1. Ethics briefings.
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Davies, Martin, Brannan, Sophie, Chrispin, Eleanor, English, Veronica, Mussell, Rebecca, and Sheather, Julian C.
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MEDICAL ethics , *PROPOFOL , *LETHAL injection (Execution) , *LOCKED-in syndrome , *CIRCUMCISION laws , *PATIENTS - Abstract
The article offers world news briefs related to medical ethics. Fresenius Kabi AG, a drug manufacturer, barred the sale of the anaesthetic, propofol for use in lethal injections. The High Court in England and Wales rejected the legal claims for assisted dying of two men suffering from locked-in syndrome. The German government announced that it supported legislation which would legalize non-therapeutic male circumcision.
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- 2013
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