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Dec 11, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Dominic Wilkinson
Following the second reading (and parliamentary support) of Labour MP Kim Leadbetter’s terminally ill adults (end of life) bill on November 29, much of the public debate in England and Wales will now shift to questions around safeguards. If the safeguards aren’t considered adequate, the bill is unlikely to pass through the several parliamentary hurdles that remain before it becomes law. So what safeguards or steps are needed to verify a person’s choice of assisted dying?
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Dominic Wilkinson |Bryanna Moore |Johnna Wellesley
There is a clear ethical and legal principle that adults have a right to make decisions about their health. This is sometimes called the principle of patient autonomy. That is, of course, why doctors need patients’ consent before providing the treatment they recommend. But we only really notice the ethical significance of this principle when patients make choices that go against medical advice and that doctors think are unwise or even dangerous.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Dominic Wilkinson |Bryanna Moore |Johnna Wellesley
There is a clear ethical and legal principle that adults have a right to make decisions about their health. This is sometimes called the principle of patient autonomy. That is, of course, why doctors need patients’ consent before providing the treatment they recommend. But we only really notice the ethical significance of this principle when patients make choices that go against medical advice and that doctors think are unwise or even dangerous.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
www1.folha.uol.com.br | Jonathan Pugh |Dominic Wilkinson |Julian Savulescu
Uma virologista chamada Beata Halassy recentemente ganhou destaque depois de publicar um relato sobre o tratamento bem-sucedido de seu próprio câncer de mama por meio da autoadministração de um tratamento experimental.
Tendo sido submetida anteriormente a uma mastectomia e quimioterapia, ela informou a seus médicos que queria tratar seu tumor injetando nele vírus conhecidos por atacar células cancerosas. Esse tipo de abordagem é chamado de viroterapia oncolítica (OVT, na sigla em inglês).
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
medicalxpress.com | Jonathan Pugh |Dominic Wilkinson |Julian Savulescu
A virologist named Beata Halassy recently made headlines after publishing a report of successfully treating her own breast cancer by self-administering an experimental treatment. Having previously undergone a mastectomy and chemotherapy, Halassy informed her doctors that she wanted to treat her tumor by injecting it with viruses known to attack cancerous cells. This sort of approach is called oncolytic virotherapy (OVT).
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Nov 17, 2024 | 
bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com | Dominic Wilkinson |Julian Savulescu
Is it ever OK for scientists to experiment on themselves? A virologist named Beata Halassy recently made headlines after publishing a report of successfully treating her own breast cancer by self-administering an experimental treatment. Having previously undergone a mastectomy and chemotherapy, Halassy informed her doctors that she wanted to treat her tumour by injecting it with viruses known to attack cancerous cells. This sort of approach is called oncolytic virotherapy (OVT).
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Jonathan Pugh |Dominic Wilkinson |Julian Savulescu
A virologist named Beata Halassy recently made headlines after publishing a report of successfully treating her own breast cancer by self-administering an experimental treatment. Having previously undergone a mastectomy and chemotherapy, Halassy informed her doctors that she wanted to treat her tumour by injecting it with viruses known to attack cancerous cells. This sort of approach is called oncolytic virotherapy (OVT).
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
jme.bmj.com | Johnna Wellesley |Dominic Wilkinson |Bryanna Moore |Newborn Care
Decision MakingEthics- MedicalTerminally IllIntroductionIn the summer of 2022, Sudiksha Thirumalesh, known initially by the Court of Protection as ‘ST’, was admitted to hospital with respiratory arrest resulting from a rare mitochondrial condition as well as a positive COVID-19 infection. She spent the next year being cared for in the intensive care unit.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
tolerance.ca | Dominic Wilkinson
The declaration of Helsinki recently turned 60, but don’t feel bad if you missed the celebrations. It probably passed unnoticed by most people not working in the medical field – and possibly even a good few in the field. If you’re not familiar with the declaration – adopted by the World Medical Association on October 19 1964 – here is an explainer on this highly influential document: how it emerged, how it evolved and where it may be heading. What is the declaration of Helsinki?
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Dominic Wilkinson
The declaration of Helsinki recently turned 60, but don’t feel bad if you missed the celebrations. It probably passed unnoticed by most people not working in the medical field – and possibly even a good few in the field. If you’re not familiar with the declaration – adopted by the World Medical Association on October 19 1964 – here is an explainer on this highly influential document: how it emerged, how it evolved and where it may be heading. What is the declaration of Helsinki?
