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December 13, 2013
Wealth Disparity As A Bioethics Concern
by Craig Klugman, Ph.D.
How much money do you need to live on? $60,000 per year? $40,000 per year? $20,000? Could you live on $11,000 per year?…
October 10, 2013
An Unhealthy Shutdown
by Craig Klugman, PhD.
It’s week 2 of the government shutdown with no end in sight. In fact, some people are saying this is a good thing because it achieves their aim of shrinking government.…
July 25, 2013
RAPE AND ABORTION: NEGATING A MYTH
Sabine Hildebrandt, MD
William Seidelman, MD
Arthur Caplan, PhD
A recurring assertion in the ongoing debate on abortion in the United States is the statement that pregnancy is an uncommon consequence of rape.…
July 24, 2013
Doctors Who Torture: Why No Punishment?
Maurice Bernstein, MD
Torture has been in the United States’ “backyard” for a number of years. The forced feeding of Guantanamo detainees who are on “hunger strike” is a current example. One issue beyond the ethics of forced feeding anyone, detainee or not, is what role a physician plays in such an activity and whether such participation should be part of the profession of medicine.…
June 26, 2013
Human Rights and Human Wrongs
by Craig Klugman, Ph.D.
This has been an exciting week in the world of public policy in the United States. During the last week of its session, the U.S.…
June 6, 2013
Lung Transplants and the Bandwagon Bioethics
by Craig Klugman, Ph.D.
In case you have not heard, the big bioethics story this week comes out of Philadelphia where a 10-year-old girl with cystic fibrosis is in need of a lung transplant to survive.…
June 4, 2013
Data Aggregation and the Medical Marketplace
Craig Klugman, Ph.D.
Big brother is watching you. And calling you. And selling your medical information to a pharmaceutical corporation.
In the modern age of information as commodity, drugmakers buy database that tell them how much of what drug each doctor prescribes, which patients fill those prescriptions, and whether renewals are filled.…
May 16, 2013
Vermont Passes Physician-Assisted-Suicide
Craig Klugman, Ph.D.
Awaiting the governor’s signature, Vermont is poised to become the fourth state to legalize physician-assisted suicide. While Oregon and Washington legalized physician-aid-in-dying through public referendum and Montana through a court decision, Vermont’s is occurring through the legislative process.…
May 14, 2013
Carbon, Bioethics and Planetary Health
Craig Klugman, Ph.D.
On May 9, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography independently reported measurements of mean concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide levels of nearly 400 parts per million (it was actually 399.89 ppm). For the last 800,000 years, the Earth has not broken 300ppm.…
May 9, 2013
Magical NC Bill Builds Obstacles to Teen Health
Craig Klugman, Ph.D.
If you’re a teen in North Carolina, a new bill before the legislature may make it more difficult for you to get sexually transmitted disease testing and treatment, mental health counseling, pregnancy care or even substance abuse treatment.…
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American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 11 Issue 12 - Dec 2011
Personalities, Politics, and Bioethics
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 11 Issue 12 - Dec 2011
Dead Man Walking?Politics, Sr. Helen Prejean, and the Vocation of the Bioethicist
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 11 Issue 12 - Dec 2011
The Political Satirist as Public Intellectual: The Case of Jon Stewart
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 11 Issue 12 - Dec 2011
William B. Hurlbut: Building a Bridge Over Troubled Stem Cell Waters
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 11 Issue 12 - Dec 2011
Toward a ?Magenta? Public Bioethics Discourse?Bart Stupak and Health Care Reform
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 11 Issue 12 - Dec 2011
Reason Giving: When Public Leaders Ignore Evidence
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 11 Issue 12 - Dec 2011
Sense and Nonsense in the Conservative Critique of Obamacare Stephen Wear
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 8 Issue 12 - Dec 2008
Review of Ezekiel J. Emanuel. Healthcare Guaranteed: a Simple, Secure Solution for America.
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 8 Issue 10 - Oct 2008
And Health for All?
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 8 Issue 6 - Jun 2008
Review of K. R. Monroe, R. B. Miller, and J. Tobis. Fundamentals of the Stem Cell Debate: The Scientific, Religious, Ethical and Political Issues. * Review of C. B. Cohen. Renewing the Stuff of Life: Stem Cells, Ethics, and Public Policy. * Review of R. K
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December 20, 2013 1:58 pm
The Supreme Court’s terrible—and dangerous—ruling this week on the Fifth Amendment.
On Monday, in a case called Salinas v. Texas that hasn’t gotten the attention it deserves, the Supreme Court held that you remain silent at your peril. The court said that this is true even before you’re arrested, when the police are just informally asking questions.
November 6, 2013 4:37 pm
U.S. directed medical professionals to ignore ethics, abuse detainees, report says
A new report accuses the U.S. government of directing doctors, nurses and psychologists to participate in the abuse of detainees in Afghanistan, Guantánamo and Iraq.
October 30, 2013 4:23 pm
Ban on Gay Bias Gains Ground in Senate
Senator Joe Manchin III, Democrat of West Virginia, said Wednesday that he would vote for a nondiscrimination bill that protects gay men, lesbians and transgender people.
October 2, 2013 2:09 pm
143-year-old law has Washington treading gingerly during shutdown
Administration officials now live in fear of a 19th-century law that could get them fired, penalized or even imprisoned if they make the wrong choices while the government is shut down.
October 1, 2013 3:53 pm
U.S. Reckons With Impact of Shutdown
President Obama explains the effects of what he’s calling the “Republican shutdown” and urges the G.O.P. to drop the fight against the Affordable Care Act.
September 24, 2013 3:30 pm
Why the Poor Don't Work, According to the Poor
Few say it’s because they can’t find jobs. But is that a reason to take away their food stamps?
February 7, 2013 1:21 pm
White House defends drone-war killing of Americans (Yahoo)
The White House on Tuesday defended targeted assassinations of Americans thought to consort overseas with terrorists as “necessary,” “ethical” and “wise,” as the Obama administration faced fresh questions about its sharply expanded drone war.
January 18, 2013 11:52 am
White House answers Death Star petition: No (Yahoo News)
Build this Death Star, we will not. That’s the message from the White House in an official response to a petition urging President Barack Obama to build the moon-sized planet-killing space station from Star Wars.
December 14, 2012 6:09 pm
Freedom from Earsplitting Ads: The CALM Act Goes Into Effect (Daily Finance)
After 12 months of waiting for the rules to go into effect, Americans will finally begin to enjoy the benefits of the CALM Act, which takes effect today. Congress passed the law — which requires the FCC to prevent ads from being louder than the programs they accompany.
December 7, 2012 4:25 pm
States Spend Anti-Smoking $$ on Other Things (MedPage Today)
Only 1.8% of the $25.7 billion states will collect from both taxes on cigarettes and the 1998 tobacco settlement — about $460 million — will go to tobacco prevention and treatment programs in 2013.
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