiny?

Michael Cook | 27 Apr 2019 |

tags: transgender children, transgenderism

Experts complain that data is lacking

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Trans people should not have to ask doctors for permission, says activist

Michael Cook | 27 Apr 2019 |

tags: transgender rights, transgenderism

Abortion rights offer a good analogy for the trans experience

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UK cosmetic clinics to screen clients for mental health issues

Michael Cook | 27 Apr 2019 |

tags: cosmetic surgery

“A major step forward”, says NHS medical director

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UAE woman wakes up after 27 years

Michael Cook | 27 Apr 2019 |

tags: brain damage, consciousness

Brain-damaged woman suddenly becomes capable of interacting

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Death of sperm donor anonymity

Michael Cook | 27 Apr 2019 |

tags: sperm donation, sperm donors

Only 2% of population needs to be screened to identify someone

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Another conundrum: euthanasia and anatomy programs

Michael Cook | 7 Apr 2019 |

tags: anatomy, canada, euthanasia

Is it ethical to take advantage of vulnerable people to get their bodies?

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Is the use of puberty blockers an experimental treatment?

Michael Cook | 7 Apr 2019 |

tags: puberty blockers, transgender children, transgenderism

Critics question whether it is really reversible

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Brain-dead Portuguese woman gives birth

Michael Cook | 7 Apr 2019 |

tags: brain death

Kept alive on a ventilator for nearly two months

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The power of words in the euthanasia debate

Michael Cook | 7 Apr 2019 |

tags: assisted suicide, euthanasia

Derek Humphry likes to be blunt

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The ties of modern science to the Atlantic slave trade

Michael Cook | 7 Apr 2019 |

tags: enlightenment, science, slavery

It’s hard to admit, but natural history was built on the horrors of slavery

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A confusing family tree in Omaha

Michael Cook | 31 Mar 2019 |

tags: ivf, reproductive revolution

A 61-year-old surrogate gives birth to her grandchild

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