In his new book The Conscience of Care, Dov Fox explores the concept of medical conscience through controversies around health care services like IVF, IUDs, opioids, gender affirming care, psychedelics, organ transplants, and advance directives. “We’re used to hearing about conscientious refusers: physicians and pharmacists whose moral convictions lead them to deny a range of treatments…
The Health Law Policy, Bioethics, and Biotechnology Workshop provides a forum for discussion of new scholarship in these fields from the world’s leading experts. The workshop is led by Professor I. Glenn Cohen, and presenters come from a wide range of disciplines and departments. Harvard graduate students may register to take the workshop for course…
Physicians are ethically not allowed to assist in the execution process, as it violates their oath to “do no harm.” Yet, the professional organizations that provide ethical guidance to practitioners allow physicians and psychiatrists to help restore a person’s mental competence so that they may be put to death. How can this be?
To mark our 20th anniversary, the Petrie-Flom Center reached out to some of our esteemed colleagues for their reflections. Please enjoy this installment from Martha Minow.
To mark our 20th anniversary, the Petrie-Flom Center reached out to some of our esteemed colleagues for their reflections. Please enjoy this first installment, from Rebecca Weintraub Brendel.
You are cordially invited Join us to celebrate two decades of the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics. September 11, 2025 5–8 p.m. Recording OPENING REMARKS I. Glenn Cohen, Faculty Director, Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics, James A. Attwood and Leslie Williams Professor of Law, and Deputy Dean,…
artwork by Daiara Tukano by Daiara Tukano and Maria Fernanda Gebara Last June, we had the honor of speaking at “Law and Policy of Psychedelic Medicine,” the 2024 Annual Conference hosted by the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School. You can watch our panel here. Part I of…
Part I highlights the ethical considerations surrounding the use of Indigenous medicines and Part II considers paths forward to true ethical engagement.
By James Toomey On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court decided Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overturning the canonical precedent Roe v. Wade and holding that the federal constitution does not protect the right to an abortion. Dobbs has once again thrust abortion to the center of the national political conversation, as states around…
The Health Law Policy, Bioethics, and Biotechnology Workshop provides a forum for discussion of new scholarship in these fields from the world’s leading experts. The workshop is led by Professor I. Glenn Cohen, and presenters come from a wide range of disciplines and departments. Harvard graduate students may register to take the workshop for course…
