This report on end-of-life decision-making in Canada was produced by an international expert panel and commissioned by the Royal Society of Canada. It consists of five chapters. Chapter 1 reviews what is known about end-of-life care and opinions about assisted dying in Canada. Chapter 2 reviews the legal status quo ...

The objective of this paper is to understand from a sociological perspective how the moral question of euthanasia, framed as the "right to die", emerges and is dealt with in society. It takes France and Germany as case studies, two countries in which euthanasia is prohibited and which have similar ...

The aim of this research was to ascertain how the opportunities now open by the Greek legislation regarding assisted reproduction fits with Greek society and how it compares with the wider EU legal framework. A revision of the Greek legislation took place a few years ago, with two new Acts. ...

In the field of homosexuality an issue still excessively polemical is the one concerning the possibility of paternity or maternity (biological or adoptive) as a right to be exercised by homosexuals. An even more controversial issue is that of homosexuals' access to assisted reproductive techniques. Carrying out an analysis of ...

In March 2010, Turkey became the first country to legislate against the cross-border travel of its citizens seeking third-party reproductive assistance. Although the use of donor eggs, donor spermatozoa and surrogacy had been illegal in Turkey since the introduction of a regulatory framework for assisted reproductive treatment in 1987, men ...

The growing phenomenon of cross-border reproductive travel has four significant legal dimensions. First, laws that ban or inhibit access to assisted reproductive procedures in one country lead patients and physicians to travel to other countries to acquire, to contribute to or to provide assisted reproductive services. Such laws may include ...

The relatively new practice of continuous sedation at the end of life (CS) is increasingly being debated in the clinical and ethical literature. This practice received much attention when a U.S. Supreme Court ruling noted that the availability of CS made legalization of physician-assisted suicide (PAS) unnecessary, as CS could ...

This article is a response to Professor John Keown's criticism of my article "Finding a Way Through the Ethical and Legal Maze: Withdrawal of Medical Treatment and Euthanasia" (2005) 13(3) Medical Law Review 357. The article takes up and responds to a number of criticisms raised by Keown in an ...

J. L. A. Garcia holds that my defense of voluntary euthanasia in an earlier paper amounts to an "assault on traditional common sense" about what medical ethics permits physicians to do, particularly insofar as I hold that a physician's duty to abstain from intentionally killing is only a defeasible duty, ...

Two matters that have a significant presence in the contemporary Dutch assisted dying debate, are the nature of the suffering required for an assisted death to be lawful, and the issue of who can lawfully assist. This article explores whether the lawful medical assisted dying model is too restrictive in ...

Modern medicine, specifically assisted reproductive technology (ART), has overtaken the law in many jurisdictions around the world. New technologies and practices open a Pandora's Box of ethical, religious, social and legal questions, and may present a variety of significant legal problems to the courts and legislators. Surrogate motherhood and pregnancy ...

The final federal rules make it easier to meet Stage 1 requirements, but are not expected to significantly change the outcomes expected by the conclusion of Stage 3 in 2015. Practices that have not already done so should begin a detailed planning process, as outlined above, so they can meet ...

The 50th Annual Scientific Meeting of the British Society for Haematology was notable, not only for its golden anniversary, but also because it coincided with the eruption of the Icelandic volcano, Eyjafjallajökull, and the ensuing travel chaos. In total, 28 speakers from overseas were unable to reach Edinburgh, including a ...

The 12th Annual Meeting of the British Society of Heart Failure was held in London (UK). As heart failure has evolved into an accredited subspecialty in its own right, the conference has become increasingly well attended. This year there were over 400 delegates from around the world. As per clinical ...

Date written: November 2008 Final submission: August 2009.

Towards the end of my time at Trousseau, it was a huge honour to be asked if I would like to consider staying on as an observer until October, with a view to continuing on, after that, in a Chef de Clinique appointment. This was a golden opportunity that I ...

The British Chiropractic Association recently won a libel case against the science writer and CAM 'skeptic' Dr Simon Singh for publishing an article in a British newspaper in which he accused them of promoting 'bogus' treatments. This has ignited a campaign in the UK to 'keep the libel laws out ...

Theory and research point to different ways moral conviction and religiosity connect to trust in political authorities to decide controversial issues of the day. Specifically, we predicted that stronger moral convictions would be associated with greater distrust in authorities such as the U.S. Supreme Court making the "right" decisions regarding ...

International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry 2009This policy document was prepared by J.C. Harris, R.C. Balmer, and P.D. Sidebotham on behalf of the British Society of Paediatric Dentistry (BSPD). Policy documents produced by the BSPD represent a majority view, based on consideration of currently available evidence. They are produced to provide ...

The British Orthodontic Society invites outstanding contributors from the field of Orthodontics to give the guest lecture in memory of George Northcroft. In 2007 the guest lecturer was Professor Murray C. Meikle. The article that follows was presented as the Northcroft Memorial Lecture 2007 at the British Orthodontic Conference, Harrogate, ...

Now in its 6(th) year, the East Midlands Proteomics workshop held in November 2007 brought together over 200 scientists with a common interest in proteomic techniques and their application to complex biological and biomedical problems. For the first time, this meeting was jointly supported by the British Society for Proteome ...

Viewing the reception of psychoanalysis in Britain from Cambridge, the paper examines the intertwining histories of the post-War British Psychological Society and the founding of the British Psycho-Analytical Society, following the initiatives of the two principal psychological entrepreneurs of the era, Charles Myers and Ernest Jones, Reforms in Cambridge in ...

The British psychoanalyst D. W. Winnicott and the American psychoanalyst Phyllis Greenacre were both deeply absorbed by the vicissitudes of the infant's and young child's psychic development. Their clinical observations and theoretical ideas display striking convergences and reciprocal influences. Winnicott was deeply influenced by Greenacre's account of maturational processes, an ...

Collections of 'Echinorhynchus salmonis' from Britain and Ireland deposited in The Natural History Museum, London (1921.7.19.3-12 and 1952.10.30.122-127) were re-identified as Acanthocephalus clavula and Acanthocephalus lucii respectively. The amphipod, Pontoporeia affinis, European intermediate host of E. salmonis, does not occur in the British Isles, so it is concluded that E. ...

Herbert Brookes was a wealthy businessman, a distinguished patron of high culture in Melbourne society, an anti-Labor eminence who moved comfortably in the highest of imperial circles. The richness of his papers in the National Library provides the opportunity to examine the life of a leading British-Australian, to analyse issues ...

The Random Samples item "The mosquito and the marigold" (12 May, p. 809) incorrectly suggested that a team of scientists in India first characterized phototoxins in marigolds that kill mosquito larvae. In fact, they were originally discovered in the early 1980s in Canada by investigators at the University of British ...

"While 'closed-door' immigration policies are adopted by most countries, 'exceptionalist' legislation is often made to permit entry of special immigrant groups. An example is the British Nationality (Hong Kong) Act 1990, which was passed in the run-up to the change in sovereignty of Hong Kong in 1997. Britain's increasingly restrictive ...

The British Sexological Society was a largely unknown society composed of influential people of the early twentieth century in Great Britain. The present research is an archival study of the Society and its work concerning homosexuality. Issues addressed by the British Sexological Society are relevant to the early development of ...

This paper describes certain aspects of the life and work of Melanie Klein in the British Psycho-Analytical Society. It attempts to highlight the reciprocity of the relationship between Melanie Klein and other members of that Society by showing how the climate of psychoanalytical opinion that was prevalent among members of ...

Serological and morphological comparisons between the theilerias found in Australian and British cattle and of these with African Theileria mutans (Theiler 1906) showed that the Australian and British parasites were similar to each other but different from T. mutans. Further investigations are required to determine taxonomic affinities between the Australian ...

Different forms of thalassaemia or related disorders were found in 116 people of apparently pure British stock. Among them were one family with a child homozygous for beta-thalassaemia and eight heterozygous relatives, 16 families with 83 persons heterozygous for beta-thalassaemia, two families with three persons with Hb H disease and ...

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The British Land Reclamation Society (BLRS) '... is a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary organisation concerned with the reclamation, rehabilitation and restoration of land, including contaminated, derelict and abandoned land from mineral working and former urban and industrial uses'. The site provides access to events and conferences, news, access for members to ...

This copy of the report on 'Deer and Elk Habitats in Coastal Forests of Southern British Columbia' originally published in 1990, has been made available online by the British Columbia Ministry and may be useful for historical purposes. An abstract is provided, with the document available for downloading in sections ...

This is the website of the British Cactus and Succulent Society whose objectives are to promote the study, conservation, propagation and cultivation of cacti and other succulent plants. It includes membership information, an events calendar, a free email newsletter for members, cultivation advice and a bibliography of succulent plant periodicals. ...

The British Society for the Study of Vulval Disease (BSSVD) is a UK based international society with membership drawn from a range of specialities, such as, gynaecology, genitourinary medicine, histopathology, and dermatology. This site provides information on membership applications, council members, and forthcoming events and meetings. Information is also provided ...

The aim of the British Society of Gerodontology (BSG) is to protect, maintain and improve the oral health of older people. The BSG is is also involved in the development of undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in gerodontology. The website provides information about the Society, forthcoming meetings, and membership details. There ...

This is the home page of a special group of the British Psychological Society that is responsible for registering Chartered Psychologists. The aims of the group are given together with details of the activities it organises. The site should be useful for professional psychologists.

The British Thoracic Society (BTS) was established in 1982 and membership includes medical practitioners, nurses, scientists and any professional with an interest in respiratory disease. Information is provided on the history and organisational structure of the BTS, clinical guidelines, policy briefings and press releases, details of research and educational activities, ...

These clinical guidelines on the management of variceal haemorrhage in cirrhotic patients were commissioned by the British Society of Gastroenterology under the auspices of the Liver Section. A preface is available here, with the full document in PDF . Published by The British Society of Gastroenterology in 1998.

The British Biophysical Society (BBS) is a scientific society which aims to promote teaching and research in biophysics, a molecular science concerned with the application of physical science techniques to investigate what molecules such as DNA and proteins look like, and how they interact to form biological systems. The Society's ...

A statistical and epidemiological review of British Columbia native Indian and non-Indian mortality revealed that accidents were the leading cause of death among Indians but ranked only fourth among non-Indians. Comparison of accidental death rates by age and sex showed that, without exception, the rates among Indians were considerably higher ...

A revision of R. S. Troup's Exotic forest trees in the British Empire. published in 1932

A survey of bilharziasis and its vectors in certain countries of north-east Africa and of the Red Sea area, carried out between December 1951 and February 1952, is described within the framework of a review of the somewhat scattered and incomplete information already available on this subject in the literature. ...

Anopheles darlingi-the sole malaria vector in British Guiana-was eradicated from the coastal areas by means of house-spraying with residual DDT. Between the seaward zone, where the conditions are ideal for the breeding of this anopheline, and the hinterland, there is a belt of very acid, peaty soil in which the ...