Veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation allocation in the COVID-19 pandemic April 12, 2021 Lecturer on Medicine David Sontag, JD and others discuss the allocation of a life-saving therapy during the COVID-19 pandemic.
What is Organic Bioethics? April 1, 2021 Organic bioethics centers around interaction between bioethics and its social and cultural surroundings
The Role of Medical Personnel in Improving Prisoner Rights and Health in India April 1, 2021 In India, incarcerated people face soaring disease rates despite laws guaranteeing prisoners health care
Required Reconsideration for the Implementation of Do Not Attempt Resuscitation (DNAR) Orders in the Preoperative Setting April 1, 2021 What are the ethical issues associated with the implementation of DNAR orders?
Who Seeks Asylum in the United States and Why? Some Preliminary Answers from a Boston-Based Study April 1, 2021 The world is in the midst of a displacement crisis. By the end of 2017, there were nearly 68.5 million displaced individuals worldwide
How Do Individuals Who Were Conceived Through the Use of Donor Technologies Feel About the Nature of their Conception? April 1, 2021 As DNA testing becomes more easily accessible, users ought to think carefully about the decision to learn the nature of their conception
Revisiting the Vegetative State: A Disability Rights Law Analysis April 1, 2021 For years, medicine, society and the law have treated disorders of consciousness (DoCs) as undignified conditions akin to death
Does the distinction between biological and chronological age support legal age change? April 1, 2021 If biological age could be measured accurately, should legislators consider allowing legal age change?
Scientists Create Living Entities in The Lab That Closely Resemble Human Embryos March 19, 2021 Director of Research Ethics Insoo Hyun asks, at what point does an embryo model become a real embryo?
Standing with the AAPI Community March 19, 2021 Center leadership denounces anti-Asian hate, racism, and violence.
Associate Director Rebecca Weintraub Brendel voted as next APA president-elect. March 4, 2021 Center Associate Director Rebecca Weintraub Brendel, MD, JD, is the American Psychiatric Association’s president-elect.
Perspectives in Biology and Medicine Wins CELJ Award for Best Public Intellectual Special Issue March 1, 2021 Winner: Council of Editors of Learned Journals (CELJ) 2020 Award for Best Public Intellectual Special Issue
