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Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter, Fall 2014
Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter, Fall 2014
Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter
No abstract provided.
Caritas In Communion: Theological Foundations Of Catholic Health Care, M. Lysaught
Caritas In Communion: Theological Foundations Of Catholic Health Care, M. Lysaught
M. Therese Lysaught
No abstract provided.
Trait Selection And Welfare Of Genetically Engineered Animals In Agriculture, Michael Greger
Trait Selection And Welfare Of Genetically Engineered Animals In Agriculture, Michael Greger
Michael Greger, MD, FACLM
The release of the Final Guidance from the US Food and Drug Administration on the commercialization of genetically engineered animals has sparked renewed discussion over the ethical, consumer, and regulatory implications of transgenesis in animal agriculture. Animal welfare critiques have focused on unexpected phenotypic effects in animals used in transgenic research, rather than on the health and welfare implications of the intended productivity enhancement. Unless breeding goals are redefined to reflect social concerns, the occurrence and magnitude of undesirable side effects may increase and consumer confidence in the nascent technology may be undermined.
Brain Death In Medical Ethics, Katherine R. Guffey
Brain Death In Medical Ethics, Katherine R. Guffey
The Research and Scholarship Symposium (2013-2019)
Researchers are continually discovering new medicinal therapies. Technology is advancing at an unprecedented rate, and modern medicine has turned into an expansive multi-trillion dollar enterprise. New tools such as ventilators and feeding tubes give doctors the ability to extend a person’s life beyond its natural limits. Conditions which used to kill 100% of victims no longer cause as many deaths per year. While these medical technologies bring about the benefit of longer human lives, they have created a new realm of ethical dilemmas. As the old adage goes, “With great power comes great responsibility.” If we have so much power, …
Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter, Spring 2014
Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter, Spring 2014
Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter
No abstract provided.
Ebola And Bioterrorism, Joshua P. Monroe
Ebola And Bioterrorism, Joshua P. Monroe
Joshua P Monroe
This paper will be a comparison of the United States government’s reaction to the recent outbreak of Ebola and will compare this response with the potential response by the United States government toward an act of biological or chemical warfare. The paper will analyze these responses from a cultural, political, legal, and policy standpoint
Finding Fault?: Exploring Legal Duties To Return Incidental Findings In Genomic Research, Elizabeth R. Pike, Karen H. Rothenberg, Benjamin E. Berkman
Finding Fault?: Exploring Legal Duties To Return Incidental Findings In Genomic Research, Elizabeth R. Pike, Karen H. Rothenberg, Benjamin E. Berkman
Faculty Scholarship
The use of whole genome sequencing in biomedical research is expected to produce dramatic advances in human health. The increasing use of this powerful, data-rich new technology in research, however, will inevitably give rise to incidental findings (IFs), findings with individual health or reproductive significance that are beyond the aims of the particular research, and the related questions of whether and to what extent researchers have an ethical obligation to return IFs. Many have concluded that researchers have an ethical obligation to return some findings in some circumstances, but have provided vague or context-dependent approaches to determining which IFs must …
Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter, Winter 2014
Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter, Winter 2014
Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter
No abstract provided.
The Rise Of The Reproductive Brothel In The Global Economy: Some Thoughts On Reproductive Tourism, Autonomy, And Justice, April L. Cherry
The Rise Of The Reproductive Brothel In The Global Economy: Some Thoughts On Reproductive Tourism, Autonomy, And Justice, April L. Cherry
Law Faculty Articles and Essays
This article explores some of the ethical issues raised by the rise of a global reproductive tourism model that includes “the reproductive brothel,” a place where women are gathered together in confined areas and their reproductive capacities sold to men as commodities. After exploring the phenomenon of reproductive tourism as it has developed in India, and the ways in which economic globalization has shaped the practice, the article then considers two ethical responses to the development of the practice of global commercial surrogacy; the first of which focuses on the value of autonomy (both as choice and as dignity), and …
How Are We Going To Live With Alzheimer's Disease?, Jason Karlawish
How Are We Going To Live With Alzheimer's Disease?, Jason Karlawish
Jason Karlawish
No abstract provided.