In That Case The Ethics of Isolation for Patients With Tuberculosis in Australia Jane Carroll Centre for Values Ethics and the Law in Medicine Level 1, 92-94 Parramatta Rd Camperdown, NSW 2050, Australia School of Public Health, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia, 2006 Abstract This case study examines the ethical dimensions of isolation for patients…
Read the full editorial for free. “Can a Company be Bitchy?” Corporate (and Political and Scientific) Social Responsibility Leigh E. Rich and Michael A. Ashby PHIL Oh, God, Lem. You’re using science for no good. We took an oath we would try to do that less (Better Off Ted 2009a, “Bioshuffle,” episode 109). The American sitcom…
Read this photoessay for free. Remembering Stephanie Charlee Brodsky Stephanie Byram was my friend who died at age 38 of breast cancer. Stephanie and I worked together during her illness to share how she lived a full life, even with the dire prognosis of an incurable disease. We produced gallery exhibitions, various articles, a book, and a video. This essay is…
Here at the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (JBI) we have decided to re-launch our popular “In That Case” feature, which poses real (or sometimes fictional) ethical dilemmas in medicine and the health sciences and invites reader responses from as many different disciplines and locales as possible. Because of its interactive nature, it is one of…
It is with great honor and pleasure to have the opportunity to welcome you to the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry’s new website and to write the first of what I hope will be many blog entries from a variety of scholars and practitioners around the globe. Although I am admittedly biased, having worked with and…