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by Rachel Fabi, PhD, Vivian V. Altiery De Jesús, MBE, and Liz Stokes, JD, MA, RN
In this series we ask bioethicists to respond to a question that embodies current challenges for bioethics, medicine, or health care.…
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by Susan L. Smith, PhD
On either side of our country’s northern border, outrage is brewing about the rich getting priority access to COVID-19 vaccinations. …
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by Keisha Ray, PhD
In the past I have written on the concept of Black bioethics and when a mob of White domestic terrorists attacked the US Capitol last week I couldn’t help but think of the health of Black people watching these attacks.…
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by Mark G. Kuczewski, PhD
Another day, another headline to stoke fear in the minds and hearts of immigrants. This one did not come from the federal government but was based on the statements of Governor Pete Ricketts of Nebraska.…
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by Daniel J. Hurst, PhD, ThM, MSc and Matthew Arbo, PhD
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)—the group advising the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on how to allocate COVID-19 vaccines, has made their recommendations based upon a phased system with high-risk healthcare workers and first responders receiving the vaccine first (Phase 1a), followed by persons with comorbidities as well as older adults living in congregate settings (Phase 1b).…
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by Amie Devlin, MPH, MA
As a pregnant epidemiologist and bioethicist with an interest in clinical research, the development of the COVID-19 vaccines has been the equivalent of the Super Bowl to me.…
Full ArticleAs part of the Fordham University Center for Ethics Education’s Advancing Health and Social Justice Web Series, Dr. Alana Gunn and Dr. Nicole Overstreet led a panel on Wednesday, November 19th titled, “Ethical Implications of Stigma and Mistrust in Healthcare and Research.” moderated by Dr. Laura Specker Sullivan, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University. Both Drs. Gunn […]
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by Craig Klugman, Ph.D.
The Good Doctor (Season 4: Episodes 1-3); Chicago Med (Season 6; Episode 1-2);Greys Anatomy (Season 17: Episodes 1-3): The COVID Episodes. …
Full ArticleOn November 11th, 2020, Celia B. Fisher, Ph.D. presented her most recent study findings at the “COVID-19 Research and Resources Research Forum” at Fordham University. The presentation was entitled, “Mental Health and Racial Justice in the Time of Covid-19.” During the presentation, Dr. Fisher, Professor of Psychology, Marie Ward Doty University Chair in Ethics, and Director […]
Full ArticleAs part of the Fordham University Center for Ethics Education’s Advancing Health and Social Justice Web Series, Dr. Anthony Estreet, Dr. Gabriel Maldonado, and Dr. Kimberly Nelson led a panel on Wednesday, October 8th titled, “COVID-19 and Justice for Racial & LGBTQ Communities.” moderated by Dr. Steven Swartzer, Associate Director for Academic Programs and Strategic […]
Full ArticleVexing, Veiled, and Inequitable: Social Distancing and the “Rights” Divide in the Age of COVID-19
Ethical Advocacy Across the Autism Spectrum: Beyond Partial Representation
Like Autism, Representation Falls on a Spectrum
Meaningful Fissures: The Value of Divergent Agendas in Patient Advocacy
The Genetic Revolution Highlights the Importance of Nondiscriminatory and Comprehensive Health Insurance Coverage
Filthy Lucre or Fitting Offer? Understanding Worries About Payments to Research Participants
Trust and Expectations of Researchers and Public Health Departments for the Use of HIV Molecular Epidemiology
A Cross-Cultural Neuroethics View on the Language of Disability
Bedside Rationing Under Resource Constraints—A National Survey of Ethiopian Physicians’ Use of Criteria for Priority Setting
Mass vaccination reveals barriers to vaccine equity that exist in society. “Vaccine navigators have a role in improving vaccine equity: the challenge of responding to underlying inequalities that create barriers to health and health care.”
Full ArticleHow can bioethics help software in medicine? “Bioethicists can help strengthen ethical, legal, and social analyses that identify the questions to create a good mix of both precautionary and permissive regulation.”
Full ArticleA bioethical approach necessitates justice for all populations, especially those most vulnerable. “Nearly 2,800 inmates and guards have died, making correctional facilities among the most significant battlefronts of the pandemic.”
Full ArticleWhat are some opinions on the ethics of CRISPR? “Doudna herself recognizes that CRISPR carries with it “great risk….but she warned of the unknown consequences of embryo editing, cautioning researchers to wait to use CRISPR for these ends.”
Full ArticleVaccination is hard. “It’s a debate that gets at fundamental questions about individual liberty, bodily autonomy, and communal obligation.” Check out this interview with Keisha Ray, a bioethicist speaking on the obligations for the COVID vaccine.
Full Article“People experiencing homelessness are especially vulnerable to disease and often live in close quarters. Reaching them for COVID-19 vaccination is crucial, public health officials say, yet also presents some unique challenges.”
Full Article“Though many people with disabilities are more vulnerable to COVID-19, in some U.S. states they fear being left behind in a massive effort to get limited vaccines into the arms of those who need them most.”
Full Article“Working with limited supplies and imperfect scheduling systems, many pharmacists are drowning under a flood of inquiries. Wait lists, where they exist, are getting longer. And even creative solutions are succumbing to the cold realities of the day.”
Full ArticleWhat does the future of human genomics and equity look like? “This special issue of Nature examines how far the human genome sequence has taken us, and how far we have to go.”
Full Article“Medical experts hoped 2020 would be the last year that the main form of the virus, which can permanently paralyze or cause death, posed a threat….The coronavirus pandemic put a halt to that progress.”
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