Bioetikos naujienos

Never say ‘die’: Why so many doctors won’t break bad news

It’s never easy to tell a patient about a terminal illness, but a longtime doctor whose own diagnosis was botched says physicians must do better.

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Paskelbta Medikų ir pacientų santykiai | Komentarai įrašui Never say ‘die’: Why so many doctors won’t break bad news yra išjungti

I never met my daughter’s dad – she was his dying wish

Liat Malka longed to have children but hadn’t yet met the right person with whom to start a family. Then she became involved in an unusual plan – to help fulfil a stranger’s dying wish of fathering a child.

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Paskelbta Gyvenimo pradžios etinės problemos | Komentarai įrašui I never met my daughter’s dad – she was his dying wish yra išjungti

The Kidney Brokers: Yemeni organs sold for $5,000 in Egypt

An Egyptian hospital and officials at the Yemeni embassy in Cairo were involved in a large-scale organ-trafficking ring from 2014 that included hundreds of patients and brokers from Yemen and Egypt, an Al Jazeera investigation has revealed.

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Paskelbta Organų ir audinių transplantavimas/Donorystė | Komentarai įrašui The Kidney Brokers: Yemeni organs sold for $5,000 in Egypt yra išjungti

IVF couples could be able to choose the ‘smartest’ embryo

Couples undergoing IVF treatment could be given the option to pick the “smartest” embryo within the next 10 years, a leading US scientist has predicted.

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Paskelbta Gyvenimo pradžios etinės problemos | Komentarai įrašui IVF couples could be able to choose the ‘smartest’ embryo yra išjungti

Opt-out organ donation: Max and Keira’s Bill passed into law

From 2020, adults in England will be considered potential donors unless they choose to opt out or are excluded. A new system for organ donation that will save hundreds of lives has come into law, with the Organ Donation (Deemed Consent) Bill receiving Royal Assent on 15 March.

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Paskelbta Organų ir audinių transplantavimas/Donorystė | Komentarai įrašui Opt-out organ donation: Max and Keira’s Bill passed into law yra išjungti

New York City declares a public health emergency amid Brooklyn measles outbreak

New York City has declared the measles outbreak affecting the Orthodox Jewish community in Williamsburg to be a public health emergency, Mayor Bill de Blasio said. Unvaccinated people living in select ZIP codes will be required to receive the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, known as MMR, to curtail the outbreak and protect others, he said. New York City has declared the measles outbreak affecting the Orthodox Jewish community in Williamsburg to be a public health emergency, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday.Unvaccinated people living in select ZIP codes will be required to receive the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, known as MMR, to curtail the outbreak and protect others, he said.

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Paskelbta Neklasifikuota | Komentarai įrašui New York City declares a public health emergency amid Brooklyn measles outbreak yra išjungti

Social risk for donor-conceived after Australian man fathers 48

Concerns have been raised about “social risks” for donor conceived children in Brisbane after it was revealed that a single sperm donor had fathered 48 children via one clinic. The story broke in Australia after a lesbian couple reported discovering that the child of someone in their neighbourhood was a genetic half-sister of their own children.

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Paskelbta Gyvenimo pradžios etinės problemos | Komentarai įrašui Social risk for donor-conceived after Australian man fathers 48 yra išjungti

‘Three-person’ baby boy born in Greece

Fertility doctors in Greece and Spain say they have produced a baby from three people in order to overcome a woman’s infertility. The doctors say they are „making medical history“ which could help infertile couples around the world. But some experts in the UK say the procedure raises ethical questions and should not have taken place.

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Paskelbta Gyvenimo pradžios etinės problemos | Komentarai įrašui ‘Three-person’ baby boy born in Greece yra išjungti

Vyriausybė patvirtino embrionų donorystės programą: tai padės nevaisingoms poroms

Vyriausybė patvirtino embrionų donorystės programą. Iki šiol Lietuvoje nebuvo teisiškai reglamentuota embriono donorystės įgyvendinimo tvarka, nors Pagalbinio apvaisinimo įstatymas donuoti embrionus leidžia.

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Paskelbta Gyvenimo pradžios etinės problemos | Komentarai įrašui Vyriausybė patvirtino embrionų donorystės programą: tai padės nevaisingoms poroms yra išjungti

61-year-old grandmother carries a baby for her son and his husband

Gay couple Matthew Eledge, 32, and his husband, Elliot Dougherty, 29, from Omaha, wanted to start a family. Matthew’s mother Cecile, 61, who had three children in her younger days, volunteered to become both the surrogate mother and the grandmother.

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Paskelbta Gyvenimo pradžios etinės problemos | Komentarai įrašui 61-year-old grandmother carries a baby for her son and his husband yra išjungti