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Articles (3)
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🇺🇸 Henrietta Lacks’s Family Settles Suit With Novartis Over Use of Her Cells
[USA]
Ms. Lacks’s family accused Novartis of profiting from her cells, which were taken from her without her consent in 1951, when she was dying of cervical cancer.
Related: #Medical Ethics, #Bioethics -
🇬🇧 Assisted dying on Welsh NHS a step closer as Senedd votes in favour
[United Kingdom]
In major vote Senedd backs legislation which could allow for terminally ill people to end their lives.
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🇺🇸 Renowned surgeon allegedly faked records to block patients' liver transplants
[USA]
A Houston doctor has been indicted on charges of falsifying medical records for five patients, making them ineligible to receive a liver transplant, federal prosecutors say.
Related: #Medical Ethics, #Healthcare Fraud, #Transplant System Integrity