Scotland Medical Ethics News

Three in four DNRs applied during pandemic done without formal assessment

• 11 Mar 2021
• UK

Ethical stem cell research finds MND damage may be reversible

• 21 Jan 2021
• Scotland

‘Assault on Scots assisted suicide protections out of touch, dangerous and desperate’

• 11 Jan 2021
• Scotland

Call for review into number of DNARs in Scotland as patients ‘not informed’

• 19 Nov 2020
• Scotland

Activists prepare for third assault on Scotland’s assisted suicide protections

• 29 Oct 2020
• Scotland

BMA docs support assisted suicide – but not being involved

• 9 Oct 2020
• UK

‘Party should not back assisted suicide’, SNP councillor warns

• 25 Sep 2020
• Scotland

‘Presumed consent’ organ donation in Scotland from next year

• 18 Sep 2020
• Scotland

‘In a civilised society every life has value’, says bioethicist

• 3 Jul 2020
• Scotland

Coronavirus: ‘Don’t brush away the lives of the elderly and disabled’

• 8 Apr 2020
• UK

Over 90s should not ‘clog up’ NHS, says former chief adviser

• 2 Apr 2020
• UK

MP seeks to help parents whose children have ‘untreatable’ conditions

• 20 Mar 2020
• UK