[ProPublica, by Charles Ornstein] My father, sister and I sat in the near-empty Chinese restaurant, picking at our plates, unable to avoid the question that we’d gathered to discuss: When was it time to let Mom die?
It had been a grueling day at …
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[Kaiser Health News] Federal law generally bars illegal immigrants from being covered by Medicaid. But a little-known part of the state-federal health insurance program for the poor has long paid about $2 billion a year for emergency treatment for …
The lead author on this breakthrough article, covered by NBC and the New York Times to name a few, is a senior in college at Washington St. Louis! Below is the abstact. The complete study is available for free by clicking the link below.
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[Virtual Mentor] It is generally accepted that medicine, and indeed all health care, should be based on or informed by evidence. Yet this truism belies the complexities and nuances involved in understanding what we mean by evidence and how it serves as…
01/03/2013
Emerging biotechnologies: ethical issues
The Nuffield Council on Bioethics recently published a report on Emerging Biotechnologies. The full report can be downloaded here.
What is an ‘emerging biotechnology’
Emerging biotechnologies differ considerably in nature and purpose, but some…
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Target Articles:
Transferring Morality to Human–Nonhuman Chimeras
Ethical Review of Health Systems Research in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Conceptual Exploration
Correspondence:
Changing the Discourse on Health Systems Research: Response to Open Peer Commentaries on “Ethical Review of Health Systems Research in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Conceptual Exploration”
03/24/2013
A critical look at a recent report accusing leading bioethics journals of practicing “institutionalized racism”
Original commentary by BEI Young Professionals member Brittany Rush.
The Journal of Bioethical Inquiry recently published a letter to the editor titled “Bioethics and Its Gatekeepers: Does Institutional Racism Exist in Leading Bioethics Journals?…
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