By Zachary Shapiro With the emergence of new techniques in the field of reproductive technology, applications arise that seem more the realm of science fiction than reality. While many have considered stem cells to be the next frontier of modern medicine, reproductive technology may offer hope to many individuals suffering with rare and unique genetic…
By Christine Baugh As we enter into the fall sports season, it’s unlikely that a week will go by where we don’t hear the current buzzword in sports community: concussion. Whether in reference to an acute player injury, an untimely death, new or ongoing litigation, or rule changes in sport, the athletic community and…
Clinical Ethicist Boston Children’s Hospital Boston, MA The Office of Ethics at Boston Children’s Hospital has an immediate opening for a clinical ethicist. Applications are being accepted online, at www.childrenshospital.jobs. To locate the position on the website, enter “32902BR” in the box labeled “AutoReqID.” Boston Children’s Hospital is a 395-licensed-bed children’s hospital in the Longwood Medical and…
By Arthur Caplan Art Caplan has coauthored a new opinion piece in the journal Pediatrics on the controversy over the case of Sarah Murnaghan, in which a federal judge ordered the Secretary of Health to place a pediatric patient on the adult transplant list to increase her chances of receiving a donor organ. From the piece: Lung transplantation is a…
By Arthur Caplan Art Caplan has coauthored a new piece in JAMA on problems with Belgium’s new law allowing terminally-ill children and their families to choose euthanasia. From the article: The Belgian pediatric euthanasia law seeks to respect the moral status of children as agents who possess the nascent capacity for self-determination. Specifically, the law requires…
By Jennifer S. Bard The news about the return of dangerous “childhood” illnesses gets worse and worse. Columbus, Ohio reports an outbreak of 225 cases—with over 50% students at Ohio State University. It is probably no coincidence that Ohio State recommends but does not require students (outside of those in healthcare settings) be vaccinated in order…
Hot Topics at the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues: Plus Q&A on Careers in Law and Bioethics! Friday, April 11, 2014, 12:00pm Pound Hall 100, Harvard Law School, 1563 Massachusetts Ave. Please join us for an update from the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, delivered by Michelle Groman (HLS ’05), Associate Director…
By The Petrie-Flom Center Thursday, April 10, 2014, 12:00pm Wasserstein Hall 2019A, Harvard Law School, 1585 Massachusetts Ave. Please join us for the launch of Professor Ross E. Cheit‘s new book The Witch-Hunt Narrative: Politics, Psychology, and the Sexual Abuse of Children (Oxford University Press, April 2014). It has become widely accepted that a series of high-profile child…
By I. Glenn Cohen [Note: This post is meant to be provocative and press a public policy question in the most thought-provoking way possible. Losing a loved one is among the most heart-wrenching experiences in a life time and my heart goes out to all those with loved ones on the flight waiting for answers.…
Hot Topics at the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues: Plus Q&A on Careers in Law and Bioethics! Friday, April 11, 2014, 12:00pm Pound Hall 100, Harvard Law School, 1563 Massachusetts Ave. Please join us for an update from the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, delivered by Michelle Groman (HLS ’05), Associate Director…
