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“Sedation until death” in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis for harvesting organs for donation in patients. Bioethical assessment

 News recently published has reported the existence of a protocol [...]

By |2021-01-28T13:43:51+01:00January 28th, 2021|Assisted Suicide, Bioethics, BIOETHICS NEWS, Euthanasia, Informed consent, Medical Deontology, SPECIAL REPORTS|1 Comment
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Urethral complications after gender reassignment surgery: a systematic review

More cautious approaches when undertaking gender-transition to both surgery and [...]

By |2020-11-20T11:12:01+01:00November 17th, 2020|Bioethics, Informed consent, NEWS and VIEWS, Transsexuality|Comments Off on Urethral complications after gender reassignment surgery: a systematic review
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Diagnostic tests for brain death: this is the time for universal uniformity

A controversial critical issue for the organ transplantation system: the [...]

By |2020-09-17T13:37:51+02:00September 17th, 2020|Bioethics, BIOETHICS NEWS, Coma Patients, Informed consent, Organ donation, Organ Transplant, SPECIAL REPORTS|0 Comments
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“In vivo” brain tissue donation. Medical and bioethical approach

Until now, brain tissue donation for scientific studies was done [...]

By |2020-05-14T09:43:16+02:00May 13th, 2020|Bioethics, BIOETHICS NEWS, Ethics of Scientific Research and Medical clinic, Informed consent, Neuroscience, NEWS and VIEWS, Organ donation|0 Comments
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Frozen human embryos are collapsing fertility clinics capacity of storage. Bioethical approach

Frozen embryos abandoned. Short review Earlier this year, CBS News [...]

By |2019-11-05T13:08:00+01:00October 31st, 2019|Bioethics, BIOETHICS NEWS, Human embryos, Human Rights, Informed consent, SPECIAL REPORTS|0 Comments
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Current treatment of transgender youth includes the suppression of puberty that has direct consequences on the development of the minor.

A relevant ethical, moral and legal medical unresolved issue is [...]

By |2019-06-03T08:32:14+02:00May 27th, 2019|Gender Ideology, Informed consent, Medical Deontology, NEWS and VIEWS, Transsexuality|0 Comments
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Vincent Lambert case reignites the end of life debate in France and beyond

We quote a New York Times article published on May [...]

By |2019-06-07T08:54:02+02:00May 23rd, 2019|Assisted Suicide, Bioethics, BIOETHICS NEWS, Coma Patients, Informed consent, NEWS and VIEWS, Palliative Care|0 Comments
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Legalization of assisted suicide effects. “A source of good-quality organs and corpses”, ethical comment

When the transplant team and anatomy laboratories in search of [...]

By |2019-05-02T08:31:04+02:00April 15th, 2019|BIOETHICS NEWS, Euthanasia, Informed consent, NEWS and VIEWS, Palliative Care|0 Comments
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Is the success of organ transplantation “Spanish model” due to the current law of organ donation presumed consent?

A British Medical Journal (BMJ) article titled Will an opt-out [...]

By |2019-07-15T13:35:58+02:00February 13th, 2019|BIOETHICS NEWS, Informed consent, NEWS and VIEWS, Organ donation, Organ Transplant|0 Comments
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