Harrison’s: Friend or Foe?

Longo DL, Harrison TR. Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine, Eighteenth Edition. London: McGraw-Hill; 2012. RRP: $199 So a review of this text has been done before, not of Harrison’s Principles …

The ethics of euthanasia

Introduction The topic of euthanasia is one that is shrouded with much ethical debate and ambiguity. Various types of euthanasia are recognised, with active voluntary euthanasia, assisted suicide and physicianassisted …