Showing posts with label Britain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Britain. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Medical aid in dying comes up for a vote in England

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  The upcoming vote on legalizing medical aid in dying in England and Wales has attracted controversy along lines that will be familiar to r...
Sunday, September 22, 2024

Opt-out organ donation in Britain

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 Opt-out is not a panacea for deceased organ donation in countries in which family consent is required for donation. More families refusing ...
Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Britain's Infected Blood Inquiry Report: Prime Minister's apology, and the benefits and perils of hindsight

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  After the publication  yesterday of  Britain's Infected Blood Inquiry Report , the UK's Prime Minister apologized to the nation. H...
Monday, May 20, 2024

Britain's Infected Blood Inquiry Report published today

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  The UK commissioned a report on infections in its blood supply in the 1970's and 80's, and on the government's belated respons...
Friday, May 17, 2024

Sperm donation from Denmark to the UK and elsewhere

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  The Daily Mail has the story: 'They invaded us once by boat and now they're doing it with sperm!' Why hundreds of British wome...
Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Proposed age-adjusted smoking ban in the U.K.

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  The BBC has the story, about a proposal to ban smoking for everyone currently under the age of 18. (What could go wrong?) What is the UK ...
Friday, March 1, 2024

Medical aid in dying--the ongoing debate in Britain

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 The Guardian has this opinion piece, connected to the current debate in England about medically assisted dying, and the slippery slope: I’m...
Friday, January 12, 2024

Medical aid in dying, and slippery slopes--the debate in Britain

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 The Oxford blog Practical Ethics considers medical aid in dying (MAID), and the slippery slope arguments that accompany current debates on...
Wednesday, December 27, 2023

Medical aid in dying considered in Britain, and evolving in Canada

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The Guardian has the story about England and Wales, and the NYT has a story on Canada. Here's the Guardian: Two former health secretarie...
Tuesday, July 18, 2023

Can Britain Fix Its National Health Service?

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 The NYT has the story A National Treasure, Tarnished: Can Britain Fix Its Health Service? As it turns 75, the N.H.S., a proud symbol of Bri...
Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Human trafficking conviction in England, in kidney case-""the consent of the person trafficked is no defense."

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 The BBC has the story, which is apparently the first such conviction for kidney trafficking under Britain's anti-slavery law. Reading t...
Saturday, January 14, 2023

The power of kidneys, altruism, and books. (And recommendation of a doctor in the UK)

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 Here's a story, about kidneys and about books, in inews.co.uk: ‘It’s a gift with no conditions attached’: Why I donated my kidney to a ...
Friday, December 23, 2022

Postdoctoral opportunities in kidney exchange, in the U.K. with David Manlove and Daniel Paulusma

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 David Manlove writes to invite applications for postdocs with him and Daniel Paulusm a to work on kidney exchange. " There are three ...
Thursday, July 14, 2022

Allegations of organ trafficking for kidney transplants--in England and India

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 From time to time there are stories of prosecutions for organ trafficking in connection with kidney transplants. Here's a story develop...
Monday, June 20, 2022

Report of a SARS-CoV-2 human challenge trial. In Britain.

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  The May issue of Nature Medicine reports what I am pretty sure was the first covid challenge trial . It was a small one, designed to trac...