Tag Archives: Bioethics in the News

Cis, Trans, Gay, Straight: Being Called Out by the Doctor

Posted on June 22, 2017 by

This post is a part of our Bioethics in the News series By Jamie Lindemann Nelson, PhD A little story—it might be called a dramatization—to start: Approaching the third trimester of pregnancy number two, Maria is in for a routine exam. Everything … Continue reading →

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Trump’s Attempt to Reignite the Coal Industry Is Another Health Policy Blunder

Posted on April 27, 2017 by

This post is a part of our Bioethics in the News series By Sean A. Valles, PhD The recently abandoned effort to pass the American Health Care Act (AHCA) was a massive blunder for the Trump administration, failing in its … Continue reading →

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Can brain scans spot criminal intent?

Posted on April 6, 2017 by

This post is a part of our Bioethics in the News series By Laura Cabrera, PhD Imagine that you are returning from your holidays and suddenly you are detained in the airport for carrying drugs in your suitcase. You remember … Continue reading →

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No More Death Panels; Politically-Assisted Suicide Instead

Posted on March 14, 2017 by

This post is a part of our Bioethics in the News series By Leonard Fleck, PhD Republicans have not coalesced around any comprehensive proposal to replace the Affordable Care Act (though one is now on the table and intensely disputed). … Continue reading →

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Thorny Questions After a French Clinical Trial Goes Wrong

Posted on February 23, 2017 by

This post is a part of our Bioethics in the News series By Hannah Giunta, MPH, PhD The problem of balancing access to new drugs with the conduct of rigorous clinical trials is not new. Indeed, readers might be interested in … Continue reading →

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Assisted Suicide’s Moral Hostages

Posted on January 26, 2017 by

This post is a part of our Bioethics in the News series By Tom Tomlinson, PhD This isn’t exactly news, but some of you may remember a ripple of controversy surrounding a proposal before the Dutch legislature to legalize assisted … Continue reading →

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Politics and the Other Lead Poisoning: The Public Health Ethics of Gun Violence

Posted on November 17, 2016 by

This post is a part of our Bioethics in the News series By Sean A. Valles, PhD This year’s presidential debates drew attention to gun violence in Chicago, as well as the (merely?) short-term reversal in the decades-long decline in … Continue reading →

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