In the past decade, the United States Supreme Court has issued landmark opinions in three cases that involved the criminal culpability of juveniles. In 2005, the Court abolished the juvenile death penalty. In 2010, the Court banned life without parole for juveniles convicted of crimes other than homicide. And in 2012, the Court prohibited states…
Directors and faculty from each of the hosting centers welcomed guests at PRIM&R’s 2015 Advancing Ethical Research Conference to this gathering place for scholars doing bioethics and policy work at Harvard and others in the broader research ethics community. The reception was a great opportunity to find out more about our upcoming events, conferences, and…
A lecture by Sigrid Sterckx, Professor of Ethics and Political and Social Philosophy, Ghent University, Belgium; End-of-Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel & Ghent University, Belgium; Bioethics Institute Ghent, Ghent University, Belgium. In 2002, euthanasia by a physician (the intentional termination of a patient’s life at his or her request) was depenalized in Belgium…
You’ve just suffered a large stroke, and are unable to communicate. Your doctor in the ER wants to give you a thrombolytic (“clot-busting”) drug. The drug will improve your odds of a good outcome from the stroke, but also comes with a small risk of brain hemorrhage (which might make you worse off). If the…
This conference was an afternoon of reflection on the life, work, and enduring influence of Professor Alan Wertheimer (1942-2015). Professor Wertheimer was a leading philosopher of law and bioethics, making critical contributions to clinical research ethics; theories of coercion, undue influence, and exploitation; consent in a variety of contexts, and much more. This tribute event…
This brown bag discussion featured Allan Maleche on the right to health litigation and cases before Kenya’s courts. Allan Maleche is Executive Director of the Kenyan Legal and Ethical Issues Network on HIV & AIDS (KELIN) and currently a Visiting Scholar at the FXB Center for Human Rights at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of…
Presentation Topic: “State Options for Managing the Double-Edged Sword of Vertical Health Care Integration” About the Presenters Jaime S. King is a Professor of Law and the Associate Dean and Co-Director of the UCSF/UC Hastings Consortium on Science, Law and Health Policy, the Executive Editor of The Source on Healthcare Price and Competition, and the…
In September 2015, Columbia University Press published FDA in the Twenty-First Century: The Challenges of Regulating Drugs and New Technologies, co-edited by Petrie-Flom Center Executive Director Holly Fernandez Lynch and Faculty Director I. Glenn Cohen. This edited volume stems from the Center’s 2013 annual conference, which brought together leading experts from academia, government, and private…
Presentation Download the paper: “Two Views of First Amendment Thought Privacy” About the Presenter Adam Kolber is a Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School. He writes and teaches in the areas of health law, bioethics, criminal law, and neurolaw and is affiliated with the Law School’s Center for Health, Science, and Public Policy and…
Directors and staff from the Center for Bioethics at Harvard Medical School and the Petrie-Flom Center at Harvard Law School welcomed guests at ASBH’s 17th Annual Meeting to this gathering place for scholars doing bioethics and policy work at Harvard and others in the broader research ethics community. The reception was a great opportunity to…
