Pregnancy brings a battery of tests and scans. What happens when they reveal that the fetus is not growing? Joan Bakewell explores the ethical issues couples and medical teams face. Show more
A car accident leaves Ben in a permanent vegetative state. With no prospect of recovery, is it ethical to withdraw the nutrition and hydration that is keeping him alive? Show more
Medical information is personal, and DNA perhaps the most personal of all. But what about a life-threatening genetic fault your family might share? Do they have a right to know? Show more