Disability Studies, Editorial-AJOB, End of Life Care, Ethics, Philosophy & Ethics, Policy
Suffering Is Not Useless
This editorial appears in the August 2025 issue of the American Journal of Bioethics Echoing Ruth Macklin’s classic ess...
Subject: End of Life Care
Abortion, End of Life Care, Health Regulation & Law, Philosophy & Ethics, Policy, Politics
What Should Have Happened in the Tragic Case of Adriana Smith?
What should have happened in the tragic case of Adriana Smith, the two-months-pregnant woman who was declared brain dead...
Abortion, End of Life Care, Ethics, Health Care, Health Policy & Insurance, Health Regulation & Law, Policy, Politics, Reproductive Ethics
The Adriana Smith Case Unfolding in Atlanta Raises Many Questions
The widely discussed Adriana Smith case unfolding in Atlanta raises many thorny ethical questions. Despite the case’s hi...
Editorial-AJOB, End of Life Care
A Patient-Directed Approach: How the U.S. Model of Medical Aid in Dying Balances Compassio...
This editorial appears in the May 2025 issue of the American Journal of Bioethics. Medical aid in dying (MAID...
Clinical Ethics, End of Life Care
Montana SB 136 and the Future of Physician Assisted Suicide in the U.S.
On February 3, the Montana Senate passed Senate Bill 136, which would modify Montana state law so physicians cannot use ...
End of Life Care, Health Regulation & Law
Addressing Two Key Ethical Concerns in the UK to Ensure a Dignified Assisted Death
On 29 November 2024, a majority of the UK Parliament backed the Assisted Dying Bill in a vote described by some in the m...
Clinical Ethics, Decision making, End of Life Care
Moral and Practical Considerations in the Debate on Physician-Assisted Suicide: The Termin...
A controversial Bill, titled Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, was recently proposed in England. The primary aim...
Artificial Intelligence, End of Life Care
The ‘Sarco Suicide Pod’ and Beyond: AI in the Future of End-of-Life Decisions?
Recent headlines have reignited the debate on assisted dying in light of technological advancements. Last month, the con...
End of Life Care, Policy
Ethical Mechanisms for Increasing Compliance with Institutional End-of-Life Policies
Over 200 million people globally have legal access to some form of aid in dying. In 2008, Washington became the second o...
Clinical Ethics, Editorial-AJOB, End of Life Care
By Statute or by Common Law? The Legal Determination of Death
The following editorial can be found in the January 2024 issue of American Journal of Bioethics. We were delighted to be...
End of Life Care
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. r...
Aging, End of Life Care
The Way We Die: Seeds of Wisdom from President Carter and My Mother
“We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.” – Jimmy Carter, 39th U.S. President Ou...