Following up
Here are a few updates and extensions to recent posts on blog.bioethics.net:
APA: Members shouldn't be involved with abusive interrogation
The first time through on this topic we should have mentioned Steven Miles' editorial from the April 2007 AJOB. Here's a clip:
The diverse clinical societies' ethics codes should be harmonized and unequivocally grounded on the standards in international laws like the Geneva Convention. In this way, the United States medical community would express its accountability to international law and be able to call upon foreign governments and medical communities to do likewise.
Mitt's moment on stem cells
Our little look at Mitt Romney's "I talked with Doug Melton and everything changed" story was prompted in part by the former governor's recent successes in Iowa. The Economist recently wrote that we shouldn't read too much into that success.
Birthing, competitive and constrained
While China is reformulating the marketing of its one-child policy, India continues its path toward becoming the worlds' most populous country. And it's making a lot of headway thanks to Nanu Ram Jogi. According to The Times (UK), Mr. Jogi is the world's oldest new father. He's 90 and child number 21 was recently born. As he's quoted in the report: "I want to have more children. I can survive another few decades and want to have children till I am 100. Then maybe it will be time to stop."
You're wonderful. Now change.
Yet more tales of digital enhancement. Apparently Nicholas Sarkozy's poignees d'amour weren't suitable for publication. And after seeing a recent ad featuring her image, Keira Knightley was prompted to say: "Those things certainly weren't mine."
-Greg Dahlmann
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