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Brain surgery, in any form, to treat people with psychiatric illness was virtually abandoned after public outcry over the abuse of lobotomies half a century ago. But recent progress in neuroscience is...
Medicine is not an exact science. Every day healthcare professionals are expected to make life and death decisions with only their expertise and experience to guide them. There is no comprehensive rule book...
Two 15-minute programmes on stem cell research - one on embryonic stem cells and the future of Parkinson’s Disease and the other on the ethics of stem cell research. Th
Discusses the moral arguments for and against using animal research and genetically modified organisms including the potential benefits to human health, society and world hunger.
Two hours of video on CD-ROM, with text support and live internet links, featuring seven leading practitioners and thinkers in the field of gene therapy who contributed to a short video, sponsored by the...
Discusses assisted reproductive technology (ART) and its implications, both social and ethical. Uses microscopic footage and graphics to show the latest infertility treatments. The ethical implications are...
Traces the Loughran family’s experience of cystic fibrosis, which threatens the life of 15-year-old Sheila, who could be helped by living donor lung transplatation, using parts of two sibling’s lungs....
A trigger video looking at the repercussions of the scientific and technological advances in reproductive medicine. A drama centres on the many types of screening and treatment faced by a couple in the year...
A compilation of interviews examining key ethical issues related to new genetic technologies, including understanding the human genome, science ethics and the law, genetic testing, information and...
Ernle Young, Co-Director of Stanford University’s Center for Biomedical Ethics, examines issues of life and death, particularly at the beginning and the end of life.
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