Jackie Leach Scully is Professor of Social Ethics and Bioethics, Director of the Policy, Ethics and Life Sciences (PEALS) Research Centre at Newcastle University, UK Earlier in February Erik Parens, Paul Appelbaum and Wendy Chung commented on some of the … Continue reading
Over at the Hastings Center blog Bioethics Forum, Charlene Galarneau (who has written for IJFAB Blog, as well) has a few thoughts on how to broaden our understanding of what “Bathroom Bioethics” should mean. What do many transgender persons, farmworkers, … Continue reading
An article recently posted by NPR describes the latest solution to a crisis of which usually only one side is well-represented: the well-publicized fear of opioid abuse versus the quieter, yet ongoing, experiences of chronic pain patients who are losing … Continue reading
Editor’s Note: This is Part 4 in the IJFAB Blog mini-series on pedagogy, with a focus on teaching about oppression, disadvantage, and privilege. Part 1 dealt with dogmatically unyielding students, while Parts 2 and 3 gave the professor and student sides … Continue reading
This morning, NBC’s Today Show featured a short piece on the lives of Leah Smith and Joe Stramondo. What the piece did not mention is their scholarship and advocacy work, focusing instead on their family life. Both have contributed … Continue reading
In this recent article from The Guardian, Frances Ryan (who reports frequently on disability issues) draws attention to the following Kafka-esque situation. Disabled people in the UK whose eligibility for benefits has to be assessed (ie, to check they are … Continue reading
Editor’s Note: Irish philosopher Sorcha Uí Chonnachtaigh is a long-time member of the Feminist Approaches to Bioethics Network, and writes for IJFAB Blog today on the upcoming urgent vote on whether to keep Ireland’s 8th amendment. As has long been noted, … Continue reading
Bioethicists have long been alert to the delicate dance of preserving patient autonomy in long-term residential care settings such as nursing homes, rehabilitation facilities, and other institutional settings where patients may reside for extended periods of time in the U.S. … Continue reading
April is Autism Awareness Month in the U.S. All too often, the rhetoric around autism is shaped by the needs and voices of the caregivers and families of people who are autistic. Goodness knows the perspectives of caregivers and families … Continue reading
We bloggers and readers been writing and talking amongst ourselves lately about children, weight, fat shaming, and concerns about policing and medicalizing kids’ bodies. Once you start down this path, it’s really hard to stop. And where does this lead? … Continue reading
Editor’s Note: This blog comes to us from Sayer Johnson, who blogged for IJFAB Blog in the past on the issue of how clinicians respond to trans patients. Here, Mr. Johnson reaches a frustrated breaking point with the way that … Continue reading
As you may have heard, the Trump Administration has announced an expanded policy on conscientious objection in medicine, with institutional support in the form of a Department of Health and Human Services office that will be responsible for protecting objectors. … Continue reading
