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9
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10
ISBN
1536-0075
Sometimes, those wearing face masks, such as surgical masks or N95 respirators, are asked whether their doing so is performative. The question is often a veiled judgment. It might be a surprise, but yes, wearing a mask is in fact performative. But, by performative I do not mean “pretending-to-be-better-than-you-virtue-signaling” or “less-than-fully-committed” or even “look-at-me-and-my-fake-attempts-to-avoid-sickness,” as […]
In December 2024 surgeons at New York University reported on the third case of a kidney from a gene-edited pig being transplanted into a living human. As of Jan 25, 2025, she was the only person in the world living with a pig organ. Many scientific journals, and the mainstream media, tout xenotransplantation as a […]
Thomasine K. Kushner, PhD 1939 – 2025 Dr. Thomasine Kushner or Tomi as she liked to be called, Bioethicist at Sutter Health’s Program in Medicine and Human Values and Founder and Editor, Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics passed away peacefully on 2/7/25 in Greenbrae, California in the presence of people who loved and admired her. […]
On February 3, the Montana Senate passed Senate Bill 136, which would modify Montana state law so physicians cannot use a patient’s consent as a defense to homicide, which would affect physician assisted suicide. Montana does not legally permit or regulate physician assisted suicide, which is sometimes referred to as “aid in dying” or “death […]
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