In the Swedish media there is an ongoing debate over autonomy at the end of life and whether assisted death in any form should be legalized. Smer is currently working on a factual report concerning assisted death.

The Swedish National Council on Medical Ethics arranges the seminar “Neuroethics: Deep Brain Stimulation” on the 16th of March at the Riksdag.

The theme for the conference was “Self-determination, physician assisted dying and care at the end of life”. Among the participants were professors Wayne Sumner and Anthony Back who gave presentations concerning physician-assisted suicide in Canada and in the United States.

The Swedish Council on Medical Ethics has today published a report concerning innovative therapies offered within clinical practice as a treatment outside a research protocol. A summary of the report will be published in English shortly.

The Swedish Council on Medical Ethics has published a report concerning innovative therapies offered within clinical practice as a treatment outside a research protocol. A summary of the report will be published in English shortly.

The Swedish National Council on Medical Ethics considers it ethical to use medical methods to assess age in the asylum process, under certain circumstances.

The Swedish National Council on Medical Ethics has conducted an ethical analysis of ‘traumatic shaking’ with reference to the report on the subject by The Swedish Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Assessment of Social Services. Read the opinion from the Swedish national council on medical ethics.

The Swedish National Council on Medical Ethics has conducted an ethical analysis of ‘traumatic shaking’ with reference to the report on the subject by The Swedish Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Assessment of Social Services.