Saturday, 17 January 2009

13 year old to die with diginity

Here's an intersting story from Novemeber 2008 about the right to refuse treatment. Do you agree with the outcome? Do you agree with the parents for supporting their daughters wishes? How would you have advised Hannah? Please add comments

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hereford/worcs/7721231.stm

Sunday, 15 June 2008

Did you know...?

That the Quakers'(aka The Society of Friends)teaching on abortion are that the it should be whatever the 'mother' wants. The reason for this is that they say that there is no guarantee that the pregnacy will go to full term sucessfully and so they think that the wants and need of the woman must be considered first.

Useful to know so that you can show the full range of views if you get a question on abortion.

Saturday, 26 April 2008

Powerful Death Request

This clip from 'Million Dollar Baby' rasies some key arguments for and against euthanasia

Sunday, 13 April 2008

Revision Sheet

Read this doc on Scribd: unit7 revision

Medical Ethics Overview

Friday, 11 April 2008

Every Sperm is Sacred

This amusing clip from Monty Python's 'The meaning of Life' might help you to remember the Roman Catholic view of contraception and abortion; just so long as you don't start singing it in the exam!



What do you think?