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Time to Treat the Climate and Nature Crisis as One Indivisible Global Health Emergency

This editorial can be found in the December 2023 issue of The American Journal of Bioethics Over 200 health journals call on the United Nations, political leaders, and health professionals to recognise that climate change and biodiversity loss are one indivisible crisis and must be tackled together to preserve health and avoid catastrophe. This overall environmental […]

November 30, 2023

Spheres of Morality: Is There a Point?

This editorial can be found in the December 2023 issue of The American Journal of Bioethics Since physicians began to formally professionalize in the 19th century, we have sought to set ourselves apart from other occupations through the adoption (and variable enforcement) of codes of ethics. The original Code of Medical Ethics of the American Medical […]

November 30, 2023

Disability, Gratitude & Interdependence

It’s November and I am grateful. Everyone has some reason to be grateful, even if those reasons aren’t distributed fairly. Toxic Positivity With that said, tis the season for folks with a whole lot of privilege to be giving lectures about how much people’s lives would improve if only they had more gratitude. This sort […]

November 21, 2023

Bioethicists Call for Ceasefire in Gaza

Former American Society of Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH) President Joseph Fins, MD has recently argued that bioethicists should avoid the “peril of silence” and denounce Russia’s war against Ukraine. The war, he argued, had taken a brutal toll on sick and disabled civilians, as well as the country’s healthcare institutions. As such, bioethicists have a […]

November 17, 2023