Bioethics journals present a lead story today in which Xavier Symons interviews the editor of the Journal of Medical Ethics, Julian Savulescu, who is also a professor at Oxford. He says that the internet has made his job harder.
Big Brother 2007 (UK) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
“What I have learnt is that it is not Big Brother who is watching, but everyone. In the current era, everything that is published can be instantly accessed by nearly everyone. Ethicists have to be prepared for titles and one-liners to be pumped around the internet. You have to be prepared to defend what you have written or published against the harshest criticism.”
It’s a fascinating conversation. Check it out.
The editor of the Journal of Medical Ethics discusses the fraught job of editing a leading journal.
NHMRC has called for public comment on new guidelines for IVF clinics
Disinherited in favour of euthanasia activist
Government hopes to crack down on rogue clinics.
Abortion and Down syndrome are on the agenda for presidential hopefuls.
The treasurer of a peak international fertility body has warned women not to rely on egg freezing to have children.
A new study claims that vague terminology in Belgium’s assisted dying guidelines is allowing for scores of psychiatric patients to be euthanised.
Scientists from the Ohio State University claim they have managed to produce an embryonic human brain in their labs.
The latest edition of the American Journal of Bioethics features a fascinating serious of articles on doctor-patient trust and Shared Decision Making (SDM).
First in-depth study of how bioethicists shaped policy
Related articles
- Should we harvest organs from patients who are not dead yet? (aeon.co)
- Councils under fire for series of data breaches (oxfordtimes.co.uk)
- Celebrity Big Brother 2015 launch: live (telegraph.co.uk)
- Digital future is sure to have city streets ahead of the competition (oxfordmail.co.uk)
- We have a moral obligation to donate organs (theage.com.au)
- Bioethics accused of doing more harm than good (biotechin.asia)
- Reason, Emotion and Morality: Some Cautions for the Enhancement Project (ieet.org)
- Euthanasia drug ‘Lethabarb’ stolen from Melbourne vet clinic (theage.com.au)
- Over three quarters of Canadians support the right to physician assisted dying (techienews.co.uk)
- What are the current laws on assisted suicide in the UK? (itv.com)
alsowritten
Belgian Biblestudents - Belgische Bijbelstudenten
belgischebroedersinchristus
Bijbelvorsers
Christadelphians
Guestspeaker
Immanuel Verbondskind
jeshuaist
Vragensteller - Inquirer
lizaborstlap
Marcus Ampe
Success Inspirers' World
obligingworldviewer
Fan of Pequeña Sudamérica
Relating to God
From guestwriters 
Pingback: Bijbelvorsers Blogging annual report and 2015 in review | Bijbelvorser = Bible Researcher
Pingback: To maintain a healthy relationship with technology | From guestwriters
Pingback: Before The Net | From guestwriters
Pingback: A Journey of a 21st Century Native | From guestwriters
Pingback: My ancient times | From guestwriters
Pingback: Before I knew the Internet | From guestwriters