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Women's Bioethics Project (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Women’s Bioethics Project is pleased to announce the October 2008 bioethics bookclub selection: Immunity by well known bioethicist Lori Andrews . Like the heroine in her novel, Dr. Alex Blake, Andrews is multitalented. Trained as an attorney, she chaired the government panel charged with keeping an eye on the ethical, legal, and social implications of the Human Genome Project and has consulted...
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Women's Bioethics Project (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
Did you know that 59 nations have passed laws prohibiting reproductive cloning? Or that 44 countries, including Germany, France, Italy, Australia, Canada, Brazil, Costa Rica and Japan, have passed legislation outlawing the use of genetic germline modification technology (commonly referred to in the popular press as "designer babies") as an affront to human dignity? Surprisingly, the United States...
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Bioethics.net (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
Which presidential candidate's health-care plan is better for you and your family? If you can answer that with any degree of certainty, I know some pollsters who'd like to have a word with you.
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Avian Flu Diary (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
# 2351 My last blog , which highlighted the John's Hopkins Study entitled Ethics and Severe Pandemic Influenza: Maintaining Essential Functions through a Fair and Considered Response , included the following snippet from the summary provided on the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics website. . . . individuals and families who can afford it should do their best to prepare for any disaster....
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Avian Flu Diary (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
# 2350 It's not a new concept, of course. But today we get a report from the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics which stresses that we need to rethink who we should consider `essential' during a pandemic. If you've followed the talks and writings of Dr. Michael Osterholm of CIDRAP ( Center For Infectious Disease Research & Policy ) over the past three years, you've heard a lot of these points...
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BuddyTV (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
Questions on bioethics have to be faced weekly on ABC’s Private Practice, known as the spin-off of the hugely successful series, Grey’s Anatomy. Having recently begun its second season, Private Practice executives assure fans that things are going to get...
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bioethics.com (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
On a massive sound stage at Hollywood’s Raleigh Studios, a woman is dying of ovarian cancer. One doctor wants to treat her traditionally, by removing her uterus and ovaries. Another wants the patient to participate in a clinical trail that might preserve her ability to have children, but could have serious side effects. (Daily Herald)
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ProWomanProLife (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
My 6 year-old daughter’s grade 2 assignment is to present her family tree. Amongst pictures of assorted siblings, we added an ultrasound picture of Nouveau Bébé at 18 weeks gestation. While rehearsing her presentation, Martha said that there were 5 children in her family, for which she was immediately corrected by her 11-year-old brother who [...]
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Bioethics.net (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
There's a new medical specialty called palliative care, and it's become widespread enough to warrant a new state-by-state report card on its availability and quality.
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Eurekalert (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
( Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics ) Not only are doctors, nurses, and firefighters essential during a severe pandemic influenza outbreak. So, too, are truck drivers, communications personnel, and utility workers. That's the conclusion of a Johns Hopkins University article to be published in the journal of Biosecurity and Bioterrorism.
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Bioethics.net (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
On a massive sound stage at Hollywood's Raleigh Studios, a woman is dying of ovarian cancer.
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Women's Bioethics Project (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
Overheard at a recent gathering of bioethics colleagues: Question: Can you explain the difference between morality and ethics? Response: Lipstick.
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Bioethics.net (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008
It's no longer enough to tout the anticipated treatments and even cures; real marketable products and profits need to be seen.
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Bioethics.net (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008
Making tests and treatment for malaria free dramatically increases the number of people who seek treatment for the disease that kills 1 million people a year, an international medical aid group said Tuesday.
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008
On a massive sound stage at Hollywood's Raleigh Studios, a woman is dying of ovarian cancer. One doctor wants to treat her traditionally...
