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The November Issue of AJOB Is Now Online!
With H1N1 and flu vaccines on everyone's minds, the November issue of The American Journal of Bioethics couldn't be more timely. What do people think about the measures necessary to protect ourselves from flu? Do we, or more importantly should we trust our government to protect us in a pandemic?... (read the rest)
Who Cares if the Vatican Weighs in on Bioethics?
No one. At least that's my view. Certainly not American Catholics who use birth control, IVF, pre-implantation genetic diagnosis, and a wide range of other reproductive technologies previously and even more so now get a Holy finger wagging from Rome. Moreover, I don't know any American Catholics who oppose the... (read the rest)
Where's the Beef...or Should I Say Pork?
With the Food and Drug Administration's most recent approval of an antiwrinkle injectible that will keep a person's face expressionless, an important question must be asked: can the new Evolence, made from the stuff of food-grade pigs, be used by Jews without violating the Rabbinic laws? In other words, is... (read the rest)
Art Caplan on children's medical care and prayer
In his latest column for MSNBC, Art takes on cases where parents don't seek medical care for their children because of religious objections: Ava Worthington is dead. She was only 15 months old when she died. The people responsible are her parents, who relied only on prayer as their child... (read the rest)
Intro to Islamic bioethics
Over at the Wired Science blog, Brandon Keim asked a few Muslim bioethicists about how Islamic views of biotechnology compare or contrast with Western approaches. Here's a snip: Would it be a bit too easy and reductionist, I asked, to then say that Muslims are less inclined to take an... (read the rest)
Should you "protect" a patient from his own convictions?
This week's JAMA includes an interesting article by Dr. Bruce Campbell, a surgeon in Milwaukee. He writes about his apprehension in removing a tumor from a Jehovah's Witness. The procedure itself was relatively ordinary, but it carried the real risk of bleeding -- and the patient had, in accordance with... (read the rest)
Beliefs and blood transfusions
The British press has been following an emotional story about religious belief and patient autonomy. In October Emma Gough gave birth to twins. Complications from the delivery led to bleeding and her doctors said she'd need a blood transfusion to survive. But Gough and her husband are devout Jehovah's Witnesses... (read the rest)
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