This has been bugging me for months, if not years. Sorry to spam it here, but maybe someone could provide me with an answer: if and when an effective treatment is discovered for c. difficile, will it have to be renamed – perhaps as c. facile? Have I missed something? Like I said – sorry. […]
Month: March 2009
The “progress” towards Fast-Tracking research ethics review in the NHS ethics system
Some of you may be aware that the National Research Ethics Service has been trialling a Fast-Track system for dealling rapidly with applications that present “no material ethical issues”. They have recently published a report on this trial which can be found here: Developing NRES. […]
It’s the End of the Father as we Know Him (and I Feel Fine)
It’s another blow to fatherhood, the traditional family, and all things good and pure, squeals the Daily Heil.* What could raise such spleen? By the looks of it, it’s Part 2 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act (2008), although the paper doesn’t have the good grace to provide a link. This piece of legislation reduces […]
Purdy and the Role of the Law
Having spent a chunk of my weekend reading the Purdy ruling, one of the things that it seems to illustrate is the way in which ethics and law sometimes seem to come apart. The ruling notes that Purdy and Puente are faced with “an impossible dilemma”, and that “although Mr Puente would be willing to […]