Anne Barnhill
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- Bioethics Forum Essay
When to Reopen the Nation is an Ethics Question—Not Only a Scientific One
Read the PostBioethics Forum EssayAs the world reels from the Covid-19 pandemic, two things have become very clear: the health impacts of the disease are devastating, but the aggressive social distancing policies currently being used to flatten the curve also have serious costs. As a result, the question of when and how to reopen the nation is on everyone’s mind. Do we open quickly in an effort to kick-start the economy? Or do we remain under lockdown as long as possible to stop the spread of the virus?Read the Post - Bioethics Forum Essay
Bloomberg, Nannying, and the Symbolic Value of Food Choice
Read the PostBioethics Forum EssayI mostly agree with Lawrence Gostin’s paean to outgoing New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg in the Hastings Center Report. Like Gostin, I see Bloomberg as a public health innovator who has tested the boundaries of government power in productive ways. Gostin helpfully summarizes—and then refutes...Read the Post
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Experiments on Nonhuman Primates: Q & A with Anne Barnhill
Read the PostBioethics Forum EssayThe use of animals in medical research has been a hotly contested moral issue for years. In 2010, the European Union banned virtually all research on great apes (gorillas, bonobos, orangutans, and chimpanzees.) In 2013 the National Institutes of Health issued guidelines, based on a 2011 Institute of ...Read the Post PRESS RELEASE: 7-18-16 New in the Hastings Center Report
Read the PostPRESS RELEASE: 05.30.12 When is it Ethical to Prescribe Placebos?
Read the Post(Garrison, NY) The American Medical Association’s Code of Ethics prohibits physicians from prescribing treatments that they consider to be placebos unless the patients know this and agree to take them anyway. But this policy is not clearly the best way to protect or benefit patients, concludes...Read the Post
