UK

NHS to offer user-pay genetic testing

Xavier Symons | 02 February 2019 | Comments

tags: genetic testing, nhs, uk

Test results will be utilised by NHS researchers.

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James Watson stripped of honorary titles after racist remarks

Xavier Symons | 19 January 2019 | Comments

tags: eugenics, free speech, genetics, intelligence, uk

Watson claims that there is a link between ethnicity and intelligence.

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Royal College of Physicians polls members, likely to go neutral on euthanasia

Xavier Symons | 19 January 2019 | Comments

tags: euthanasia, law, royal college of physicians, uk

The College will go neutral on euthanasia unless two thirds of members oppose it.

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Wife critical of journalist husband’s trip to Swiss suicide clinic

Michael Cook | 11 November 2018 | Comments

tags: assisted suicide, uk

‘His death feels unresolved’

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Social prescribing and the bioethics of loneliness

Xavier Symons | 20 October 2018 | Comments

tags: loneliness, uk, us

UK GPs will be encouraged to refer patients to social activities.

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NHS terminates contracts over waste disposal scandal

Xavier Symons | 13 October 2018 | Comments

tags: uk, waste disposal

Hundreds of tonnes of waste, including human body parts, had accumulated.

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UK govt bodies clash over transgender fertility treatment

Michael Cook | 06 October 2018 | Comments

tags: transgender fertility, uk

Human rights versus bottom line

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Inquiry into NHS blood scandal begins

Xavier Symons | 30 September 2018 | Comments

tags: blood transfusions, haemophilia, nhs, uk

A public inquiry has begun into the use of contaminated blood for patients with bleeding disorders.

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Charlie Gard amendment introduced into British parliament

Xavier Symons | 15 September 2018 | Comments

tags: best interests, charlie gard, law, uk

The amendment would allow mediation before disputes go to court.

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Alfie Evans ‘culture wars’

Xavier Symons | 02 June 2018 | Comments

tags: alfie evans, best interests, charlie gard, culture wars, law, uk

Bioethicists have criticised the politicisation of the case.

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British toddler Alfie Evans dies in hospital

Xavier Symons | 28 April 2018 | Comments

tags: alfie evans, best interests, law, uk

Protesters have attempted to storm Alder Hey Hospital.

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Court rejects Alfie Evans appeal

Xavier Symons | 21 April 2018 | Comments

tags: alfie evans, end of life issues, end-of-life care, law, medical futility, uk

Courts say Alfie Evans should not receive experimental treatment.

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Organ donation in an age of social media

Xavier Symons | 07 April 2018 | Comments

tags: consent, organ donation, social media, transplantation ethics, uk

Perhaps social media might be utilised to solicit more donations.

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UK government: Parents should tell their surrogate children about their birth

Xavier Symons | 04 March 2018 | Comments

tags: genetic bewilderment, law, surrogacy, uk

The Department for Health and Social Care have published surrogacy guidelines.

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British infant has life support withdrawn after court battle

Xavier Symons | 03 February 2018 | Comments

tags: charlie gard, law, uk, withdrawal of life support

A court has ordered life support to be withdrawn from an 11-month-old boy.

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Conscientious objection and withdrawal of life support

Xavier Symons | 03 February 2018 | Comments

tags: courts, law, uk, withdrawal of life support

Are British doctors obliged to withdraw life support if requested by a patient?

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UK Parliament to debate conscientious objection

Michael Cook | 27 January 2018 | Comments

tags: conscientious objection, uk

A website, the Free Conscience Campaign, launched to back bill

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Woman in minimally conscious state should be allowed to die – UK court

Xavier Symons | 11 November 2017 | Comments

tags: artificial nutrition and hydration, best interests, law, uk, withdrawal of life support

A British High Court judge has ruled that an elderly woman in minimally conscious state should have artificial feeding withdrawn

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Mary Stopes staff pressured into pursuing abortions

Xavier Symons | 21 October 2017 | Comments

tags: abortion, clinical ethics, consent, professional ethics, uk

Marie Stopes has come under scrutiny after a review of one of its clinics.

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British man with motor neurone disease loses fight for assisted suicide in UK court

Michael Cook | 07 October 2017 | Comments

tags: assisted suicide, uk

Challenge to Suicide Act 1961 fails

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