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July 1, 2021
New Articles from BMC Medical Ethics Are Now Available
May 31, 2021
A New Edition of The New England Journal of Medicine Is Now Available
May 24, 2021
A New Edition of European Journal of Human Genetics Is Now Available
April 26, 2021
A New Edition of The New England Journal of Medicine Is Now Available
April 16, 2021
A New Edition of The New England Journal of Medicine Is Now Available
April 8, 2021
A New Edition of The New England Journal of Medicine Is Now Available
March 15, 2021
A New Edition of The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy Is Now Available
March 12, 2021
A New Edition of Developing World Bioethics Is Now Available
December 3, 2020
Baby God: How DNA Testing Uncovered a Shocking Web of Fertility Fraud
October 1, 2020
COVID-19 Shutdown Fuels Sharp Rise in Alcohol Use
July 13, 2020
‘Brave New World’ Arrives in the Future It Predicted
December 6, 2019
The Hidden Crisis in Rural America
(The Atlantic) – It’s prohibitively difficult to access mental-health services in rural America. That’s because, relative to urban areas, rural counties have so few mental-health professionals. The majority of nonmetropolitan counties in the U.S. don’t have a psychiatrist, and almost … Read More
September 30, 2019
New Documentary Follows Pregnant Women in ‘Unofficial Surrogacy Capital’ of the U.S.
June 20, 2019
The Cryonics Institute, Where the Dead May Never Die
February 11, 2019
An Overview of State Abortion Laws
(NPR) – This week, the U.S. Supreme Court blocked Louisiana from enforcing a restrictive abortion law. The court will likely hear a challenge to the merits of that law this fall. Many states are moving to pass a number of … Read More
October 17, 2018
‘Disease’ vs. ‘Difference’: A Question of Eugenics
(The Atlantic) – A new video from Jill Rosenbaum at Retro Report, in association with American Experience, premiering on The Atlantic today, depicts some major bioethics quandaries that have resulted from advances in genetic screening technology. With prenatal and carrier … Read More
August 24, 2018
Meth-Addicted Mothers and Child Abuse
(The Atlantic) – Newman’s short documentary, Motherhood and Meth, focuses on the drug’s frequently overlooked and arguably most vulnerable victims: children. Although no scientific research has been conducted that directly correlates meth addiction to child abuse or neglect, many experts … Read More
October 26, 2017
‘No One Is Coming:’ Investigation Reveals Hospices Abandon Patients at Death’s Door
(TIME) – The investigation analyzed 20,000 government inspection records, revealing that missed visits and neglect are common for patients dying at home. Families or caregivers have filed over 3,200 complaints with state officials in the past five years. Those complaints … Read More
October 24, 2017
Palliative Care Is about the Life That’s Left, Not the End of Life
(Medscape) – It’s a common confusion and misconception. The short answer is that all hospice is palliative care, but not all palliative care is hospice. That is the elevator speech version. The more nuanced version is that the Medicare Hospice … Read More
October 10, 2017
Seeing Hope: FDA Panel Considers Gene Therapy for Blindness
(ABC News) – On Thursday, U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisers will consider whether to recommend approval of a gene therapy that improved vision for these three youths and some others with hereditary blindness. It would be the first gene … Read More
October 4, 2017
Hollywood Special Effects Are Helping Surgeons Practice Brain Surgery
(Quartz) – Brain-surgery training can be very different from the real experience in an operating room. Cadavers are expensive and so neurosurgeons-in-training typically watch videos of the surgeries, then practice on fruits and vegetables. Doctors at Boston Children’s Hospital wanted … Read More
September 8, 2017
Rough Translation: American Surrogates
(NPR) – Wealthy Chinese woman are hiring Americans to be surrogate moms. We explore how the relationship between a Chinese woman and her American surrogate changed during a particularly difficult pregnancy.
August 11, 2017
A Physician Explores ‘A Better Path’ to the End of Life
(NPR) – My guest is a critical care and palliative care physician who is among the health care professionals trying to find a more humane approach to helping people as they reach the ends of their lives. Dr. Jessica Nutik … Read More
June 20, 2017
Pressure for IVF Success Obscures Ethical Issues
(PBS Newshour) – In vitro fertilization has grown to a $3 billion industry in the U.S. that is responsible for more than 1 million babies. But implanting several embryos under pressure for success often obscures potential complications and added responsibilities … Read More
