Guidance for the Investigation Committee and case examiners when considering allegations about a doctor’s involvement in encouraging or assisting suicide. Draft for consultation Start: Feb 6, 2012 End: May 4, 2012 Results Published: Jul 31, 2012
The General Medical Council is consulting on our new draft guidance for the Investigation Committee and case examiners (decision-makers) to use when they are considering allegations about a doctor’s fitness to practise that relate to encouraging or assisting suicide.
UK researchers are working on new medical techniques that could allow women to avoid passing on genetically inherited mitochondrial diseases, to their children. These techniques, which are IVF-based, offer options for affected families. However they are also at the cutting edge, both of science and of ethics. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has launched this public consultation to gather your views on the social and ethical impact of making these techniques available to patients.
We provide our bodies or parts of our bodies for medical research or for the treatment of others in a number of ways and for a variety of reasons. However, there is a shortage of bodily material for many of these purposes in the UK. What should be done about it? The Council has set up a Working Party, chaired by Professor Dame Marilyn Strathern, to explore the ethical issues raised by the provision of bodily material for medical treatment and research. Questions to be considered include: * what motivates people to provide bodily material and what inducements or incentives are appropriate? * what constitutes valid consent? * what future ownership or control people should have over donated materials? * are there ethical limits on how we try to meet demand?
This report provides an overview of the extent, practice and impact of employee information and consultation (I&C) in 26 European countries five years after the implementation date of Directive 2002/14/EC.
Hoe ga je als SCEN-arts om met vragen van collega-artsen? De KNMG-richtlijn Goede steun en consultatie bij euthanasie geeft aan wat van SCEN-artsen mag worden verwacht, maar ook waar SCEN-artsen op mogen rekenen als de behandelend arts hen inschakelt. SCEN-artsen verschillen van opvatting over de omgang met vragen van collega-artsen om steun en consultatie, zo bleek uit een SCEN-evaluatie. Zij willen toe naar meer uniformiteit in oordeelsvorming en werkwijze. De KNMG heeft, na raadpleging van de SCEN-groepen, vuistregels vervat in de richtlijn Goede steun en consultatie bij euthanasie. Deze beoogt meer eenduidigheid en daarmee zekerheid te bieden aan SCEN-artsen, maar daarmee ook aan consultvragers en patiënten.
Background In the Netherlands, euthanasia is allowed if physicians adhere to legal requirements. Consultation of an independent physician is one of the requirements. SCEN (Support and Consultation on Euthanasia in the Netherlands) physicians have been trained to provide such consultations. Objective To study why euthanasia requests are sometimes judged not to meet requirements of due care and to find out which characteristics are associated with the SCEN physicians’ judgments. Methods During 5 years (2006, 2008-2011) standardized registration forms were used for data-collection. We used multilevel logistic regression analysis to assess the associations of characteristics and SCEN physicians’ judgments. Results We analyzed 1631 euthanasia requests, involving 415 SCEN physicians. Patient characteristics that were associated with a lower likelihood to meet due care requirements were: being tired with life, depression and not wanting to be a burden. Physical suffering and higher patien
This public survey is about the negotiation and conclusion of a stand-alone plurilateral agreement on trade in services between the EU and currently 21 WTO-members.
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Environmental Audit Committee 28 November 2007 NEW INQUIRY Climate change and local, regional and devolved government The Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) is today launching an inquiry into climate change and local, regional and devolved government.