Bioethics

  • Read more: Yale Friday Newsletter – 03/01/13
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    Yale Friday Newsletter – 03/01/13

    By The Petrie-Flom Center Enjoy this week’s installment of the Yale Interdisciplinary Center for Ethics’ Friday Newsletter!

  • Read more: Apr 4: Dan Brock delivering the Gay Lecture on “The Future of Bioethics”
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    Apr 4: Dan Brock delivering the Gay Lecture on “The Future of Bioethics”

    Please join the Division of Medical Ethics for: The 2013 George W. Gay Lecture in Medical Ethics Dan W. Brock, PhD Frances Glessner Lee Professor of Medical Ethics, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, HMS “The Future of Bioethics” Thursday, April 4, 2013 4:00 PM Harvard Medical School Tosteson Medical Education Center Carl W….

  • Read more: Flu Vaccine Mandates for Health Care Workers
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    Flu Vaccine Mandates for Health Care Workers

    By Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research According to officials, the worst of this year’s devastating flu season should be over in most parts of the country. But in early January, the flu had hit 47 of 50 states. According to the CDC, a total of 78 influenza-associated pediatric deaths have been reported….

  • Read more: Israeli High Court of Justice Allows Sperm Donor to Take Back His Sample
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    Israeli High Court of Justice Allows Sperm Donor to Take Back His Sample

    By I. Glenn Cohen As Ha’aretz reports, (H/T Melanie Mader and Nir Eyal) the Israeli High Court of Justice has just decided a fascinating reproductive technology case. As the article reports: Galit is a 39-year-old single mother who has a three-year-old daughter conceived through a sperm donation. After giving birth, Galit (who preferred that her…

  • Read more: Twitter Round-Up (2/16-2/23)
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    Twitter Round-Up (2/16-2/23)

    By Casey Thomson This week’s round-up discusses the upcoming cases relevant to bioethics in the Supreme Court, the benefits of the Physician Payment Sunshine Act, the surprisingly low effectiveness rate of this year’s flu vaccine, and the problems with ACA’s Accountable Care Organizations. See below for details and more summaries: Frank Pasquale (@FrankPasquale) shared a…

  • Read more: Professional Athletes and Personal Responsibility for Health
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    Professional Athletes and Personal Responsibility for Health

    By Yoni Schenker [Disclaimer: I am not involved in this, and the views expressed here are entirely my own.] Concussions and Performance Enhancing Drugs (PEDs) have been the dominant subject of concern in the sports world recently, and for good reason, but I would like to highlight an often overlooked and more general problem.  Our athletes…

  • Read more: A Fascinating Reproduction Story in the New York Times, Part II: Creating a Family with a Stranger
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    A Fascinating Reproduction Story in the New York Times, Part II: Creating a Family with a Stranger

    By I. Glenn Cohen About 10 days ago, the New York Times had two fascinating stories about reproduction (on back-to-back days) that I wanted to highlight and comment on. I discussed the first one here. In this post, I will take about the second story about “co-parenting” (though that term has a separate set of…

  • Read more: A Fascinating Reproduction Story in the New York Times, Part I: Reproducing from an Israeli Prison
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    A Fascinating Reproduction Story in the New York Times, Part I: Reproducing from an Israeli Prison

    By I. Glenn Cohen About 10 days ago, the New York Times had two fascinating stories about reproduction (on back-to-back days) I wanted to highlight and comment on. In this post I will take about the first concerning Palestinian prisoners in Israel who are smuggling sperm out of prison to get their wives pregnant. As…