Fertility doctor charged with fraud over methods

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Dr Cecil B. Jacobson has been accused of fraud in using his own sperm to artificially inseminate his own patients. Jacobson has been indicted on 53 counts of perjury and criminal fraud, which carry a fine of up to $500,000 and a maximum of 285 years in prison. Jacobson has already faced medical ethics charges when in 1989 he signed an agreement barring him from practicing medicine in the United States for five years. He had been accused of defrauding fertility patients by telling them they were pregnant and later using drugs to mask his deception.

Fraud, Fertility, Human, Human fertility, Jacobson, Cecil B.

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Test case? Physician acquitted after taking infant son off respirator

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Physician Gregory Messenger was acquitted on Feb 2, 1995, of manslaughter charges that resulted from the removal of his infant son from a respirator. Some observers believe that the case is a victory for parental rights regarding medical decisions. However, the case was difficult because the testimony of the medical experts involved was conflicting. Ethics experts say it is difficult to predict whether the ruling in this case will affect similar ones.

Parent and child (Law), Right to die, Infanticide, Messenger, Gregory

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Physicians sue over California's use of doctors in executions

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The California Department of Corrections is being sued by 13 physicians who do not believe that physicians should participate in executions. These physicians believe the use of doctors in executives violates international, state and national medical ethics codes. The AMA opposes physician participation in executions although it does not oppose capital punishment.

Ethical aspects, Capital punishment, California. Department of Corrections

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