Did the NHS cheat Jaymee?

Article Abstract:

The case of Jaymee Bowen, the girl who was refused treatment costing 75,000 pounds sterling for a very rare secondary leukaemia by her local health authority, has highlighted the very difficult ethical issues involved in making decisions about medical treatment. Doctors believed that she had a very poor chance of survival, even with the treatment, and therefore felt that the expenditure was not justified. However, she has now received the treatment at a private hospital, and appears to be doing well. Most people feel that the NHS should not deny a patient any treatment, even if it is extremely expensive, while doctors feel it their duty to shield patients from treatment which could be very painful and of little use.

Care and treatment, Analysis, Medical ethics, Childhood leukemia, Leukemia in children

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Barristers: a law unto themselves

Article Abstract:

Solicitors in the UK are gaining extensive support for their efforts to put an end to the current practice of only barristers being permitted to represent clients in higher courts. At present, cases which go to a higher court are taken on by a barrister who knows very little of the background to the case and may not have the necessary knowledge of a specialised area of law. However, the Bar Council is determined to keep the present system, and now seems likely to succeed.

Laws, regulations and rules, Barristers

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Cradle of fanaticism

Article Abstract:

It has become increasingly common in the UK for people to criticise liberalism, claiming that it no longer has any value. This is a misguided view which fails to take into account the potentially very negative results of abandoning liberalism. Doing so brings the danger of giving space in society to religious fanaticism, which as the example of other countries indicates can provide justification for extreme violence and hatred.

Social aspects, Liberalism, Fanaticism

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