December 7, 2022
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November 3, 2022
Youngest Person to Use Prosthetic Legs with Computerized Knees
October 25, 2022
All Is Beauty
October 13, 2022
Can You Punish a Child’s Mental Health Problems Away?
October 7, 2022
Inside the Final Days of the Doctor China Tried to Silence
August 18, 2022
How “Dementia Villages” Work
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
