Themed Articles: Bioethics & Medical Ethics

Are Designer Babies Our Future?

Keith Tidman overhears a prophetic dialogue about the pluses and minuses of genetically engineering children.
[Issue 119: April/May 2017]

Eating Stupid Pigs

Marco Kaisth asks, could radical genetic engineering create ethical factory farms?
[Issue 119: April/May 2017]

Informing People About Their Genetic Risks

Jan Deckers and Dominic Hall ask whether relatives of patients with a genetic disease should be told that they themselves are at an increased risk.
[Issue 119: April/May 2017]

Can We Trust Medical Science?

Simon Kolstoe says that all is not well with medicine.
[Issue 119: April/May 2017]

Doctor-Patient Relationships

Paul Walker ponders the best type of relationship between a doctor and a patient.
[Issue 119: April/May 2017]

Henrietta’s Story

Vincent Lotz asks who should have the decisive power over someone’s cells after their death: their family, or the medical community?
[Issue 119: April/May 2017]

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