Dementia Directives for Stopping Eating and Drinking – Important Alternative to MAID
Once a patient loses capacity from dementia, medical aid in dying is usually no longer a last resort option. This is exemplified by the case of Christine Bregnard profiled in the Swiss media this week.Only in the Netherlands can one (while capacitated)... (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - January 13, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
Black Bioethics, Black Health, And White Mobs
by Keisha Ray, PhD
In the past I have written on the concept of Black bioethics and when a mob of White domestic terrorists attacked the US Capitol last week I couldn’t help but think of the health of Black people watching these attacks. I thought of the psychological effects, such as mental anguish and anxiety they would cause for Black people. I thought of the stress these attacks must cause Black people and the very real adverse biological effects of stress on Black people, a population who already has disproportionate rates of hyp...
Source: blog.bioethics.net - January 12, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Keisha Ray Tags: Cultural Ethics Featured Posts Health Disparities black bioethics government regulation Source Type: blogs
Vaccines and Ventilators: Need, Outcome or a Right to a Fair Go?
Written by Julian Savulescu and Jonathan Pugh The current UK approach to allocating limited life-saving resources is on the basis of need. Guidance issued by The General Medical Council states that all doctors must “Make sure that decisions about setting priorities that affect patients are fair and based on clinical need and the likely effectiveness […] (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - January 12, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Julian Savulescu Tags: Health Care Jonny Pugh's Posts Julian Savulescu's Posts Pandemic Ethics syndicated Source Type: blogs
Pandemic Ethics: Saving Lives and Replaceability
Written by Roger Crisp Imagine two worlds quite different from our own. In Non-intervention, if a person becomes ill with some life-threatening condition, though their pain may be alleviated, no attempt is made to save their lives. In Maximal-intervention, everything possible is done to save the lives of those with life-threatening conditions. Our world lies […] (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - January 12, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Roger Crisp Tags: Health Care Public Health bioethics COVID-19 End of life decisions impersonality Pandemic Ethics person-affecting views Rationing/ Resource Allocation Roger Crisp's Posts syndicated Triage Source Type: blogs
9th International Association for Education in Ethics Conference
The 2021 International Association for Education in Ethics Conference Advisory & Planning Committee invites ethics educators and students to highlight their research or scholarly work through oral presentation or poster display.The virtua... (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - January 12, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Review Constitutionality of Texas Advance Directives Act
In July 2020, the Texas Court of Appeals declared the dispute resolution provisions in the Texas Advance Directives Act unconstitutional. In this morning's Order List, the U.S. Supreme Court denied certiorari in COOK CHILDREN'S MEDICAL C... (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - January 11, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
Michigan Enacts New Statutes for Pediatric DNR Orders
While most legislatures are just getting ready to start a new session, this week, the Governor of Michigan signed three prior session bills into law. The new statutes allow parents and guardians to execute a Do-Not-Resuscitate (DNR) order on behal... (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - January 10, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
New Mexico Elizabeth Whitefield End-of-Life Options Act – More Accessible MAID
The New Mexico legislature is again considering the Elizabeth Whitefield End-of-Life Options Act. As I suggested in a thorough review and comparison of state MAID laws, New Mexico's legislation is innovative and departs from the traditional Oregon... (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - January 10, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
Medical Futility Disputes – Comparing Ethics Consultants, Statutes, and Courts
Janet Dolgin looks at how hard it is to resolve medical futility disputes in a new article in the BYU Law Review."This Article explores legal, moral, and social conundrums at the center of so-called 'medical futility disputes.' This Article shows how c... (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - January 8, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
Guest Post: Why Philosophers Should Write More Accessibly: Towards A New Kind of Epistemic (In)justice
Written by University of Oxford student Brian Wong Philosophy should, to some extent, be a publicly oriented activity: we hope to make sense of first-order questions concerning how we ought to live, what existence is, what we know, and also deeper questions concerning our methodologies and ways of thinking. Yet philosophical writing has long been […] (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - January 8, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Practical Ethics Tags: Health Care academia accessability Guest Post philosophy syndicated Source Type: blogs
