Vivienne Nathanson: An update on Cyril Karabus

In August 2012 the retired South African paediatrician, Professor Cyril Karabus, was detained as he passed through Dubai airport on his way home from a family wedding in Canada.  When I wrote an editorial on this in October last year, I outlined the charges against him. Around that time he was finally freed from the […]

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Julian Sheather on hope and human rights in Zimbabawe

Last week I was in Uganda, speaking at a conference on monitoring the right to health. During the conference I met a fourth year medical student from Zimbabwe, Norman Matara. Norman is a tall, slim, gentle, slightly stooped young man. He does not talk much, but when he does he is thoughtful and softly spoken. He […]

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Julian Sheather: Free NHS care for asylum seekers

It runs like an uneasy theme in the ethics of health care provision. How do we respond to the genuine health needs of individuals who do not have legal rights of residency and are unable to pay privately for their own health care? What obligations, if any, do we have to sick people who are […]

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