by Dr Roland Chia | Jun 6, 2016 | Pulse
June 2016 Pulse One of the most disturbing moral fictions in the field of medicine in our time is the so-called neurological criteria for determining death that equate brain death with the death of a human being. This new approach was proposed in 1968 by an Ad Hoc...
by Joshua Woo | Mar 3, 2015 | More Articles by Dr Roland Chia
On 9 March 2013, Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon chose euthanasia as the topic of his lecture to the Singapore Medical Association. CJ Menon’s main argument in his wide-ranging lecture is that it is mainly for Parliament to decide on whether euthanasia or...
by Joshua Woo | Mar 3, 2015 | More Articles by Dr Roland Chia
The shortage of transplantable organs and the growing demand for them has made the legalisation of the organ market an attractive option. Proponents have argued that by legalising organ sales and by subjecting the market to strict regulations and protocols, not only...
by Ethos Institute | Jan 29, 2015 | More Articles by Dr Roland Chia
Should Christians support organ donations and transplantation? SINCE medical doctors Joseph Murray and David Hume performed the first successful living-related kidney transplant from identical twins in 1954, the science of organ transplantation has advanced by leaps...
by Ethos Institute | Jan 29, 2015 | More Articles by Dr Roland Chia
How should Christians respond to surrogate motherhood? AMONG the various forms of artificial reproductive technologies surrogate motherhood is arguably the most controversial. A surrogate mother is a woman who carries a child for an infertile couple. There are...
