Medical ethics/Bioethics

Pakistan battles legions of fake doctors

Mr Abdul Waheed (left) trying to diagnose a minor in his unlicensed clinic on the outskirts of Hyderabad city in Sindh province on Jan 8. Clinics like his are often the first point of care for poor communities.

Over 3 million South Koreans opt out of life-sustaining treatment

Debate over the scope of so-called dignified death remains active in South Korea.

Singapore’s bioethics advisory committee urges caution on heritable gene editing

The Ministry of Health has also not approved heritable gene editing for these purposes as there is currently insufficient evidence of its safety.

Living with dignity after stoma surgery

Moving forward, we need ro talk more openly about stomas to help patients feel less isolated, writes a nurse.

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