by Steven H Miles, MD
The Nazi Doctors at Nuremberg in 1945 brought enormous attention on medical war crimes. The unearthing of complicity of United States physicians and psychologists with interrogational torture during the war on terror of at the beginning of the 21st century reignited attention to participation of physicians in human rights crimes. In retrospect, two aspects of that renewed attention deserved more scrutiny.…
by Craig Klugman, Ph.D. As the legend goes, in the 16th Century, when he was 51 years of age, Ponce de Leon received permission from the King and Queen of Spain to explore the islands north of Puerto Rico to search for the fountain of youth, a fabled spring that would grant eternal life and youth to whomever drank from it or bathed in it.…
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#Bioethics News: Advance directives for dementia, controversial new documents that instruct caregivers to withhold hand-feeding and fluids at the end of life, may not be honored in long-term care facilities #endoflife https://t.co/5sVnSXIkrS
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#Bioethics News: A recent study found that mutations in stem cells may be passed along through stem cell transplants. However, it remains uncertain whether these mutations could contribute to health problems for recipients https://t.co/pgUBAnL4rn
#Bioethics News: A new procedure known as "donation after cardiac death," which "reanimates” donor hearts from those who have died from cardiac failure, could increase the number of lives saved through heart transplantation https://t.co/OJAgC7kcrM
