By Pablo de Lora Is “eugenic abortion” better described as discrimination against the disabled? That is one of the hottest issues currently debated in Spain (yes, we sometimes have some spare time to avoid discussing…
by Rebecca Haffajee Earlier this week, the Boston Globe reported that medical debt is still a problem in Massachusetts, with scant change since the implementation of health reform legislation in 2006. Specifically, the article reports…
By The Petrie-Flom Center This year marks the start of the Petrie-Flom Center’s 8th year at Harvard Law School. If you’re in town, please join us at our annual open house to meet our affiliates and learn…
By Daniel Goldberg Reading Nir’s thought-provoking post below sparked a couple of thoughts in my mind regarding fatness, ethics, and population health. The first is what I take to be the professional obligation to engage…
By The Petrie-Flom Center The Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School is currently accepting applications for the 2013-2015 Academic Fellowship Program. The application deadline is November 16, 2012. The…
[on behalf of Art Caplan] Art Caplan has an interesting new podcast on autonomy, the elderly, and sex. He argues that clinicians ought to be promoting – or at least discussing – sex among nursing…
By Erin Talati In the intensive care unit, almost every decision can be made into life or death. For some children whose parents are Jehovah’s Witnesses the need for a blood transfusion becomes quite literally…
by Nadia N. Sawicki The D.C. Circuit’s recent decision vacating the FDA’s graphic labeling requirements has prompted a flood of valuable commentary about compelled speech doctrine, including Richard Epstein’s, below. While analysis of the First…
By The Petrie-Flom Center Jurimetrics: The Journal of Law, Science, and Technology (ASU/ABA) is seeking submissions for a special symposium issue edited by James Hodge on the Intersection of Law, Science, and Policy to Protect…
[posted on behalf of Art Caplan] Should a physician be held responsible if an elderly patient causes a car accident while driving? A Los Angeles jury recently decided that Dr. Arthur Daigneault was not responsible…
