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Honoring Wishes, Aggressive Sales Pitches, And Evaluating The Dying Process

My mother died last week. She spent two weeks in an assisted living facility in Florida and then I brought her home. This is my own story of regret and my open questions about the ethics of the assisted living sales pitch and practices close to the end of life. My mother found herself in […]

September 13, 2023

Psychedelic Ethics in a World “Warring With Drugs”

Along with apple pie, colonialism, and imperialism, one of America’s best-known characteristics known around the globe is its “war on drugs.” Although many other countries had and are still having their own violent and oppressive wars with drugs, and specifically people who use drugs, America is unique in that its war on drugs included domestic […]

September 11, 2023

What Does True Equality in Assisted Dying Require?

The following editorial can be found in the September issue of The American Journal of Bioethics Shavelson et al. raise the familiar question of parity or fairness in the assisted dying debate: if we legally permit the practice for one person, should we not permit everyone similarly situated to access it? To do otherwise seems unfair. It touches a […]

September 5, 2023

Fair Contract: Physician Unions Shouldn’t Be the Only Answer

After learning that the house staff at Montefiore Hospital in New York voted to unionize, New York State Senator Gustavo Rivera stated: “I look forward to supporting them as they bargain for the fair contract they deserve.” Are unions the only option for physicians in training? Will a “fair contract” for house staff require sacrificing the interests of patients? Reportedly, the roots […]

August 18, 2023