Author

Michele Goodwin

Holly Fernandez Lynch, JD, MBE, is the John Russell Dickson, MD Presidential Assistant Professor of Medical Ethics in the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine. She is also the Assistant Faculty Director of Online Education, helping to lead the university’s first online master’s degree, the Master of Health Care Innovation, and other online offerings.
  • Conscience

    Ebola and Cognitive Bias

    By Michele Goodwin In the wake of another health care worker contracting Ebola, alarm bells are ringing. Last week, President Obama abruptly cancelled a campaign stop to Rhode Island to hold press conferences where he…

    Ebola and Cognitive Bias

  • Criminal Law

    Technology and The Horrors of Child Pornography

    By Michele Goodwin A recent spate of arrests in New York emphasizes the potentially dangerous connection between technology and sex crimes.  In a landmark police bust, authorities tracked down and arrested more than seventy people…

    Technology and The Horrors of Child Pornography

  • Global Health & Human Rights

    Boko Haram Kidnappings and the Victims’ Mental Health

    By Michele Goodwin In mid-April, Boko Haram, an extremist organization operating in the northern region of Nigeria, kidnapped nearly 300 girls from their boarding school in Borno.  Kidnappers threatened that the girls would be sold…

    Boko Haram Kidnappings and the Victims’ Mental Health

  • Announcements

    Beyond Roe: Reproductive Justice in A Changing World

    By Michele Goodwin Blogging highlights from Rutgers-Camden (conference coordinated by Professor Kimberly Mutcherson) A few blog highlights from the Beyond Roe conference at Rutgers-Camden: Excellent Keynote remarks presented by Byllye Avery, founder of Black Women’s…

    Beyond Roe: Reproductive Justice in A Changing World

  • Bioethics

    Racism in Transplant Denial? Or Too Few Hearts To Go Around?

    By Michele Goodwin Anthony Stokes, a fifteen year old kid from Decatur County, Georgia, is expected to die in a matter of months, according to his doctors at the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.  Maybe, they…

    Racism in Transplant Denial? Or Too Few Hearts To Go Around?

  • Conflicts of Interest

    Bei Bei Shuai First Degree Murder Charges Dropped

    By Michele Goodwin Less than an hour ago, Indianapolis prosecutor, Mr. Terry Curry agreed to drop first degree murder charges against Bei Bei Shuai in an agreement that required her to plead to a misdemeanor. …

    Bei Bei Shuai First Degree Murder Charges Dropped

  • Criminal Law

    Too Young For Sex, But Old Enough For The Sex Offender Registry, Part III

    By Michele Goodwin I conclude Part III in this series from Uganda—a nation recovering from what one doctor describes as a “genocide” from HIV and AIDS. Parts I and II can be found here and…

    Too Young For Sex, But Old Enough For The Sex Offender Registry, Part III

  • Criminal Law

    Too Young for Sex, But Old Enough for the Sex Offender Registry, Part I

    By Michele Goodwin This post is the first in a three part series on the use of criminal law to police teen sex. A recent study by Human Rights Watch suggests that statutory rape law…

    Too Young for Sex, But Old Enough for the Sex Offender Registry, Part I

  • Bioethics

    Family, Privacy, Secrets, & The Law

    By Michele Goodwin The Family, Privacy, Secrets, & The Law Roundtable (March 7-8. 2013) was a great success.  Kudos to the brilliant presenters and commentators who came together for this important, groundbreaking session, including Lori…

    Family, Privacy, Secrets, & The Law