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Am I press?

Posted in bioethics, ethics, journalism on July 23, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Having been a journalist in a former life, I try to keep my nose in the game by subscribing to press release services. It’s an interesting way to see the news cycle and journalists’ judgement in action, since reportage from many media outlets can be recycled or augmented press releases.
For the science beat, that means [...]

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A hoax that saves lives

Posted in bioethics, television on July 17, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Following the broadcast of The Big Donor Show, which caused much wringing of hands amongst bioethicists and others (including myself), it seems more Dutch are donating organs.
Well done, humanity. It takes a spectacular lie to get us to save lives.
Despite my cynicism, this is good news. More people will live because people donated their organs [...]

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When things go wrong, do clinical ethicists have liability?

Posted in bioethics, law on July 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Before entering law, I wondered what to do with a graduate degree in philosophy. This was at a time when the job market for academic philosophers was not good, and some enterprising students with advanced degrees created businesses involving philosophical consultations for individuals and businesses.
Shades of Monty Python…

Humour aside, there were [...]

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Open access neuropsychopharmacology

Posted in bioethics, health, law, neuroscience, open access publishing on July 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

All 134 chapters of Neuropsychopharmacology: The Fifth Generation of Progress have been made available for download. Two of them concern legal and ethical issues:

Debra A. Pinals & Paul S. Appelbaum. Ethical Aspects Of Neuropsychiatric Research With Human Subjects. Chapter 35 [PDF file]
Paul Lebe. Regulatory Issues. Chapter 36: PDF file

The American College of Neuropsychopharmacology [...]

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Moral outrage (and televised donor choices)

Posted in bioethics, moral psychology, television on May 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Via the Neuroethics and Law blog, we have this story:
A Dutch broadcaster will air a show this week in which a terminally ill woman selects a recipient for her kidneys from three contestants, despite government calls for the programme to be scrapped…
She will make her choice based on the contestants’ history, profile and conversations with [...]

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