February 23, 2018
Ethics, Medicine, and Public Health (vol. 3, no. 4, 2017) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Non-Adjectival Bioethics” by P. Luków The Subject and Power of Bioethics” by G. Hull, UNC Charlotte The Slippery Slope, Some Remarks on … Read More
February 23, 2018
Science, Technology & Human Values (vol. 43, no. 1, 2018) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “The ‘We’ in the ‘Me’: Solidarity and Health Care in the Era of Personalized Medicine” by Barbara Prainsack “A “We” Problem for … Read More
February 22, 2018
Bioethics Update (vol. 3, no. 2, 2017) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Neuroscience and Law: Problems and Possibilities for the Legal Aspects” by Ronald Cárdenas Krenz “Conscientious Objection in Scientific Ethics and Its Relationship with Ideology, Religion and … Read More
February 22, 2018
HEC Forum (vol. 29, no. 4, 2017) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “The Is–Ought Problem in Practical Ethics” by Georg Spielthenner “Expanding The Rubric of “Patient-Centered Care” (PCC) to “Patient and Professional Centered Care” (PPCC) to Enhance Provider Well-Being” … Read More
February 15, 2018
(Associated Press) – Patricia Frustaci, who made national headlines in 1985 when she gave birth to seven children but struggled with the financial and publicity fallout and with the heartache of seeing four babies perish, has died. She was 63. … Read More
February 14, 2018
Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics (vol. 38, no. 6, 2017) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “What Does the Character of Medicine as a Social Practice Imply for Professional Conscientious Objection?” by Thomas S. Huddle “Gender by Dasein? A Heideggerian Critique … Read More
January 31, 2018
(Reuters) – A Massachusetts pharmacist was sentenced on Wednesday to eight years in prison after being convicted on racketeering and fraud charges stemming from his role in a 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak that killed 76 people and sickened hundreds more. … Read More
January 26, 2018
(ABC News) – Cecile Richards, who led Planned Parenthood through 12 tumultuous years, says she is stepping down as president. Under Richards’ leadership, the organization gained in membership and donor support but found itself in constant conflict with social conservatives … Read More
January 26, 2018
(Scientific American) – Joseph Jimenez retires at the end of the month after eight years in the top job at Novartis, one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies. Under his leadership the company sold off its vaccine division and shifted … Read More
January 23, 2018
(Pew Research Center) – More than four decades after Roe v. Wade legalized abortion nationwide, most Americans (57%) are supportive of legal abortion, according to a 2017 Pew Research Center survey. But a substantial minority (40%) says abortion should be … Read More
January 22, 2018
(BBC) – The Church of England has warned the future existence of people with Down’s Syndrome is “under question”. It has called for expectant mothers to be given “comprehensive, unbiased information” ahead of the NHS roll-out of Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing … Read More
January 18, 2018
(Medical Xpress) – Any medical professional who feels his or her rights have been violated can file a complaint with the new conscience and religious freedom division of the office for civil rights at the U.S. Department of Health and … Read More
January 11, 2018
(New York Times) – Bioethics is a broad, interdisciplinary field. Its subject matter encompasses many of the most controversial and weighty matters facing contemporary society, including aid in dying or assisted suicide, human cloning, abortion, artificial reproduction, genetic engineering, organ … Read More
January 10, 2018
(Science) – The tale of Victor Frankenstein and his monstrous creation has become a universal touchstone that encapsulates our visceral fears regarding the promises, perils, and pitfalls of countless diverse areas of science and technology. This annotated volume of Mary … Read More
January 10, 2018
(The Globe and Mail) – A publicly funded Catholic health-care network in British Columbia apologized last spring to a secular hospital after it mismanaged part of the transfer of a frail man seeking a physician-assisted death, documents show. In his … Read More
January 10, 2018
Developing World Bioethics (vol. 17, no. 3, 2017) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “From Ethical Exceptionalism to Ethical Exceptions: The Rule and Exception Model and the Changing Meaning of Ethics In German Bioregulation” by Kathrin Braun “The Italian … Read More
December 29, 2017
Studies in Christian Ethics (vol. 30, no. 4, 2017) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “‘Do You Not Know that Your Bodies are Members of Christ?’: Towards a Christian Body Politics and the Cultural Practice of Cosmetic Surgery” … Read More
December 28, 2017
Bioethics (vol. 31, no. 9, 2017) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Scanning the Body, Sequencing the Genome: Dealing with Unsolicited Findings” by Roel H. P. Wouters, Candice Cornelis, Ainsley J. Newson, Eline M. Bunnik, and Annelien L. … Read More
December 28, 2017
Science, Technology, and Human Values has new articles is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “The “We” in the “Me”: Solidarity and Health Care in the Era of Personalized Medicine” by Barbara Prainsack “From “Experiments of Concern” to “Groups … Read More
December 28, 2017
Christian Bioethics (vol. 23, no. 3, 2017) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Created in the Image of God: Bioethical Implications of the Imago Dei” by Mark J Cherry Radical Dependence and the Imago Dei: Bioethical Implications of … Read More
December 15, 2017
(Chicago Tribune) – Canavero has told the media that a recent operation at China’s Harbin Medical University has demonstrated that it is possible to successfully reconnect the spine, nerves and blood vessels of a severed head. A similar operation on … Read More
December 15, 2017
Bioethics (vol. 31, no. 8, 2017) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “IAB Presidential Address: ‘Searching for Justice’” by Angela Ballantyne “Public Health Agencies’ Obligations and the Case of Zika” by Florencia Luna “Fertility, Immigration, and the Fight … Read More
December 13, 2017
(Washington Post) – One practical solution is to bring the philosophy and ethics toolbox to the floor of the lab itself, to the point where the lines begin to be drawn in the first place. I’m a philosopher and ethicist … Read More
December 8, 2017
Ethics, Medicine, and Public Health (vol. 3, no. 3, 2017) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Clinical bioethics and core competencies of attributes, attitudes, and behaviors: Foundations in philosophy and literature” by J. Flynn “Sedation or the limits … Read More
December 7, 2017
JAMA (vol. 318, no. 9, 2017) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “The Nuremberg Code 70 Years Later” by Jonathan D. Moreno, Ulf Schmidt, and Steve Joffe “Correcting the Medical Literature: ‘To Err Is Human, to Correct Divine’” by Stacy Christiansen and … Read More
