{"id":7784,"date":"2017-03-04T13:19:44","date_gmt":"2017-03-04T21:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7784"},"modified":"2018-03-05T22:08:48","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T06:08:48","slug":"is-it-ethical-to-refuse-a-patient-surgery-for-body-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7784","title":{"rendered":"Is it ethical to refuse a patient surgery for body art?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong> BioEdge<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Michael Cook<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;bioartist&#8221; Stelarc has an ear surgically implanted on his forearm. Like him, a number of other people have hacked their own bodies with implants and prostheses. With growing interest in transhumanism, more and more people are likely to request enhancements to turn them into cyborgs.<\/p>\n<p>Many doctors are unwilling to modify bodies for artistic, political or whimsical reasons. Stelarc complains that it took him ten years to find a willing surgeon. Is it ethical for a doctor to refuse? This is the question tackled by Francesca Minerva in the <a href=\"http:\/\/jme.bmj.com\/content\/early\/2017\/03\/02\/medethics-2016-103804?papetoc\"> Journal of Medical Ethics<\/a>. . . . [<a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.orgethics\/ethics024.aspx\">Full Text<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BioEdge Michael Cook The &#8220;bioartist&#8221; Stelarc has an ear surgically implanted on his forearm. Like him, a number of other people have hacked their own bodies with implants and prostheses. With growing interest in transhumanism, more and more people are likely to request enhancements to turn them into cyborgs. Many doctors are unwilling to modify &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7784\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Is it ethical to refuse a patient surgery for body art?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5432,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[508,336],"tags":[1715,2936],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-7784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ethical-commentary","category-surgery","tag-francesca-minerva","tag-stelarc"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Is it ethical to refuse a patient surgery for body art? - Protection of Conscience Project News<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7784\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Is it ethical to refuse a patient surgery for body art? - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"BioEdge Michael Cook The &#8220;bioartist&#8221; Stelarc has an ear surgically implanted on his forearm. 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