Tag: religion
Blog Posts (11)
March 18, 2013
Should Your Doctor Pray With You?
“I can fix this.” The neurosurgeon was nothing if not confident. “The cyst is pushing on your spinal cord. If it continues to expand, it will damage your nerves and you may lose the ability to walk. But I can remove the cyst, and cure...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.…
March 25, 2011
Religious Belief Makes You Fat?
According to a story in the L.A. Times Booster Shots blog, it would appear that religious belief is strongly correlated with packing on the pounds.…
October 27, 2010
On Pro-Life Bioethicists
Rarely do I ever find myself reading USCatholic.org, but in this particular case, I could not help but be drawn in the train wreck of bad argumentation put forth by “Guest Blogger Father Joseph Tham, L.C., M.D., Ph.D.” in his post “Pro-life academics means pro-life ideas“.…
November 6, 2009
The November Issue of AJOB Is Now Online!
With H1N1 and flu vaccines on everyone’s minds, the November issue of The American Journal of Bioethics couldn’t be more timely.…
December 15, 2008
Who Cares if the Vatican Weighs in on Bioethics?
No one. At least that’s my view. Certainly not American Catholics who use birth control, IVF, pre-implantation genetic diagnosis, and a wide range of other reproductive technologies previously and even more so now get a Holy finger wagging from Rome.…
July 16, 2008
Where's the Beef...or Should I Say Pork?
With the Food and Drug Administration’s most recent approval of an antiwrinkle injectible that will keep a person’s face expressionless, an important question must be asked: can the new Evolence, made from the stuff of food-grade pigs, be used by Jews without violating the Rabbinic laws?…
April 1, 2008
Art Caplan on children's medical care and prayer
In his latest column for MSNBC, Art takes on cases where parents don’t seek medical care for their children because of religious objections:
Ava Worthington is dead.
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March 6, 2008
Intro to Islamic bioethics
Over at the Wired Science blog, Brandon Keim asked a few Muslim bioethicists about how Islamic views of biotechnology compare or contrast with Western approaches.…
February 28, 2008
Should you "protect" a patient from his own convictions?
This week’s JAMA includes an interesting article by Dr. Bruce Campbell, a surgeon in Milwaukee. He writes about his apprehension in removing a tumor from a Jehovah’s Witness.…
Published Articles (10)
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 10 Issue 3 - Mar 2010
The Secret of Caring for Mr. Golubchuk Alan B. Jotkowitz
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 10 Issue 3 - Mar 2010
The Case of Samuel Golubchuk and the Right to Live Alan B. Jotkowitz
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 9 Issue 11 - Nov 2009
A Jewish Response to the Vatican's New Bioethical Guidelines Ari Z. Zivotofsky
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 9 Issue 11 - Nov 2009
Assessing Social Risks Prior to the Commencement of a Clinical Trial Scott Burris
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 8 Issue 10 - Oct 2008
The Ethical Elephant in the Death Penalty Room Michael Keane
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 8 Issue 11 - Nov 2008
Review of David Novak, The Sanctity of Human Life Christiana Z. Peppard
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 8 Issue 10 - Oct 2008
Review of Ronald Cole-Turner, ed., Design and Destiny: Jewish and Christian Perspectives on Human Germline Modification Thomas D. Williams
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 8 Issue 10 - Oct 2008
Response to Open Peer Commentaries on The Ethical Elephant in the Death Penalty Room Michael Keane
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 8 Issue 7 - Jul 2008
Review of Daniel P. Sulmasy, The Rebirth of the Clinic: An Introduction to Spirituality in Healthcare. Aaron Klink
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 7 Issue 12 - Dec 2007
Clash of Definitions: Controversies About Conscience in Medicine Ryan E. Lawrence
Resources (7)
National Catholic Bioethics Center
The National Catholic Bioethics Center (NCBC), established in 1972, conducts research, consultation, publishing and education to promote human dignity in health care and the life sciences, and derives its message directly from the teachings of the Catholic Church. The results of this research are available though this website and our various educational and publishing activities, workshops and seminars.
Buddhism and Medical Ethics
?Buddhism and Medical Ethics: a Bibliographic Introduction? by James J. Hughes, Damien Keown (published in The Journal of Buddhist Ethics, Vol. 2, 1995)
Christian Bioethics
Christian Bioethics: Non-Ecumenical Studies in Medical Morality (three issues of the journal are available for free)
The Schlesinger Institute for Jewish Medical Ethics
Website on principles of Jewish law (Halachah) in Biblical, Talmudic and other works of Jewish scholarship as they relate to the general practice of medicine.
Journal of Buddhist Ethics
Free online journal. Contains full-text articles and extensive book reviews. No set publication dates. Articles and reviews are published as soon as they are received and a approved. Subscribers are notified when there is a new issue.
The National Institute of Judaism and Medicine
Provides a discussion forum for the ever-expanding world of possibilities opened by the advance of medical science in light of the milleniums-old Jewish ethical tradition.
National Catholic Bioethics Center
This website engages in research and reflection, within the Catholic tradition, on moral issues arising in health care and the life sciences.
News (4)
September 20, 2012 8:38 pm
Can Female Genital Mutilation Be Surgically Undone? (Time)
As a young child Aïssa could not understand how she could conjure up such horrific images. No one had ever explained to Aïssa what her parents had allowed to take place. “All I could remember was being in a bath full of blood,” she says grimacing. “I thought I had made it all up in my head”. Like millions of women all over the world, Aïssa was a victim of female genital mutilation (FGM) – her clitoris was cut off, and her labia sewn up, all before she could even talk.
August 14, 2012 7:47 pm
End-of-Life Care for Kids Raises Ethics Issues (MedPage Today)
Healthcare providers should have rapid access to legal remedies for end-of-life disputes involving children whose parents resist withdrawal of aggressive therapy on the basis of religious beliefs, authors of a review concluded. Over a 3-year period, 17 of 203 cases could not be resolved after lengthy discussions with parents. Subsequently, most of the cases were resolved, but five remained undecided, each because of the parents’ belief in a miracle for their children, according to an article published online in the Journal of Medical Ethics.
August 14, 2012 7:45 pm
Deeply Religious Parents Often Reluctant to Cease Medical Care (ABC News)
Arthur Caplan, the head of the division of medical ethics at NYU Langone Medical Center, recalls a case of a man who had beaten his six-month-old child to death. It was a horror the mother simply could not accept. A deeply religious woman, she pushed the doctors to do more, telling them that God would intervene and allow her daughter to make a miraculous recovery. For several hours there was a tense standoff between caregivers and parent.
July 26, 2012 4:20 pm
Circumcision for Non-Medical Reasons Is Wrong (Spiegel Online)
As the debate over the medical ethics of circumcision rages in Germany, some have argued that the practice provides health benefits. But many in the medical community disagree. Circumcision is not in the best interest of boys who undergo the procedure.