July 17, 2020
Tech Firms Hire ‘Red Teams.’ Scientists Should, Too
(Wired Opinion) Another botched peer review shows how devil’s advocates could improve the scientific process.
July 17, 2020
(Wired Opinion) Another botched peer review shows how devil’s advocates could improve the scientific process.
July 16, 2020
(MIT Technology Review) Since early in the pandemic, there’s been an interest in learning whether blood type has anything to do with who is more likely to get infected by the coronavirus or how bad the effects will be. Here’s what … Read More
April 7, 2020
Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics (vol. 40, no. 5, 2019) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Death, Unity, and the Brain” by David S. Oderberg “Controversies in Defining Death: A Case for Choice” by Robert M. Veatch “Why Psychological … Read More
April 7, 2020
Journal of Medical Ethics (vol. 45, no. 12, 2019) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Evidence First, Practice Second in Arthroscopic Surgery: Use of Placebo Surgery in Randomised Controlled Trial” by Kazuha Kizaki, Lisa J Schwartz, and Olufemi … Read More
April 7, 2020
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 381, no. 24, 2019) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Machine Learning and the Cancer-Diagnosis Problem — No Gold Standard” by A.S. Adamson and H.G. Welch “Kicking the Can Down the … Read More
April 6, 2020
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 381, no. 23, 2019) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Bracing for the Worst — Range Expansion of the Lone Star Tick in the Northeastern United States” by G. Molaei, E.A.H. … Read More
April 6, 2020
The Journal of Medicine & Philosophy (vol. 45, no. 1, 2020) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Pathocentric Health Care and a Minimal Internal Morality of Medicine” by David B Hershenov “Treating or Killing? The Divergent Moral Implications … Read More
April 6, 2020
BMC Medical Ethics has new articles available online. Articles include: “Mapping, Framing, Shaping: A Framework for Empirical Bioethics Research Projects” by Richard Huxtable and Jonathan Ives “Vulnerability Identified in Clinical Practice: A Qualitative Analysis” by Laura Sossauer, Mélinée Schindler, and … Read More
April 3, 2020
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 381, no. 22, 2019) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Advancing Legislation on Drug Pricing — Is There a Path Forward?” by S.B. Dusetzina and J. Oberlander “Which Drug Prices Should … Read More
April 3, 2020
The Journal of Medicine & Philosophy (vol. 44, no. 6, 2019) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “On Pellegrino and Thomasma’s Admission of a Dilemma and Inconsistency” by Loretta M Kopelman “Rethinking Unplugging” by Angela Knobel “The Organism … Read More