Filing Suit for ‘Wrongful Life’
The New York Times (Paula Span) covers the growing prevalence - and success - of lawsuits brought against providers who fail to honor patient advance directives.She notes: "More Americans are writing end-of-life instructions as the pandemic renders suc... (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - January 25, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs

Transferring RS to Poland: As Wrong as Transferring Charlie Gard to New York
Poland has asked British authorities to let a man (R.S.) in a vegetative state in a Plymouth hospital be transported back to Poland despite multiple British court rulings that life-sustaining treatment should be stopped.Deputy Justice Minister Marcin W... (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - January 24, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs

Pro-Life Anti-Abortion Groups Are Allocating More Resources to End-of-Life Treatment
For years, pro-life anti-abortion groups have been reallocating more resources to focus not only on issues at the beginning of life but also on issues at the end of life. Many have even funded lawsuits demanding continued "treatment" for patients deter... (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - January 24, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs

Are Immunity Passports a Human Rights Issue?
Written by Julian Savulescu A shorter version of this post appears in The Telegraph Imagine you are about to board a plane (remember that…) Authorities have reason to believe you are carrying a loaded gun. They are entitled to detain you. But they are obliged to investigate whether you have a gun. And if you […] (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - January 23, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Julian Savulescu Tags: Health Care Public Health Julian Savulescu's Posts Pandemic Ethics regulation syndicated Source Type: blogs

Death and the Brain — Time to Re-Examine the Legal Definition of Death
Join me on February 25, 2021 for "Death and the Brain — Time to Re-Examine the Legal Definition of Death." Register here. The 50th anniversary of the concept of brain death came and went in 2018, but brain death continues to be a source of practic... (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - January 23, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs

Making Progress on Death: Towards an Updated Normative Framework
Join me and a brain death who's who on March 24 and 25, 2021 for this University of Chicago conference: "Making Progress on Death: Towards an Updated Normative Framework."Over 50 years after its inception, the Neurological Standard for Declaration of D... (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - January 23, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs