Category: Medical Ethics

By Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition On September 14 Jennifer Henderson wrote an investigative report for Medpage Today focusing on Canadian born New Hampshire Cardiac surgeon Yvon Baribeau, who after his forced retirement, at 63, the Boston Globe learned that: Ultimately, there has been no U.S. physician with more settlements involving surgical deaths over the last two …

By Wesley J. Smith  Editor’s note. This is excerpted from a post at National Review Online Medicine isn’t just about wellness and curing illness anymore. It is also a central resource facilitating lifestyle enablement and the fulfillment of subjective personal desires. Cosmetic surgery — as distinguished from restorative procedures — is an obvious example. At …

Israeli scientists have succeeded in creating and growing mice embryos outside a womb By Michael Cook Israeli scientists have created the world’s first “synthetic embryos”. They used mouse stem cells to create embryos, nurtured them in an artificial womb, and grew them for 8½ days – roughly the equivalent of three weeks of a human pregnancy. …

 By Wesley J. Smith  “Futile care” is a pronounced threat to patient autonomy and the equality of all human life. This is the idea. When doctors think that the quality of a patient’s life is not worth living — but the patient, family, or surrogate want care to continue — doctors can overrule patients and …

Scientists acknowledge the ethical problems — and then ignore them  By Michael Cook  Another step in “an explosion of new techniques and ideas for studying early development” of human embryos came last week from Israel. Researchers there have successfully grown mouse embryos for 12 days, which is about half the animal’s natural gestation period. The …

By Nancy Valko I wanted to be a nurse since I was 5. I was drawn to nursing not only because I wanted to help people but also because medical ethics standards were so high, especially in contrast to some of the corrupt business practices that I saw. I graduated from a Catholic nursing school …

By Nancy Valko Most people volunteer for the pro-life movement. I consider myself a draftee. For me, there was no “choice.” I became a conscript because of personal and professional experiences that followed in the wake of the Roe v. Wade decision. I was a young intensive care unit nurse in 1973. Like most people …