Category: Medicine
Cellular Self-Sacrifice — And an Allegory
No one knows how apoptosis came to be, although there are theories. Even the simplest of animals are programmed for it.
Bioethics Coming to Elementary and High Schools?
Bioethicist Jacob M. Appel wants the bioethics movement to educate your children about the policy and personal conundrums that involve medical care and health public policy.
Nature Says Bioethics Is Obsolete
In such a milieu in which there really is no “right” and “wrong,” who needs bioethicists?
Deep Suicide Nihilism in Switzerland
A new suicide clinic is advertising its dark services in Switzerland — with “native English speaking” staff to ensure that suicide tourists attend.
A Trojan Horse for Euthanasia? No
When my mother was dying of Alzheimer’s disease and the sharp bodily decline that hits those in their late 90s, my wife and I brought her home for care.