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Should Practicing Healthcare Ethicists be Advocates?
Angel Petropanagos and Andria Bianchi highlight the lack of agreement about what “advocacy” means in healthcare and suggest that a narrowly defined advocacy role is necessary for the work of practicing healthcare ethicists.
COVID-19 Vaccines: Did Research Exclusion Affect Informed Consent?
Thomas Milovac looks back at the groups initially excluded from COVID-19 vaccine research, such as pregnant and breast-feeding women, and considers whether their exclusion prevented members of these groups from being able to provide informed consent to vaccination.
Banning of Gender-Affirming Care for Minors in Tennessee
Shyanne Dougherty analyzes the poor justification and harmful impact of the new law against gender-affirming care in Tennessee.
A real prisoner’s dilemma: Organ donation for reduced sentences
Niklas Kirchner and Daniel Lucas identify three major moral problems with a recently proposed bill offering prisoners reduced sentences in exchange for organ donation.
How should we think about unintended consequences of vaccine mandates?
Maxwell J. Smith considers the nature and significance of unintended consequences of vaccine mandates.
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