tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14959500.post-64448164379318231632008-06-18T02:33:00.004-05:002008-06-18T02:54:16.198-05:00The weekly newsletter,<a href="http://www.bioedge.org/index.php/site/"> <span style="font-style:italic;">Bioedge,</span></a> from the land down under is one of the better bioethics/biotechnology on-line newsletters. <br /><br />Readers who consider the pro-life movement mainly as a US political matter, may be surprised by the existence of <span style="font-style:italic;">Bioedge,</span> since it is pro-life. The publishers' aim is to: <br /><blockquote><span style="font-style:italic;"><br /> * to promote evidence-based ethics in medicine<br /> * to promote compassion in medical care<br /> * to highlight the fact that medical excellence is not possible without ethical principles<br /> * to provide high-quality up-to-date information and commentary on bioethics<br /> * to facilitate the participation of health professionals in policy debates on bioethics<br /></span></blockquote><br /><br />This week's headlines include<br /><a href="http://www.bioedge.org/index.php/bioethics/bioethics_article/8190/"><br />"Stem cell scientists seek to shed snake oil image"</a><br /><a href="http://www.bioedge.org/index.php/bioethics/bioethics_article/8189/"><br />"California euthanasia lobby scores victory"</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.bioedge.org/index.php/bioethics/bioethics_article/8188/">"Nature attacks ‘human dignity’"</a><br /><a href="http://www.bioedge.org/index.php/bioethics/bioethics_article/8187/"><br />"Surprise on operating table"</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.bioedge.org/index.php/bioethics/bioethics_article/8186/">"US Catholic bishops reject embryonic stem cell research"</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping</div>LifeEthics.orghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14136517859663946965noreply@blogger.com