Contemporary Books in Bioethics

About the Event Series

The Contemporary Books in Bioethics series brought prominent authors to Harvard to discuss their recent publications in bioethics, on topics in clinical medicine, health policy, social justice, medical anthropology, history, and more. The event series was free and open to the public.

Past Events
	This is Assisted Dying: A Doctor's Story of Empowering Patients at the End of Life Author: Stefanie Green, MD April 6, 2022
	Good Ethics and Bad Choices: The Relevance of Behavioral Economics for Medical Ethics Author: Jennifer Blumenthal-Barby, PhD, MA November 16, 2021
	Race After Technology Author: Ruha Benjamin, PhD April 29, 2021
	Scarlet A: The Ethics, Law, & Politics of Ordinary Abortion Author: Katie Watson, JD March 8, 2021
	The Torture Doctors: Human Rights Crimes and the Road to Justice Author: Steven Miles, MD December 10, 2020
	The Social Life of DNA: Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation After the Genome Author: Alondra Nelson, PhD Co-sponsored with the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics October 22, 2020
	Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society Author: Nicholas A. Christakis, MD, PhD April 30, 2020
	Your Medical Mind: How to Decide What is Right for You Author: Jerome Groopman, MD March 26, 2020
	Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven but Nobody Wants to Die: Bioethics and the Transformation of Health Care in America Co-author: Jonathan Moreno, PhD November 14, 2019
	Pain: A Political History Author: Keith Wailoo, PhD October 10, 2019
	Private Bodies, Public Texts: Race, Gender and a Cultural Bioethics Author: Karla F. C. Holloway, PhD April 25, 2019
	Inheritance: A Memoir of Geneaology, Paternity, and Love Author: Dani Shapiro March 14, 2019
	Just Medicine: A Cure for Racial Inequality in American Health Care Author: Dayna Bowen Matthew October 25, 2018
	Communities of Health Care Justice Author: Charlene Galarneau, PhD September 20, 2018
	Bodies in Doubt: An American History of Intersex Author: Elizabeth Reis February 15, 2018
	What Really Matters: Living a Moral Life Amidst Uncertainty and Danger Author: Arthur Kleinman September 28, 2017
	The Ethics of Invention: Technology and the Human Future Author: Sheila Jasanoff November 2, 2017
	White Coat, Black Hat: Adventures on the Dark Side of Medicine Author: Carl Elliott, MD, PhD September 22, 2016
	Moral Tribes: Emotion, Reason, and the Gap Between Us and Them Author: Joshua Greene September 29, 2016
	The American Health Care Paradox: Why Spending More is Getting Us Less Author: Lauren Taylor October 27, 2016
	What Doctors Feel: How Emotions Affect the Practice of Medicine Author: Danielle Ofri, DM December 1, 2016

Contemporary Books in Bioethics

About the Event Series

Past Events