Bioethics Forum EssayAfter Banning Torture, Psychology Association at a CrossroadsThe American Psychological Association (APA) voted at its 2015 meeting to ban psychologists from participating in national security interrogation programs, including torture. The policy change was in response to the public outcry...Read After Banning Torture, Psychology Association at a CrossroadsBioethics Forum EssayAfter the Supreme Court Decision on Lethal Injection Drug, More QuestionsNow that the Supreme Court has ruled that Oklahoma’s substitution of midazolam for sodium thiopental as a sedative in lethal injections does not violate the Eighth Amendment prohibition against cruel and unusual...Read After the Supreme Court Decision on Lethal Injection Drug, More QuestionsBioethics Forum EssayStudents and Professors Pay Tribute to John D. ArrasMost of us can easily remember a favorite course that we took in college, but it is much more difficult to recall one lecture that occurred on a single morning...Read Students and Professors Pay Tribute to John D. ArrasBioethics Forum EssayModern Day Mengeles“No power in the world will make us deny our duty, or forget even for a moment our historical task of maintaining the freedom of our people.” — Joseph Goebbels...Read Modern Day MengelesBioethics Forum EssayResponding to Ebola: Health Care Professionals’ Obligations to Provide CareAs health care institutions in the United States prepare for Ebola patients, many have adopted the policy that those providing hands-on care should come from a pool of volunteers. Given...Read Responding to Ebola: Health Care Professionals’ Obligations to Provide CareBioethics Forum EssayJust Published Hastings Center Report Highlights “Teaching Bioethics”The topic “teaching bioethics” is highlighted and explored in the newly published issue of theHastings Center Report, which contains a set of essays developed collaboratively by the Presidential Commission for the Study...Read Just Published Hastings Center Report Highlights “Teaching Bioethics”Bioethics Forum EssayThe FDA Proposes Roadblocks to Laboratory DiagnosticsThe American laboratory industry and its ability to serve patients are being challenged by a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposal that will create a new bureaucracy to regulate some of...Read The FDA Proposes Roadblocks to Laboratory DiagnosticsBioethics Forum EssayThe VA Crisis is Fundamentally an Ethics CrisisThe crisis and failure of caregiving that have engulfed the Veterans Health Administration cannot be solved with increased resources or even by hiring more doctors and nurses. Additional resources are...Read The VA Crisis is Fundamentally an Ethics CrisisBioethics Forum EssayHow I Learned Bioethics in Medical SchoolThe director of the medical intensive care unit did not like the idea of having a bioethicist around. But she agreed to the request, and there he was on rounds,...Read How I Learned Bioethics in Medical SchoolBioethics Forum EssayLEGGO the Logo? Why Pharma Logos Belong on CMESeveral weeks ago, the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) announced a new rule banning corporate logos from accredited educational materials for physicians. The ACCME sets standards for the...Read LEGGO the Logo? Why Pharma Logos Belong on CME