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.

Is fear of being a burden a good reason for assisted suicide?

Michael Cook | 9 Sep 2017 |

tags: assisted suicide, euthanasia, fear of being a burden

A British ethicist says No.

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Russian babies swapped at birth

Michael Cook | 9 Sep 2017 |

tags:

A heart-breaking story of maternal loss

US jails: doctors should support compassionate release, say ethicists

Michael Cook | 9 Sep 2017 |

tags: compassionate release, prisons

What about the human dignity of prisoners?

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Survey: most Americans support editing the human genome

Michael Cook | 9 Sep 2017 |

tags: gene editing, germline therapy

Religion and knowledge about the technology determine what people think

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Landmark stem cell paper questioned

Michael Cook | 2 Sep 2017 |

tags: stem cell research

With 10,000 harmful single-gene mutations known, there is a lot at stake.

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Nurse may have killed at least 90 in German nursing homes

Michael Cook | 2 Sep 2017 |

tags: angels of mercy, nursing homes

The real dimension of the killings by Niels Högel is likely many times worse, say police

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If this is fatherhood, well, I’m a Dutchman

Michael Cook | 2 Sep 2017 |

tags: fatherhood, sperm donation

A Father's Day story from the Netherlands

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HMS Bioethics Journal launched

Michael Cook | 2 Sep 2017 |

tags: bioethics journals

Harvard Medical School gets into the game

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Study fails to discount link between fertility treatment and cardiovascular disease

Michael Cook | 2 Sep 2017 |

tags: fertility treatment, health risks, ivf

If more and more older women are seeking fertility treatment, this could be a big deal

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Another anti-vaxxer barred from entering Australia

Michael Cook | 2 Sep 2017 |

tags: australia, conscientious objection, vaccination

A prominent anti-vaccination campaigner has been barred from entering Australia.

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How much have we done for ‘the world’s largest humanitarian crisis’?

Michael Cook | 26 Aug 2017 |

tags: public health, public health crisis, yemen

Hundreds of thousands are sick with cholera in the middle of a civil war

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Tandem IVF: anything to guarantee a baby

Michael Cook | 26 Aug 2017 |

tags: foetal reduction, ivf, northern cyprus, tandem ivf

Some IVF clinics are offering a radical technique for older women

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Recovering a universal bio-ethic

Michael Cook | 26 Aug 2017 |

tags: bioethics, history of bioethics

Bioethics, the ethics of life, has bifurcated into medical ethics and environmental ethics. Can we reunite them?

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Dancing with the star: suicide enthusiasts celebrate Nitschke’s 70th birthday

Michael Cook | 26 Aug 2017 |

tags: assisted suicide, australia, euthanasia, philip nitschke

... not long after a triple suicide inspired by Exit International, his organisation

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China rushes into embryo selection

Michael Cook | 19 Aug 2017 |

tags: china, eugenics, pgd, preimplantation genetic diagnosis

Very little ethical push-back exists

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