Monthly Archives: August 2014

The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge: Doing Good, Even if for the Wrong Reason

August 29, 2014 · by · in Death & Assisted Dying, Health Research, Public Health · 5 Comments

Samantha Brennan considers the ethical tensions in the ALS ice bucket challenge.

Robin Williams’ Death by Suicide and Three Ethics-related Reflections

August 26, 2014 · by · in Death & Assisted Dying, Mental Health, Public Health · 1 Comment

Barbara Russell reflects on some ethical issues surrounding the recent death by suicide of actor Robin Williams.

International Differences in Gamete Donor Limits

August 22, 2014 · by · in Assisted Reproduction, Law & Policy, Reproduction · Leave a comment

Khue Tran Minh Hua shows that concerns about consanguinity and intergenerational transmission of genetic disease are not the only reasons for low or high gamete donor limits.

Ebola: An Emergency within an Emergency

August 19, 2014 · by · in Clinical Ethics, Public Health, Research Ethics · 4 Comments

Alison Thompson suggests that the Ebola outbreak is part of a larger emergency defined by a lack of public health infrastructure.

Ebola Pandemonium: Urging Cautious Approaches in Desperate Contexts

August 15, 2014 · by · in Law & Policy, Research Ethics · 3 Comments

Lisa Schwartz describes the necessary conditions for the ethical provision of experimental Ebola drugs and vaccines.

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