The ethics of age-selective restrictions for COVID-19 control
Written by: Bridget Williams1,2, James Cameron3, James Trauer2, Ben Marais4, Romain Ragonnet2, Julian Savulescu1,3 Cross-posted with the Journal of Medical Ethics blog One of the major controversies of the COVID-19 pandemic has been disagreement about whether age-selective measures should be introduced, with greater focus on preventing infection in older people but tolerance of some transmission […] (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - January 29, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Julian Savulescu Tags: Health Care Guest Post Julian Savulescu's Posts Pandemic Ethics syndicated Source Type: blogs
New Hampshire May Allow Agents to Override Advance Directives
In all U.S. jurisdictions, an individual may not only appoint an agent but also may leave specific healthcare instructions for her care should she lose capacity. Typically, those instructions are binding on the agent (and healthcare providers). Th... (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - January 28, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
Who You Really Are And Why It Matters
By Charles Foster [This is a review of The Flip: Who you really are, and why it matters, by Jeffrey J. Kripal. Penguin, 2020] A few years ago I dislocated my shoulder. I went off to hospital, and breathed nitrous oxide while they tried to put it back. Something very strange yet very common happened. […] (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - January 28, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Charles Foster Tags: Health Care Neuroethics Science books Charles Foster's Posts religion syndicated Source Type: blogs
Supreme Court of Ireland – Hospital May Withhold Life-Sustaining Treatment over Parent ’ s Objections (In re JJ)
In July 2020, a young boy, John, suffered an accident causing catastrophic brain injuries. The uncontested medical opinion was that John's “devastating brain injuries” were permanent and irreversible. After over a month of unsuccessful attempts to... (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - January 27, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
Current Lockdown Is Ageist (Against The Young)
Written by Alberto Giubilini Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics and Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities University of Oxford Former UK supreme court justice and historian Lord Jonathan Sumption recently made the following claim: “I don’t accept that all lives are of equal value. My children’s and my grandchildren’s life is worth much […] (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - January 27, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Alberto Giubilini Tags: Health Care Public Health ageing ageism Alberto Giubilini's Posts Children and Families Coronavirus; Pandemic; Ethics; Public Health International/ Global Health lockdown Pandemic Ethics syndicated Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Stanley B. Burns M.D. Historic Medical Photography Collection
The Stanley B. Burns M.D. Historic Medical Photography Collection was recently acquired by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Historical Library at Yale University. Dr. Burns, a faculty member in the Division of Medical Humanities at NYU Lango... (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - January 27, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: GalN Tags: Health Care history of medicine syndicated Source Type: blogs
Ethics Supports Seeking Population Immunity, Not Immunizing Priority Groups
Vaccine allocation guidelines that prioritize people at greatest risk of Covid-19 require considerable administrative work (sometimes taking weeks). This is creating a bottleneck that has resulted in doses stuck in freezers not in arms. There's a better, more ethical way to allocate vaccines.
The post Ethics Supports Seeking Population Immunity, Not Immunizing Priority Groups appeared first on The Hastings Center. (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - January 26, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Susan Gilbert Tags: Health Care Covid-19 Ethics Resource Center Covid-19 vaccine allocation Hastings Bioethics Forum population immunity syndicated Source Type: blogs
Code Status Blues: Do Physicians Order DNR Less Often Since Texas Enacted DNR Law?
Next month at the Annual Assembly of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM), researchers present "Code Status Blues: Do Physicians Order DNR Less Often Since Texas Enacted DNR Law?"This is the first known study to assess whether DNR utilization d... (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - January 26, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
