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Dr. Fleck published in ‘Hastings Center Report’ on Black Lives Matter and inequities in the U.S. healthcare system

Posted on November 6, 2020 by

In the current issue of the Hastings Center Report, Center Acting Director and Professor Dr. Leonard Fleck shared a perspective on “Some Lives Matter: The Dirty Little Secret of the U.S. Health Care System.” Abstract: Our health care system in … Continue reading →

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New essay from Libby Bogdan-Lovis in ‘Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics’

Posted on November 5, 2020 by

Center for Ethics Assistant Director Libby Bogdan-Lovis has an essay in the latest issue of Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics. In her essay, “The Trip to the Dentist,” Bogdan-Lovis writes about her mother, and of a specific experience that would greatly … Continue reading →

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Dr. Cabrera co-authors commentary in ‘AJOB Neuroscience’ neuroethics issue

Posted on July 31, 2020 by

Center Assistant Professor Dr. Laura Cabrera and Dr. Robyn Bluhm, Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Lyman Briggs College, are co-authors of a commentary published in the latest issue of AJOB Neuroscience. In “Fostering Neuroethics Integration: Disciplines, Methods, … Continue reading →

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Dr. Cabrera a co-author of human enhancement editorial in ‘Frontiers in Genetics’

Posted on July 9, 2020 by

Center Assistant Professor Dr. Laura Cabrera and co-author Dov Greenbaum have written an editorial published in Frontiers in Genetics, titled “ELSI in Human Enhancement: What Distinguishes It From Therapy?” The open access editorial, published June 23, is available in full … Continue reading →

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Commentary from Dr. Fleck published in ‘Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics’

Posted on June 9, 2020 by

Center Acting Director and Professor Dr. Leonard Fleck has a commentary in the July 2020 issue of Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics. The commentary is titled “Medical Ethics: A Distinctive Species of Ethics.” Dr. Fleck writes, “Like the sciences, medical … Continue reading →

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Dr. Fleck published in April ‘Journal of Medical Ethics’

Posted on April 30, 2020 by

Center Acting Director and Professor Dr. Leonard Fleck is the author of an article published in the April 2020 issue of the Journal of Medical Ethics. “Just caring: screening needs limits” is in response to “Arrogance of ‘but all you … Continue reading →

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Dr. Cabrera published in March issue of ‘Journal of Cognitive Enhancement’

Posted on April 16, 2020 by

Center Assistant Professor Dr. Laura Cabrera and Dr. Karen Herrera-Ferrá (Asociación Mexicana de Neuroética) are co-authors of an article published in the March 2020 issue of the Journal of Cognitive Enhancement. Their article is titled “¿Neuroensanchamiento?: Concepts and Perspectives About … Continue reading →

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Dr. Cabrera published in journal’s special section on feminist neurotechnologies

Posted on April 3, 2020 by

Dr. Robyn Bluhm, Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Lyman Briggs College, and Dr. Laura Cabrera, Assistant Professor in the Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences and the Department of Translational Neuroscience, are co-authors of … Continue reading →

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Center faculty published in ‘Brain Sciences’ on deep brain stimulation patient study

Posted on January 21, 2020 by

Center for Ethics Assistant Professor Dr. Laura Cabrera and Associate Professor Dr. Karen Kelly-Blake, along with Dr. Christos Sidiropoulos of the Department of Neurology & Ophthalmology, are co-authors of a new article in Brain Sciences. Their article “Perspectives on Deep … Continue reading →

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Article from Dr. Laura Cabrera in November ‘Bioethics’ issue

Posted on November 18, 2019 by

An article by Center Assistant Professor Dr. Laura Cabrera has been published in the November 2019 issue of Bioethics. The article, “A human rights approach to low data reporting in clinical trials of psychiatric deep brain stimulation,” advocates for “the … Continue reading →

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