Artificial Intelligence, Health Regulation & Law
Medical AI: A Space For Bioethicists and Policymakers to Collaborate
With the implementation of Executive Order 14179, Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence,...
Subject: Health Regulation & Law
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 ...
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...
Health Regulation & Law, Politics, Public Health
Slouching Toward Kakistocracy: Experts Need Not Apply
Anti-intellectualism runs deep in American society. The cabinet picks of the current administration reflect this sentime...
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...
Abortion, Conflict of Interest, Health Regulation & Law, Reproductive Ethics
The US Needs Confidential Birth
The coin was severed into two pieces, each with a puncture hole. The parents threaded string through one of the halves a...
Health Care, Health Policy & Insurance, Health Regulation & Law, Public Health
Death of a Healthcare CEO: Physical Violence, Structural Violence and Social (In)justice
“Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and the most inhuman because it often results ...
Drugs, Health Regulation & Law
Insulin Price Controls, Who Falls Through the Gaps?
In the United States, 6 million people take insulin to control their type 2 diabetes. In recent years, the high price of...
Clinical Ethics, Health Regulation & Law, LGBTQ ethics
Reflections for Pride Month: Gender and Sexual Health Liberation in 2024
Pride is a time for joyous celebration. It’s a time to be in community with friends, watch parades, and dance. It also i...
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...
Editorial-AJOB, Health Care, Health Regulation & Law
Making a Case for Appropriate and Humane Treatment of Hamas Belligerents in Israel
This editorial can be found in the February 2024 issue of the American Journal of Bioethics. Three thousand belligerents...