Medical practitioners and life science researchers increasingly complain about bioethics as an inadequate endeavour that impedes both biomedical research and ethics itself. Some bioethicists have ...

Susan Levin’s bright, spacious office in Dewey Hall reflects her approach to her scholarship. One wall is solidly lined with weighty volumes, while her desk is uncluttered except for two copies of her ...

The Department's highly successful Master of Arts program in Bioethics and Medical Humanities emphasizes the multi- and interdisciplinary nature of the field. Since 1995, it has provided advanced ...

The International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics (IJFAB) provides a forum within bioethics for feminist thought and debate. Sponsored by the International Network on Feminist Approaches ...

George Annas is a national treasure—a passionate advocate for human rights in health care, with the sophistication and scholarly reliability to warrant not only regular publication in the New England ...

On September 23, 24 and 25, 2021, the VIII International Congress of REDBIOÉTICA UNESCO will be held, organized by the UNESCO Regional Office for Sciences in Latin America and the Caribbean with the ...

This academic year 2018-2019, we again have over 30 students enrolled in the Medicine, Society & Culture concentration of the M.A. in Bioethics and Medical Humanities program. Below, read biographies ...

New developments in biotechnology and biomedical science create the need to address ethical, legal and policy issues that result as a consequence of scientific advancement. Several agencies and ...

Professor Steven Pinker of Harvard has been one of the most outspoken advocates for more gas and less brakes here. Both in writing and in talks he has expressed the view that we should move forward ...

Bioethics can be considered on two fronts, each front needing an in-depth look. Ethics, on the one hand, is the identification, study, and mitigation or resolution of various conflicts that happen ...