Tag: end of life
Blog Posts (19)
May 15, 2013
Emergent Dualism and the Sanctity of Human Life
My wife and I spent May 10-11 at the annual conference of Biola’s Center for Christian Thought (CCT), where the theme for 2012-2013 has been “Neuroscience and the Soul.” The plenary talks are not all on the web, yet, although some are on Facebo...April 12, 2013
A funny thing happened on the way to the ICU . . .
In the latter half of the last century, medical technology made huge leaps in the ability to sustain biological function. Suddenly we could replace lost kidney function and keep lungs breathing and hearts pumping for people who, but a short time before...March 18, 2013
Why Dr. Kevorkian Was No Hero…and I Often Am
Admittedly that title is provocative. In a sense, both the late Dr. Jack Kevorkian and I could be considered to be in the business of euthanasia (though I hope I will someday be remembered for far more), but the species of our patients differs. And t...June 13, 2012
"The Descendants": The Bioethics Movie That Wasn't
Okay, I am probably one of the last people in the United States (no, probably the world) to watch the movie “The Descendants”.…
April 3, 2012
In Memoriam: Fr. Kevin O'Rourke
From the Loyola University Chicago Neiswanger website:
Kevin O’Rourke, O.P., J.C.D., S.T.M., Dominican priest, canon lawyer, and health care ethicist died on Wednesday.…
June 24, 2011
Patients Gifting to Providers: Ethical or Suspect?
Art Caplan asks this very question in his MSNBC column this week. When a wealthy recluse died at the age of 104, to whom did she leave her fortune?…
June 4, 2011
The Death of Dr. Death: Good Gossip for the Blogosphere
With so much ink and space within the blogosphere already used to reflect on the death of Dr. Jack Kevorkian, it only seems fitting that we share with you some of the best perspectives on the controversial, death-obsessed man who turned the end-of-life debate on its head for so much of the 1990s.…
June 7, 2010
Kagan on Bioethics
Hat tip to Business Week for shedding some light on U.S. Supreme Court nominee Elena Kegan’s views on bioethics.
Here’s the rundown:
She’s pro-physician assisted suicide and opposed proposals to ban it in 1997 and has said the DEA lacks the power to penalize physicians who give life-ending drug to patients.…
April 28, 2010
Ethics of Rationing End-of-Life Care: Can We Ever Agree?
A PBS forum with Arthur Caplan and others asked the BIG question about rationing end-of-life care, and perhaps rationing in general: can we as a society ever agree as to what the rational goals of health care can be at the end of life?…
April 15, 2010
AJOB's April Issue is Now Online!
Just in time to coincide with National Healthcare Decisions Day, AJOB’s April issue is now online featuring an editorial and a target article discussing advance directives and patient decision-making.…