September 30, 2009
Stem Cell Therapies “From the Lab to the Bedside” “Demystifying” innovations and advancing the commercialization of Alberta’s emerging technologies Calgary – November 25 Kerby Centre 7-9:30 pm Edmonton – November 26 Central Lion’s Seniors Recreation Centre 7-9:30 pm Each of … Read More
September 29, 2009
Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics (Volume 18, Issue 4, 2009) is now available by subscription only. Articles Include: “Why Quality if Addressed So Rarely in Clinical Ethics Consultation” by George J. Agich, 339-346. “Dealing with the Normative Dimension in Clinical … Read More
September 29, 2009
JAMA (Volume 032, Number 11, September 16, 2009) is now available by subscription only. Articles Include: “The International Response to Climate Change: An Agenda for Global Health” by Lindsay F. Wiley and Lawrence O. Gostin, 1218-1220. “Bending the Cost Curve: … Read More
September 25, 2009
Pediatric Anesthesia (Volume 19, Issue 10, October 2009) is now available by subscription only. Articles Include: “The rules of engagement” by Brian J. Anderso, 931-933. “Religious practice, blood transfusion, and major medical procedures” by Sarah Hivey, Nicholas Pace, John P. … Read More
September 25, 2009
Nursing Philosophy (Volume 10, Issue 4, October 2009) is now available by subscription only. Articles Include: “Three versions of an ethics of care” by Steven D Edwards, 231-240. “Augmenting the Cartesian medical discourse with an understanding of the person’s lifeworld, … Read More
September 25, 2009
American Journal of Human Genetics (Volume 85, Issue 3, September 11, 2009) is now available by subscription only. Articles Include: “Genetic Rounds: A Doctor’s Encounters in the Field that Revolutionized Medicine” by Shawn E. McCandless, 308. “Epistasis and its implications … Read More
September 23, 2009
Biosocieties (Volume 4, Issue 2-3, 2009) is now available by subscription only. Articles Include: “Cultures of Marriage, Reproduction and Genetic Testing in Japan” by Massae Kato and Margaret Sleeboom-Faulkner, 115-127. “Tales of Emergence-Synthetic Biology as a Scientific Community in the … Read More
September 23, 2009
During the meetings of the International Sociological Association, to be held in Gothenburg Sweden, 11-17 July 2010, the committee on the sociology of health is organizing a session on cross cultural bioethics. Â If you are looking for a venue to … Read More
September 18, 2009
The American Journal of Bioethics (Volume 9, Issue 9, 2009) is now available by subscription only. Articles Include: “Mirror Neurons and the Reenchantment of Bioethics” by James D. Duffy, 2-4. “The Subjective Brain, Identity and Neuroethics” by Grant R. Gillett, … Read More
September 17, 2009
Annual Meeting: Translating Bioethics and Humanities The ASBH annual meeting will take place October 15-18, 2009 in Washington, DC Register before September 11 and save $50. Meeting Brochure and Hotel Room reservations can be made now. Reservations will be taken … Read More
September 17, 2009
BioCentre Shopping for Organs: The Global Trade in Human Organs Monday 2nd November 2009, 3:30-5:30 pm A practice widely accepted around the world, organ transplantation is an effective therapy for end-stage organ failure. Access is determined by various factors such … Read More
September 17, 2009
How Deep Will Nanotechnology’s Impact Be? Residence Palace, 155 Rue De La Loi Brussels, Belgium September 28, 2009 Over the past 3 years, the DEEPEN project has explored the ethical challenges posed by emerging nanotechnologies. Â What is unusual is that … Read More
September 16, 2009
JAMA (Volume 302, Number 11, September 2, 2009) is now available by subscription only. Articles Include: “Life-Science Research Within US Academic Medical Centers” by Darren E. Zinner and Eric G. Campbell, 969-976. “Comparison of Registered and Published Primary Outcomes in Randomized … Read More
September 16, 2009
Cell Stem Cell (Volume 5, Issue 3, September 2009) is now available by subscription only Articles Include: “Hypoxia Enhances the Generation of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells” by Yoshinori Yoshida, Kazutoshi Takahashi, Keisuke Okita, Tomoko Ichisaka, and Shinya Yamanaka, 237. “Pluripotent Stem … Read More
September 16, 2009
Bioethics (Volume 23, Issue 8, October 2009) is now available by subscription only. Articles Include: “Rethinking Mandatory HIV Testing” by Brendan O’Grady and Udo Schuklenk, i-ii. “Life-Centered Ethics, and the Human Future in Space” by Michael N. Mautner, 433-440. “Is … Read More
September 9, 2009
16th Session of the International Bioethics Committee of UNESCO Further to its postponement for health reasons related to the A(H1N1) influenza epidemic in Mexico City, the Sixteenth (ordinary) Session of the International Bioethics Committee of UNESCO (IBC) (initially scheduled in May … Read More
September 9, 2009
Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (Volume 6, Number 3, September 2009) is now available by subscription only. Articles Include: “New Perspectives on the End of Life” by Ian Kerridge, Paul A. Komesaroff, Malcolm Parker and Elizabeth Peter, 269-270. “Two Decades of Research on Euthanasia from the … Read More
September 9, 2009
JAMA (Volume 302, Number 8, August 26, 2009) is now available by subscription only. Articles Include: “Setting Priorities for Patient Safety: Ethics, Accountability, and Public Engagement” by Peter J. Pronovost and Ruth R. Faden, 890-891. “A Moral Imperative for Children” by … Read More
September 2, 2009
Journal of Medical Ethics (Volume 35, Number 9, September 2009) is now available by subscription only. “Reframing the conflicts of interest debacle: academic medicine, the healing alliance and the physician’s moral imperative” by Norman J Kachuck, 526-527. “Eyewitness in Erewhon Academic … Read More
September 2, 2009
American Journal of Transplantation (Volume 9, Issue 9, September 2009) is now available by subscription only. Articles Include: “The AJT Report:Â News and issues that affect organ and tissue transplantation” by Sue Pondrom, 1960-1970. “Clinical Implications of Advances in the Basic … Read More
August 28, 2009
JAMA (Volume 302, Number 7, August 19, 2009) is now available by subscription only. Articles Include: “Effects of a Palliative Care Intervention on Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Advanced Cancer: The Project ENABLE II Randomized Controlled Trial” by Marie Bakitas, Kathleen … Read More
August 28, 2009
Nursing Inquiry (Volume 16, Issue 3, September 2009) is now available by subscription only. Articles Include: “Ethical nursing practice: inquiry-in-action” by Gweneth Hartrick Doane, Janet Storch, and Bernie Pauly, 232-240. “The shaping of organisational routines and the distal patient in assisted … Read More
August 20, 2009
Pediatric Transplantation (Volume 13, Issue 6, September 2009) is now available by subscription only. Articles Include: “Indications for combined liver and kidney transplantation in children” by Srinivas P. Chava, Balbir Singh, Sujoy Pal, Anil Dhawan, and Nigel D. Heaton, 661-669. “Liver … Read More
August 20, 2009
Journal of Religious Ethics (Volume 37, Issue 3, September 2009) is now available by subscription only Articles Include: “Aquinas and the Obligations of Mercy” by Shawn Floyd, 449-471. “Agreeing to Disagree: Indigenous Pluralism from Human Rights to Bioethics” by Chris … Read More
August 19, 2009
JAMA (Volume 302, Number 6, August 12, 2009) is now available by subscription only. Articles Include: “Unfinished Business in Tobacco Control” by Jonathan M. Samet and Heather Wipfli, 681-682. “Structural Interventions for Addressing Chronic Health Problems” by Mitchell H. Katz, 683-685. … Read More
