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Holly Fernandez Lynch

  • Bioethics

    More on Conscience and Civil Disobedience

    By Holly Fernandez Lynch Over at The Hastings Center’s Bioethics Forum blog, there’s an interesting post from Rosana Triviño addressing the difference between conscientious refusal and civil disobedience, in relation to Spain’s new law limiting care…

    More on Conscience and Civil Disobedience

  • Bioethics

    Conscientious Actions and Refusals

    By Holly Fernandez Lynch Great new Perspectives piece by Lisa Harris out in NEJM on the need to recognize that conscience can compel action, not only refusals to provide certain types of care (including abortion).  Elizabeth…

    Conscientious Actions and Refusals

  • Bioethics

    Congratulations to Our Greenwall Scholar, Glenn Cohen!

    By Holly Fernandez Lynch The Greenwall Foundation has selected Bill of Health co-editor, Glenn Cohen, to receive a Faculty Scholar Award in Bioethics for 2012-2015.  This career development award is intended to enable outstanding junior faculty members to carry out original…

    Congratulations to Our Greenwall Scholar, Glenn Cohen!

  • Bioethics

    Discrimination in the Doctor-Patient Relationship

    By Holly Fernandez Lynch Nir Eyal’s post below has teed up the issue of doctors refusing to accept patients for reasons that seem to be pretty questionable.  The latest example has to do with obesity,…

    Discrimination in the Doctor-Patient Relationship

  • Petrie-Flom Center

    Our First Foray into the World of Blogging

    By Holly Fernandez Lynch The Petrie-Flom Center at Harvard Law School is in an exciting phase of expansion.  One of our new initiatives is this blog, which we hope you’ll visit regularly for insightful commentary on current…

    Our First Foray into the World of Blogging