Tag: Medical ethics

Is there a right to die? As the Assisted Dying Bill vote looms, Prof James Alexander ponders the issues, asking if the whole debate would change if we think of it in terms of duties instead of rights.

Assisted suicide would be a disaster for Britain, says Dr Elizabeth Evans. In Canada, which has led the way, thousands of vulnerable people are pressured every year to consider death as the eligibility criteria ever widen.

A mother has lost a legal tussle with her ex-husband over their daughter's gender transition. Give it twenty years and the girl will likely be taking one of her parents to court herself, says Sallust.

The Covid response was the opposite of what appeared in long-prepared pandemic plans – and turned accepted principles of medical ethics on their heads, with disastrous results, says Dr Alan Mordue.

It's time to start paying people to take vaccines to boost take-up. That's according to Dr. Raymond Duch, an Oxford academic writing in the Financial Times. This is the lesson he's taken from the Covid pandemic, apparently.

Medical regulations forbid the targeting of children with advertising and 'bribery' as it undermines informed consent. Why then are U.K. clinics doing just that when it comes to vaccines, asks Dr. Elizabeth Evans.

The danger of the Sudiksha Thirumalesh ruling is that, following its logic, the state could declare all dissenters from official 'facts' to be mad, says Dr David Seedhouse.

19 year-old Sudiksha Thirumalesh died last month after a court ruled she was not mentally competent to override her doctors' view that her treatment should cease. But was this right, asks Dr David Seedhouse.

Lockdown and vaccine enthusiasts meant well, thinks Australian expert after detailed impact assessment. But some should face criminal charges for negligence.

Medical ethics are vital and should be non-negotiable in a civilised society, including during an emergency. But sacred principles of bodily autonomy and informed consent were glibly cast aside during the pandemic.