Ethics, Health Regulation & Law, In Memoriam
In Memoriam: George Annas: Unwavering Defender of Human Rights
George Annas, who died on May 31st after a brief illness at the age of 79, was a friend, a mentor and, as is rare in my ...
Subject: Ethics
Ethics, Media, Social Media
4 Black Grandparents and No Disabled Parents: How Social Media Builds Support for Eugenics...
It started with Beyoncé Bowl. The megastar’s Christmas halftime performance captivated content across media platforms du...
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...
Clinical Ethics, COVID-19 pandemic, Ethics
Is Wearing a Face Mask Performative?
Sometimes, those wearing face masks, such as surgical masks or N95 respirators, are asked whether their doing so is perf...
Ethics, Genetics, Race, Research Ethics
Perpetuating Eugenic Notions of Intelligence Through Novel Uses of Neurotechnology
Neuroimaging technologies such as the electroencephalogram (EEG) have been utilized to predict intelligence quotients (I...
Ethics, Public Health, Social Media
Poverty, Puritanism, and Popularity: The Resurgence of Eugenics through Viral Content Onli...
It began with a video of a pregnant mother narrating over a sped-up video of her rearranging kitchen furniture. She expl...
Cultural, Ethics, Global Ethics, Health Regulation & Law, Justice, Professional Ethics
The Gaza Conflict and its Bioethical Challenges: Rethinking Physicians as Automatic Moral ...
As the human tragedy unfolds in Gaza and the surrounding region, characterized by unparalleled levels of destruction and...
Clinical Ethics, Cultural, Ethics, Policy, Politics
A Timely Review of Ethical Medical Practice in Israel: A Response to Accusations of Genoci...
War tests the fundamental ethical obligations of medical practice. In the middle of conflicts, it can be difficult for p...
Ethics, Health Care
Patient Advocacy in Practice
I was in a meeting recently, and a colleague discussed his conversation with a researcher. The researcher voiced his con...
Black Bioethics, Cultural, Ethics
What Does it Cost to be a Black Bioethicist?
by Keisha Ray, PhD and Faith E. Fletcher, PhD, MA Recently Leah Pierson wrote the essay “Becoming a...
Ethics
Book Review – Military Medical Ethics in Contemporary Armed Conflict
by Martin CM Bricknell CB OStJ PhD DM MBA MA MedSci Military Medical Ethics in Contemporary Armed Conflict: Mobilizing M...
Cultural, Editorial-AJOB, Education, Ethics
The Current State of Efforts to Address Disparities, Racism and Cultural Humility in Medic...
by Ross E. McKinney, Norma Poll-Hunter and Lisa D. Howley The following blog is an editorial found in the latest issue o...