Christopher F C Jordens,Michelle A C O&#x;Connor,Ian H Kerridge et al.
Christopher F C Jordens et al.
Umbilical cord blood is a valuable source of haematopoietic stem cells. There is little information about whether religious affiliations have any bearing on attitudes to and decisions about its collection, donation and storage. The authors ...
Development of stem cells from umbilical cord blood and blood banking: "non-controversial" and "free of political and ethical debate"? [0.03%]
脐带血干细胞的发展和血液库的建立：“非争议性”或“无政治及伦理争论”?
Loane Skene
Loane Skene
Opponents of human embryo research have understandably welcomed pluripotent stem cells being derived from body cells including cells from umbilical cords after childbirth. The cord would otherwise be discarded and embryos are not destroyed....
Re Edwards (2011) 4 ASTLR 392: who owns a dead man's sperm? [0.03%]
埃德沃兹案（2011）4澳商事与信托诉讼报告392：死者生前的精子属于谁？
Jatine Patel,Thomas Faunce
Jatine Patel
Re Edwards (2011) 4 ASTLR 392; [2011] NSWSC 478 adds to the small line of cases to have considered whether a woman can not only require medical staff to remove sperm from her dead male partner, but whether she is justified in terms of law a...
Death by homeopathy: issues for civil, criminal and coronial law and for health service policy [0.03%]
致命的顺势疗法：民事、刑事和验尸法庭法律及卫生服务政策上的问题
Ian Freckelton
Ian Freckelton
Homoeopathy has a significant clinical history, tracing its roots back to Hippocrates and more latterly to Dr Christian (Samuel) Hahnemann (1755-1843), a Saxon physician. In the last 30 years it has ridden a wave of resurgent interest and p...
Malcolm Parker
Malcolm Parker
The teaching of medical ethics is not yet characterised by recognised, standard requirements for formal qualifications, training and experience; this is not surprising as the field is still relatively young and maturing. Under the broad iss...
Mike O&#x;Connor
Mike O&#x;Connor
Paralysis following an epidural anaesthetic is a rare event. The mechanism usually involves accidental injection of skin antiseptic instead of local anaesthetic. Two recent cases, one involving paralysis, the other a "near-miss", are descri...
Withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment from a patient in a minimally conscious state [0.03%]
极低意识状态患者的撤除生命维持治疗
Joanna Manning
Joanna Manning
This column reports on a recent decision, the first in England in which a court was asked to authorise the withdrawal of artificial nutrition and hydration from a patient in a "minimally conscious state". Since the seminal decision in 1993 ...
Umbilical cord blood banking and the next generation of human tissue regulation: an agenda for research [0.03%]
胎盘血储存与下一代人体组织监管：研究纲要
Cameron Stewart,Ian Kerridge
Cameron Stewart
The transformation of umbilical cord blood from being a waste product to being a valuable source of stem cells has led to the emergence of significant legal, ethical and social issues. This editorial proposes an agenda for research into the...
Editorial
Journal of law and medicine. 2012 Mar;19(3):423-9. DOI: 2012