Frederic C. RichJDRelated PostsBioethics Forum EssayPopular Culture and Bioethics: SeveranceSeverance, a popular Emmy Award-winning show streaming on Apple TV+, is a rich cultural artifact. It concerns a team of office workers at a morally questionable company that performs brain surgery on employees to sever the consciousness of their work and personal lives. The four of us were so taken by the show that we wrote these reflections on its important ethical themes.Read Popular Culture and Bioethics: Severance The Hastings Center Bioethics Timeline“Bioethics” has been defined in several different ways. Most broadly, it is the interdisciplinary study of ethical, legal, and social issues arising in the life sciences and health care. Though...Read The Hastings Center Bioethics Timeline Advisory CouncilThe advisory council’s purpose is to provide guidance about how best to ensure the impact of our work, particularly our impact in the public square. Eli Adashi, MD, MS, CPE...Read Advisory Council