August 29, 2016
(U.S. News & World Report) – Debates over religious liberty are as old as the republic, but recent policies have reignited the public’s interest in them. Whether it’s President Barack Obama’s signature health care law or an expansion of LGBT … Read More
August 1, 2016
(USA Today) – The Supreme Court’s defense of religious freedom may be on the decline. Still reeling from the death of its most devout justice, Antonin Scalia, the high court has put preventing discrimination above protecting religion in a series of cases … Read More
June 22, 2016
(Pew Research Center) – Abortion is still a difficult, contentious and even unresolved issue for some religious groups. The United Methodist Church provides one example of a religious group whose stand on abortion is not entirely clear. At its quadrennial … Read More
June 8, 2016
Christian Journal for Global Health (vol. 3, no. 1, 2016) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Christians and the SDGs” by H. Elliot Larson “Theological Foundations for an Effective Christian Response to the Global Disease Burden in Resource-Constrained Regions” … Read More
May 20, 2016
(The Conversation) – Depression at the end of life is often associated with loss of meaning. Research shows people who suffer from such loss die earlier than those who maintain purpose. This can be helped by nurturing the “spirit” – … Read More
May 17, 2016
American Journal of Law & Medicine (vol. 42, no. 1, 2016) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Can Physicians Prescribe Opioids to Treat Pain Adequately While Avoiding Legal Sanction?” by Kelly K. … Read More
May 12, 2016
Palliative Medicine (vol. 30, no. 4, 2016) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Doctors Discussing Religion and Spirituality: A Systematic Literature Review” by Megan Best, Phyllis Butow, and Ian Olver “Spiritual History Taking in Palliative Home Care: A Cluster … Read More
May 12, 2016
Christian Bioethics (vol. 22, no. 1, 2016) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Setting Medicine in the Context of a Faithful Christian Life” by Farr A. Curlin and Keith G. Meador “The Strength to Be Patient” by Stanley Hauerwas … Read More
May 4, 2016
Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy (vol. 19, no. 1, 2016) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Solicitude: Balancing Compassion and Empowerment in a Relational Ethics of Hope—An Empirical-Ethical Study in Palliative Care” by Erik Olsman, Dick Willems, and Carlo … Read More
April 21, 2016
(The New Yorker) – It was the annual meeting of the Mormon Transhumanist Association, a group of people who believe that the development and dissemination of advanced technologies—cryogenics, bionics, artificial intelligence, and so on—will raise humanity to the heights of power … Read More
April 20, 2016
(The Telegraph) – Was the judge, who acknowledged that “the safest point in time to have carried out the procedure has long since passed,” right in her refusal to withhold the circumcision order? Should children’s health be prioritised above the spirituality … Read More
April 12, 2016
Hastings Center Report (vol. 46, no. 2, 2016) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Why Bioethics Has a Race Problem” by John Hoberman “Emergence of a Discipline? Growth in U.S. Postsecondary Bioethics Degrees” “Keep It Complicated” by Gregory E. … Read More
March 11, 2016
(The Atlantic) – Abdirahman, a respiratory therapist in the intensive-care unit of Portland’s Mercy Hospital, is called into local hospitals three to four times a week for cases where members of Portland’s Somali community need help navigating the complexities of … Read More
March 4, 2016
(The Atlantic) – When the U.S. Supreme Court decided Roe v. Wade in 1973, it reasoned that women have a right to privacy under the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment. What it left open, though, is “issue of … Read More
March 4, 2016
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 374, no. 8, 2016) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Mitochondrial Replacement Techniques—Implications for the Clinical Community” by M.J. Falk, A. Decherney, and J.P. Kahn “Pharmaceutical Policy Reform—Balancing Affordability with Incentives for … Read More
March 3, 2016
(CBC) – Decades after Ottawa legalized abortion, few hospitals with historic Catholic ties perform them — raising the question of whether the courts will force publicly funded health institutions to offer physician-assisted suicide when it becomes legal in Canada. A … Read More
February 18, 2016
(ABC News) – With the mosquito-borne Zika virus continuing to spread through Central and South America, Pope Francis said today that contraception could be seen as “the lesser of two evils” if women are concerned about having children with the … Read More
February 4, 2016
Journal of Medical Ethics (vol. 42, no. 2, 2016) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Conscientious Objection and Healthcare in the UK: Why Tribunals Are Not the Answer” by Christopher Cowley “Not So New Directions in the Law of … Read More
February 3, 2016
Journal of Genetic Counseling (vol. 25, no. 1, 2016) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Challenges of Pre- and Post-Test Counseling for Orthodox Jewish Individuals in the Premarital Phase” by E. Rose, et al. “Experiences of Women Who Underwent … Read More
January 29, 2016
(MIT Technology Review) – A Spanish scientist working at the Salk Institute in California told Scientific American that Pope Francis personally blessed his cutting edge research to mix human cells into animal bodies. Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte, a prominent stem-cell … Read More
January 18, 2016
(ABC News) – Ordering a Catholic hospital in California to perform a tubal ligation sterilization procedure on a woman would violate its religious freedom, a San Francisco judge ruled Thursday. “Religious-based hospitals have an enshrined place in American history and … Read More
January 13, 2016
(Washington Post) – Belgium is embroiled in a religious freedom controversy after the new head of the country’s Roman Catholic Church demanded that faith-run hospitals and nursing homes have the right to refuse euthanasia to patients. A 2002 law decriminalized … Read More
January 13, 2016
(Pharmacy Times) – A Washington State pharmacy and 2 pharmacists continue to fight a law prohibiting the state’s pharmacists from using religious objections to refuse to dispense emergency contraceptives. Rhonda Mesler and Margo Thelen, the 2 pharmacists objecting to the … Read More
December 11, 2015
(Washington Post) – The first study to examine religious identity and workplace discrimination against American Muslim doctors found that nearly half felt more scrutiny at work compared to their peers, and nearly one in four said they experienced religious discrimination … Read More
November 13, 2015
Christian Journal for Global Health (vol. 2, no. 2, 2015) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Medical Rehabilitation in Low and Middle Income Countries for Adult Acquired Disability: Challenges Posed by Rapidity of Health System Change and Position on … Read More
