Country instituted a prohibition in principle accompanied by exemptions. France passed a law on bioethics on July 7 called Loi du 7 juillet 2011. The law, which addresses several major areas of ...

In 1927, the ethicality of eugenics faced a major test in the U.S. Supreme Court. Eugenics won, and Carrie Buck was the victim. The historic Buck v. Bell case legitimized the forced sterilization of ...

Research into the medical use of psychedelics to treat mental health is on the rise, but the impact of this research remains unclear. To address questions around this issue, the Center for Medical ...

All students regardless of concentration are required to take the core courses in the Traditional Program. We believe that laying a Foundation in Bioethics and Medical Humanities and Clinical Ethics ...

Korean academics warned that moves to legalize assisted suicide and expand access to medication abortion risk eroding core ...

The PhD in Bioethics program trains scholars in the conceptualization, design, and conduct of interdisciplinary research on issues related to bioethics and medical humanities. Each candidate will ...

Why should I consider a PhD in Health Care Ethics at SLU? The Ph.D. programs in Health Care Ethics are perfect for students interested in graduate training that (1) is truly interdisciplinary with ...

Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, professor emerita of English and bioethics at Emory University and senior advisor at the Hastings Center, a leading bioethics research institute, explained how narrative ...

Much of the research conducted at the Centre is focussed around methodological innovation in bioethics, and the Centre has internationally recognised expertise in the developing field of empirical ...

Empirical bioethics is a relatively new field that seeks to integrate ethical (normative) research with empirical research. Academics working in the Centre for Ethics in Medicine at the University of ...

Russell Blackford is a Fellow of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. His views do not necessarily reflect those of the Institute. In a recent op-ed in the Boston Globe, high-profile ...