- British Medical Journal: Transwomen in elite sport: scientific and ethical considerations (19/6/19) https://jme.bmj.com/content/45/6/395 10 comments science
- Walgreens pharmacist denies woman miscarriage medication because it goes against his ethics https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2018/06/25/walgreens-pharmacist-denies-woman-miscarriage-medication-because-it-goes-against-his-ethics/?sw_bypass=true&utm_term=.c738ab057290 11 comments politics
- Pharmacist denies pregnant woman miscarriage medication over his ethical beliefs https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/nation-world/pharmacist-denies-pregnant-woman-miscarriage-medication-over-his-ethical-beliefs/67-566977558 19 comments politics
- Doctors of Randia is this a violation of medical ethics code? Amazing report by TOI, sensational and shoddy, not to mention IRRESPONSIBLE. https://www.reddit.com/r/india/comments/5c6lsi/doctors_of_randia_is_this_a_violation_of_medical/ 64 comments india
- Ethical question related to contracts & medical conditions https://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/4zka8i/ethical_question_related_to_contracts_medical/ 5 comments nfl
- ESPN reporter tweets player's medical charts, and ethical questions erupt http://money.cnn.com/2015/07/08/media/jason-pierre-paul-espn-adam-schefter-hipaa/ 12 comments sports
- Is it ethical to use data from Nazi medical experiments? http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2015/06/guest-post-is-it-ethical-to-use-data-from-nazi-medical-experiments/ 4 comments philosophy
- When Am I Dead? - Four Puzzles about Death from RadioLab [Medical Ethics] http://www.radiolab.org/story/91681-when-am-i-dead/ 4 comments philosophy
- Male circumcision to be banned by the chairman of the Norwegian Medical Ethics Council http://www.norwaytoday.info/home_view.php?id=10407#.uzncv8ptcae.reddit 29 comments worldnews
- Is there no alternative? Conscientious objection by medical students - Journal of Medical Ethics http://jme.bmj.com/content/38/10/602 2 comments science
- Pope Benedict XVI backtracks, says AIDS is an ethical problem that needs medical solution, and NOT spread by condoms. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2011/11/2011111915113554633.html 277 comments worldnews
- Harvard Medical School in Ethics Quandary http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/03/business/03medschool.html?_r=2&emc=eta1&pagewanted=print 6 comments science
- Ethics of vaccine refusal (BMJ Journal of Medical Ethics) http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2020-107026 77 comments philosophy
- CNN: Arkansas “medical ethics” law is completely unethical, with potentially fatal consequences https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/02/opinions/arkansas-anti-transgender-law-medical-ethics-turban/index.html 24 comments politics
- Brain activity appears to continue after people are dead, according to shock new study. The research could have huge medical and ethical implications for things such as organ donation http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/what-happens-die-brain-activity-life-heart-beating-death-after-eeg-study-research-a7620131.html 45 comments worldnews
- Medical Ethics - What and when does death occur, in an age when technology continues to lengthen lives http://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/what-and-when-is-death 18 comments philosophy
- a thought experiment on ethics and medical experimentation http://dbellisblog.blogspot.com/2009/06/moral-status-of-animals-thought.html 16 comments philosophy
- German doctors have spoken out against proposals for young asylum seekers to undergo mandatory medical tests to ascertain their age. The German Medical Association (Bundesärztekammer) said the checks were ethically wrong and unreliable. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42540593 16 comments worldnews
- US Government has been selectively releasing data about animal experimentation, so it appears to be in decline. The truth? Animal research has skyrocketed, according to a study published in the Journal of Medical Ethics. http://www.vocativ.com/culture/science/animal-research-rising/ 21 comments science
- New uk cancer trial so effective, placebo group given medication based on ethical grounds. How accurate is this? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/10893387/cancer-pill-fights-disease-and-gives-lifelong-protection.html 23 comments science
- Is it ethical to use data generated by the medical Nazi experiments? An interesting sub-discussion thread in AskScience. http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/mtwfr/did_dr_mengele_actually_make_any_significant/c33uj5u 10 comments philosophy
- Medical resident blogs about being forced by elderly patient's family to say her cancer is just "an infection" so as not to scare her -- ethical?? http://anondoc.blogspot.com/2009/07/question-about-medical-ethics-we-have.html 65 comments science
- Manitoba vets ban declawing - The Manitoba Veterinary Medical Association joins its counterparts in five other Canadian provinces in banning the procedure – a trend that began with the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association calling non-therapeutic declawing “ethically unacceptable” in 2017. https://globalnews.ca/news/5333929/paws-itively-great-news-for-cats-manitoba-vets-ban-declawing/ 56 comments worldnews
- Premier League to foot £4MILLION bill for 26,000 coronavirus testing kits - but some medical staff have ethical concerns about using them with players set to be checked TWICE A WEEK once group training resumes https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-8262447/premier-league-clubs-face-astonishing-invoice-four-million-pounds-coronavirus-testing-kits.html 9 comments soccer
- Medical Ethics Expert: Trump's Former Doctor Should Lose License http://fortune.com/2018/05/02/former-trump-doctor-harold-bornstein-license/ 3 comments politics
- "Medical group Rand Paul belongs to believes in a lot of bullshit: The [NY] Times quotes a medical ethics expert as calling them 'libertarians in white coats.'" http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/236106/medical-group-rand-paul-belongs-to-believes-in-a-lot-of-bullshit/ 30 comments politics
- The ethical and legal implications of using medical imaging to predict/correct human behavior. Where are the boundaries? http://www.mditv.com/#/home/114 12 comments philosophy
- Embedded ethics approach in AI. The increasing use of AI in the development of new medical technologies demands greater attention to ethical aspects. An interdisciplinary team advocates the integration of ethics from the very beginning of the development process of new technologies. https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/36211/ 10 comments science
- Chinese Scientists Slammed For Genetically Modifying Monkeys. A group of Chinese scientists are at the centre of a medical ethics debate after they implanted human brain genes into monkeys to observe their development. https://chlorine.me/chinese-scientists-genetically-modify-monkeys-insert-human-brain-genes/ 72 comments worldnews
- A controversial new study published in the Journal of Medical Ethics says “nicking” the genitals of young girls is an acceptable compromise for the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) in the West http://www.newsweek.com/fgm-compromise-nick-western-countries-429250 452 comments worldnews
- A former Navy physiologist who performed medical experiments on primates, Bartlett wrote, “I no longer believe such experiments make sense—scientifically, financially or ethically.” http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-check/2011/08/12/proposed-ban-on-ape-research-caps-summer-of-the-chimps/ 16 comments science
- Iowa Politician Cleared Of Ethics Violation For Pot Stunt - An ethics review has cleared a state lawmaker who has admitted he lied about having hemorrhoids to obtain a medical marijuana prescription. http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/index.php/2011/02/16/clel-baudler-cleared-of-ethics-violation-for-marijuana-stunt/ 4 comments politics
- I’m Zeke Emanuel, a physician and health care policy expert. I was a member of the Obama Administration focused on passing and implementing the ACA/Obamacare. I'm the Chair of the Dept of Medical Ethics & Health Policy at UPenn and a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress. AMA! https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/breakfast-isnt-a-sport-zeke-one-of-the-brothers-emanuel-would-beg-to-differ/2015/07/26/979a2362-32ed-11e5-97ae-30a30cca95d7_story.html?utm_term=.53d2d47e6d74 727 comments politics
- First human head transplant set for 2017 | However, the idea of a head transplant has proved controversial with the medical establishment. The surgeon, Sergio Canavero, has been criticised on ethical grounds and also by those who think it simply will not work. http://www.digitaljournal.com/tech-and-science/science/first-human-head-transplant-set-for-2017/article/474575 551 comments worldnews
- There's been some discussion of 'After-birth abortion' recently. The Journal for Medical Ethics published a special issue on the subject, including a paper I wrote. Here's a free link to the first 100 odd people who click it. http://jme.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/medethics-2012-100692?ijkey=inacvzzef40vlvy&keytype=ref 81 comments philosophy
- Israel's army violated codes of ethics and international law during the war in Gaza by attacking medics and refusing to allow the treatment of wounded, a human rights group charged on Monday. http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/aleqm5gnffa1kxhryt4rfof8zh-ho5dxug 44 comments worldnews
- French army gets ethical go-ahead for bionic soldiers. The report from a militray ethics committee considers medical treatments, prosthetics and implants that improve "physical, cognitive, perceptive and psychological capacities" https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/09/europe/french-army-soldiers-technology-ethics-scli-intl-scn/ 253 comments worldnews
- 100+ Doctors Demand Julian Assange Receive Safe Passage to Australian Hospital 'Before It Is Too Late'|"That we, as doctors, feel ethically compelled to hold governments to account on medical grounds speaks volumes about the gravity of the medical, ethical, and human rights travesties that are takin https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/12/16/100-doctors-demand-julian-assange-receive-safe-passage-australian-hospital-it-too 16 comments worldnews
- A California Supreme Court committee is advising judges to stay away from investments in pot businesses. The court's Committee on Judicial Ethics Opinions said that any interest in a business that involves medical or recreational marijuana is incompatible with a judge's obligation to follow the law http://www.nydailynews.com/newswires/news/national/committee-advises-california-judges-not-invest-pot-article-1.3076706 6 comments law
- BMA urges Obama to stop doctors force-feeding Guantánamo prisoners Global drug companies are told practice is 'a gross violation of internationally accepted standards of medical ethics' http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/27/bma-says-end-guantanamo-force-feeding 3 comments worldnews