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April 4, 2016
BIOETHICSTV: House of Cards Shuffles The Deck on Organ Allocation
by Craig Klugman, Ph.D.
BioethicsTV is an occasional bioethics.net feature where we examine bioethical issues raised in televised medical dramas.
This past weekend I was binging on House of Cards, season 4.…
December 4, 2015
The Bell Tolls for Death by Neurologic Criteria: Aden Hailu
by Craig Klugman, Ph.D.
A judge in Reno, Nevada this week denied a request by St. Mary’s Regional Hospital to conduct an evidentiary hearing to determine that a patient is dead.…
August 31, 2015
Hashtag Advocacy or Slacktivism: How Should We Evaluate the Impact of Social Media Campaigns for Public Health?
by Macey L. Henderson, J.D.
It takes more than a TV news story or a Twitter hashtag campaign to save lives.…
August 17, 2015
A Matter of Ethics and Policy in the Era of Regenerative Transplantation in the United States
by Macey L. Henderson and Brianna L Doby
Why do we need to care about the ethical development of health policies that impact research, donation, and transplantation in the United States?…
July 27, 2015
Investigating Two Claims Against Planned Parenthood: Center of Medical Progress’s Secret Videos
by Craig Klugman, Ph.D.
Before you being reading, I have a disclaimer: Growing up, my mother worked for Planned Parenthood. As a nurse, she practiced in their clinics offering well women services, counseling, and contraception.…
June 12, 2015
Financial Interventions and Living Organ Donation Research in a Learning Healthcare System
by Macey L. Henderson
Living kidney donation can potentially provide a solution for the growing waitlist in the United States, which is now holding steady at over 100,000 people.…
March 16, 2015
Ethics of Penile Transplants
by Craig Klugman, Ph.D.
This weekend, doctors in South Africa announced a new first—a successful penis transplant. The 9-hour operation took place in December 2014.…
June 6, 2014
Getting An Earful
by Craig Klugman, Ph.D.
In the book (and film) Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton, dinosaur DNA from in insects that bit the dinosaurs and are now preserved in amber.…
March 17, 2014
Death Panels: Can We Handle the Truth?
by Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD
In December, I defended the term “death panel” on this blog. Specifically, I demonstrated that we already have, and for over 50 years have had, quite a number of tribunals that act as death panels. …
November 21, 2013
Potential Organ Donation + HIV Infection = HOPE
by Craig Klugman, Ph.D.
Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the HOPE Act (HR 698), a companion bill to one passed by the U.S.…
Published Articles (7)
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 15 Issue 8 - Aug 2015
Persistent Problems in Death and Dying David Magnus
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 15 Issue 8 - Aug 2015
Addressing Consent Issues in Donation After Circulatory Determination of Death Kim J. Overby, Michael S. Weinstein & Autumn Fiester
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 14 Issue 10 - Oct 2014
Assessing the Likely Harms to Kidney Vendors in Regulated Organ Markets Julian Koplin
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 14 Issue 10 - Oct 2014
Selling Ourselves: The Ethics of Paid Living Kidney Donation Nancy S. Jecker
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 13 Issue 6 - Jun 2013
Toward a More Stable Blood Supply: Charitable Incentives, Donation Rates, and the Experience of September 11 Reuben G. Sass
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 12 Issue 6 - Jun 2012
The Case for Kidney Donation Before End-of-Life Care Paul E. Morrisey
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 11 Issue 10 - Oct 2011
The Use of Prisoners as Sources of Organs? An Ethically Dubious Practice Arthur L. Caplan
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September 7, 2016 8:00 am
Frenchwoman who got world’s 1st face transplant dies at 49 (Washington Post)
Isabelle Dinoire, a Frenchwoman who received the world’s first partial face transplant, has died 11 years after the surgery that set the stage for dozens of other transplants worldwide. She was 49.
June 14, 2016 8:26 am
White House, private sector act to reduce organ transplant waiting list (Washington Post)
The White House and a group of universities, companies and nonprofits announced new steps Monday to reduce the wait time for an organ transplant, including a $160 million Pentagon program to develop ways to repair and replace cells and tissue.
March 25, 2016 11:39 am
Most Americans Would Donate a Kidney for Cash
For more than 20 years, it’s been illegal to give or accept money for organ donation in the U.S. The law was intended to prevent wealthy patients from having a better chance of receiving donor organs than their less affluent counterparts. As a result, many experts say there is now a shortage of most organs. Case in point: kidneys, the only full organ that can be transplanted from someone who is still alive and not significantly impact the donor’s long-term health. Deaths from end-stage renal disease can easily be prevented with a donor, but the line for one is very long.
March 10, 2016 1:25 pm
New Procedure Allows Kidney Transplants From Any Donor
In the anguishing wait for a new kidney, tens of thousands of patients on waiting lists may never find a match because their immune systems will reject almost any transplanted organ. Now, in a large national study thatexperts are calling revolutionary, researchers have found a way to get them the desperately needed procedure.
March 2, 2016 12:34 pm
First Uterus Transplant in the US Gives 26-year-old Woman Chance at Pregnancy
Surgeons at the Cleveland Clinic have performed the nation’s first uterus transplant, offering a 26-year-old infertile woman a chance at getting pregnant.
March 31, 2015 9:20 pm
Black market trade in organs targeted in anti-trafficking treaty
More than a dozen countries have agreed to enforce laws to fight trafficking in human organs, a business that exploits the world’s poorest people and earns criminals up to $1.2 billion in illegal profits every year.
February 17, 2015 2:54 pm
China's 'blood famine' drives patients to the black market
China’s rising demand for healthcare is exposing a chronic shortage of an essential commodity: blood.
January 20, 2015 7:13 pm
Transplant first: Organ donation from UK newborn
In a procedure described as a milestone in neonatal care, a six-day-old baby girl’s kidneys and liver cells were given to two separate recipients after her heart stopped beating.
August 7, 2014 1:16 pm
Organ shortage prompts debate over compensating donors
Jessica Kastler will drive from her home in San Luis Obispo to San Francisco’s California Pacific Medical Center this month to give a kidney to someone she doesn’t know.
August 7, 2014 1:15 pm
More Live Organ Donations Needed To Address Gap in California
While the number of deceased organ donors in California has increased in recent years, observers say more live donors are needed to meet the need of residents awaiting donations, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
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