[The Star] Dead is dead, except when it’s not.
“Death used to be a little more self-evident,” says Kerry Bowman, a medical ethicist specializing in end of life issues at the University of Toronto’s Joint Centre for Bioethics.
“Today, you’re dead when the doctor says you are.”
Deciding when somebody is dead or about to die is quickly [...]

[AMNews] For ages, doctors have used lists and other reminders to help them give the right care to patients. Recently, the use of checklists in areas such as surgery and infection control has delivered remarkable results, greatly reducing morbidity and mortality.

Beginning in April, residents working in the intensive care unit at the Washington Hospital Center [...]

Dr. Oz shares with Orpah and Michael J.  Fox that the stem cell debate is dead because he predicts treatments emerging from adult stem cells for conditions such as Parkinson’s and diabetes, but only cancer from researching with embryonic stem cells.  Below is a summary of his statements, and his Oprah appearance can be seen here: [...]

[statesman.com] The mother of a 21-year-old assault victim who died of his injuries received permission Tuesday for his sperm to be collected post-mortem, giving her the chance to have a grandchild through a surrogate mother.

Bioethics International’s Executive Director, Jennifer Miller, is interviewed by CNA on why ‘Churchgoing Catholics strongly oppose abortion but [are] divided on embryonic stem-cell research’. 
[CNA] A new Gallup Poll reports that a strong majority of churchgoing Catholics do not think abortion is morally acceptable. However, it claims about half of churchgoing Catholics dissent from Catholic morality on [...]