Bioethics

  • Read more: Accentuate the Negative
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    Accentuate the Negative

    By Suzanne M. Rivera, Ph.D. While attending the annual Advancing Ethical Research Conference of Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research (PRIM&R) last month in San Diego, I had the opportunity to hear a talk by Dr. John Ioannidis, in which he debunked commonly accepted scientific “truths.”  Calling upon his own work, which is focused on…

  • Read more: Outsourcing the Up Goering of My Job Talk Paper to Forbes: Personalized Medicine, Personalized Regulation
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    Outsourcing the Up Goering of My Job Talk Paper to Forbes: Personalized Medicine, Personalized Regulation

    By Michelle Meyer So, one thing they say about being on the law teaching market is that you likely will never before have enjoyed — and, less happily, will likely never again enjoy — so much attention to your work and so many opportunities to discuss it. That’s totally true, and it’s totally fabulous. But there’s…

  • Read more: Conference Announcement: Universal Health Coverage in Low-Income Countries: Ethical Issues
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    Conference Announcement: Universal Health Coverage in Low-Income Countries: Ethical Issues

    By The Petrie-Flom Center The Harvard University Program in Ethics and Health announces its annual conference, Universal Health Coverage in Low-Income Countries: Ethical Issues, to be held in Boston on April 18-19, 2013. Description Until very recently, universal coverage (“UC”) has been achieved in the health systems primarily in the wealthiest countries. Though there have…

  • Read more: The Society for Philosophy and Disability Is Official
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    The Society for Philosophy and Disability Is Official

    By Nir Eyal With an approved constitution, elected officials and now, recognition from all three divisions of the American Philosophical Association (APA), a new society is finally official. The Society for Philosophy and Disability, or SPD, will hold its first two sessions at the February 2013 Central APA meeting in New Orleans. SPD is a…

  • Read more: Tell Patients: It’s Not All About YOU
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    Tell Patients: It’s Not All About YOU

    By Art Caplan [cross-posted on MedScape] This flu season is proving to be a doozy. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta say that this is one of the worst flu seasons ever. The agency reported severe flu cases in 46 states during the last week of December 2012. Eighteen states are…

  • Read more: Guest Post on Animal Research: Animal Research Is an Ethical and Vital Tool to Fight Disease
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    Guest Post on Animal Research: Animal Research Is an Ethical and Vital Tool to Fight Disease

    By Tom Holder [Ed. Note: A few weeks ago, we had a post comparing the protections offered to humans and animals used in research, and it prompted quite a stir.  We thought the issues merited more discussion from both sides, and therefore solicited blog posts from two divergent perspectives: Theodora Capaldo, President of the New England Anti-Vivisection Society and Tom Holder,…

  • Read more: Guest Post on Animal Research: Inadequate laws don’t – but research alternatives will – protect animals in labs
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    Guest Post on Animal Research: Inadequate laws don’t – but research alternatives will – protect animals in labs

    By Theodora Capaldo [Ed. Note: A few weeks ago, we had a post comparing the protections offered to humans and animals used in research, and it prompted quite a stir. We thought the issues merited more discussion from both sides, and therefore solicited blog posts from two divergent perspectives: Theodora Capaldo, President of the New…

  • Read more: May Guardians Terminate Treatment Without Judicial Review?
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    May Guardians Terminate Treatment Without Judicial Review?

    By John Robertson Legal questions about end-of-life decisions have moved on since the paradigm-setting battles in the 1980’s and 1990’s.  It is now clearly established that a competent person has the right to refuse needed medical treatment and to make binding advance directives about treatment if she becomes incompetent.  Physician-assisted suicide is a policy choice for…