Hastening Death by Voluntarily Stopping Eating & Drinking – Why Do Some Consider This Option? Why Should They? What Should They Know Before Proceeding?
Judy Schwarz at End of Life Choices New York provides a practical basic introduction to Voluntarily Stopping Eating & Drinking (VSED).Judy is a co-editor on our forthcoming book from Oxford University Press: Voluntarily Stopping Eating an... (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - February 15, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
Bioethicists Respond: How Can Medical And Nursing Schools Prepare Students to Respond to The Social And Racial Inequities Created And Worsened by The COVID-19 Pandemic?
by Rachel Fabi, PhD, Vivian V. Altiery De Jesús, MBE, and Liz Stokes, JD, MA, RN
In this series we ask bioethicists to respond to a question that embodies current challenges for bioethics, medicine, or health care. In this blog, three bioethicists were asked to share their thoughts on “How can medical and nursing schools prepare students to respond to the social and racial inequities created and worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic?” Here are their responses:
Rachel Fabi, PhD
As an educator in a medical school who teaches a course on physicians and social responsibility, I have seen a dramatic rise i...
Source: blog.bioethics.net - February 15, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Blog Editor Tags: Education Featured Posts Health Disparities Social Justice Vulnerable Populations #diaryofaplagueyear COVID-19 Source Type: blogs
Video Series: How To Prevent Future Pandemics
First interview in the new Thinking Out Loud series on ‘Animals and Pandemics’: Katrien Devolder in conversation with Jeff Sebo, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at NYU, on how our treatment of animals increases the risk of fut... (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - February 15, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Katrien Devolder Tags: Animal Ethics Environmental Ethics Health Care Public Health Coronavirus; Pandemic; Ethics; Public Health factory farming International/ Global Health Katrien Devolder Interview Pandemic Ethics syndicated veganism Video Series Yout Source Type: blogs
Nursing Home Residents Are Harmed when Facilities Disregard Advance Directives
In three recent news stories, I described a growing trend of successful court actions against healthcare providers who disregarded advance directives and administered unwanted life-sustaining treatment (New York Times; Boston Globe; Bloomberg Law)... (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - February 15, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
Massachusetts Considers Flexible Default Surrogate Bill
Massachusetts is one of ten states with no default surrogate statute. In these states, when an incapacitated patient has no guardian or appointed agent, it is often unclear who is authorized to make treatment decisions on the patent's behalf. A ne... (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - February 14, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
Self-Administration Requirement in U.S. MAID Statutes Discriminates against Disabled
Kentucky has joined 15 other states by introducing 2021 legislation to authorize medical aid in dying (MAID) (H.B. 506). But language in the legislative purpose highlights a gap between goal and reality.On the one hand, the legislative findings state t... (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - February 13, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
Death and the Brain — Time to Re-Examine the Legal Definition of Death
Join me for this webinar at 15:00 ET on February 25, 2021 - "Death and the Brain — Time to Re-Examine the Legal Definition of Death."The 50th anniversary of the concept of brain death came and went in 2018, but brain death continues to be a source of p... (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - February 13, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
