Learning from the ‘COVID War’
Preventing pandemic destruction is not just a question of “how to.” It is a question of organizing power from below.
Bioethics
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Read more: Equitable and Ethical Access to Care: The Case of Pre-Hospital Blood Administration Equitable and Ethical Access to Care: The Case of Pre-Hospital Blood Administration
The pre-hospital administration of blood products should be a priority for policy makers and regulatory bodies in Massachusetts.
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Read more: Bioethics Experts vs Ordinary South Africans on the Governance of Human Genome Editing Bioethics Experts vs Ordinary South Africans on the Governance of Human Genome Editing
On the issue of human genome editing, attitudes between bioethics scholars and the general public diverge.
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Read more: When Crafting Public Health Policy, the Perfect Shouldn’t Be the Enemy of the Good When Crafting Public Health Policy, the Perfect Shouldn’t Be the Enemy of the Good
We live in a non-ideal world and public health interventions must be designed and implemented with such imperfections in mind.
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Read more: Responding to the Comeback of He Jiankui, ‘The CRISPR Baby Scientist’: Lessons from Criminal Justice Theory Responding to the Comeback of He Jiankui, ‘The CRISPR Baby Scientist’: Lessons from Criminal Justice Theory
By thinking carefully about what justice should entail, the scientific community will be better able to tailor their response to Dr. He.
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Read more: Autonomy, Insurance, and Luck Autonomy, Insurance, and Luck
You will be surprised I’ve been through all the experiences described in this post, and that I’m still alive to tell you about them.
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Read more: What Magic Can Teach Us About Misinformation What Magic Can Teach Us About Misinformation
RecordingEvent Description This panel joined together the fields of medicine, magic, and ethics. We explored how misinformation and disinformation about health is created and spread, and how expectation violation theory, a theory of communication that analyzes how individuals respond to unanticipated violations of social norms and expectations, can help to counteract these narratives. The panel also discussed…
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Read more: Bill of Health’s Top 10 Posts of 2022 Bill of Health’s Top 10 Posts of 2022
The top ten most-read articles published on Bill of Health in 2022.
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Read more: Neurorehabilitation and Recovery: Going Through Hell Neurorehabilitation and Recovery: Going Through Hell
Rehab and recovery should be about encouraging the patient to be strong, confident, stubborn, and to keep using her brain.
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Read more: Could Self-Operated Assisted Suicide Devices Be Coming to a Town near You? Could Self-Operated Assisted Suicide Devices Be Coming to a Town near You?
This article considers both federal and state considerations around the legality of self-operated assisted suicide devices.
