Dr. Margaret Somerville On Setting Ethical Medical Guidelin




Allan Gregg in Conversation (Audio) show

Summary: Medical Ethicist Dr. Margaret Somerville believes that as medical and scientific breakthroughs are happening so quickly, it is imperative that society sets limits on the ethical implications these breakthroughs may cause. She talks about the inherent dangers of reproductive and therapeutic cloning; xenotransplantation i.e. the implanting of animal organs into human beings and doctor assisted suicide. (Originally aired January 2001)