Bioethics

Interviews

• Peter DePergola II, Ph.D., M.T.S.

• Monique Robles, MD, MS Bioethics, Pediatric Critical Care, Physician, Bioethicist

Book Reviews/Commentaries

• Reaching for the Resurrection, A Pastoral Bioethics by Francis Etheredge Reviewed by Christine Sunderland Profiles in Catholicism

• Reaching for the Resurrection: A Pastoral Bioethics by Francis Etheredge Reviewed by Dr. Moira McQueen,LLB, MDiv, PhD, DSL (Hon.), Profiles in Catholicism

• Mary and Bioethics by Francis Etheredge Reviewed by Eileen Quinn Knight, Ph.D. Profiles in Catholicism

Articles/Commentaries

• Catholic bioethicists sound urgent alarm about the meaning of brain death by Gina Christian Our Sunday Visitor

• ‘Embryo Models’ Challenge the Legal, Ethical, and Biological Concepts of an ‘Embryo’ by Wired

• Mind-reading machines are coming — how can we keep them in check? by Liam Drew Nature

• The Frankenstein-ish march through science and bioethics by Kathy Schiffer The Catholic World Report

• Human dignity in the Nazi era: implications for contemporary bioethics by Dónal P O'Mathúna BMC Medical Ethics

• The ethics of pig-to-human organ transplants by Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk The Pilot

• Polygenic screening of embryos is here, but is it ethical? by Philip Ball The Guardian

• French Bishops express disappointment over approval of new Bioethics law by Lisa Zengarini Vatican News

• New stem cell research guidelines a ‘shifting goalpost’ for embryo safeguards. ethicist says by Charles Collins Crux

• Commentary: The interface between global bioethics and Christian ethics by Msgr. Emmanuel Agius Catholic News Service

• 3 Bioethical Questions About COVID-19 Vaccines by Rebecca Randall Christianity Today

• Bioethics must recognize ‘we are made for love and friendship,’ scholar argues by Charles C. Camosy Crux

• Bioethics questions emerge from experimental drug used in COVID-19 treatment by Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service/Angelus

• Bioethicists welcome Vatican document on euthanasia: ‘No life is unworthy of life’ by Charles Collins Crux

• Bioethics must ‘break out’ of ivory tower and engage society, academic says by Charles C. Camosy  Crux

• Human Embryo Gene Editing Gets a Road Map—Not  by Wired

• Thinking Through the Rationing of Ventilators by Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk The Boston Pilot

• COVID-19 makes clear that bioethics must confront health disparities by Martin LaMonicaThe Conversation

• Catholic Bioethicist Warns Against Gene-Editing Experiments. by Kate Scanlon EWTN News

• The Ethics of Human Challenge Studies for a COVID Vaccine by Nicanor Austriaco Bioethics for Believers

• Bioethicist calls out unproven and unlicensed 'stem cell treatments' for COVID-19 by CellPress American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

• Trump Fires Inspector General Ahead of Damning Whistleblower Complaint About Bogus Coronavirus Cures by Sharon Lerner The Intercept

• Bioethicist: During the Pandemic, Ethical Concerns Remain Paramount by Kate Scanlon National Catholic Register

• Catholic Bioethicist: No Need to Shun COVID-19 Vaccine Derived From Fetus by Simon Caldwell CNA/The Tablet

• Bioethicists urge COVID-19 vaccine research avoid abortion cell lines by Charles Collins Crux

• Ethicists: We Don't Need Aborted Fetal Tissue to Fight Coronavirus by Matt Hadro CNA/Crux

• The Human Person is a Bioethical Word by Francis Etheredge Homiletic and Pastoral Review

• Vatican releases updated guidelines for bioethical questions by Carol Glatz CNS

• Human dignity in the Nazi era: implications for contemporary bioethics by DP O'mathuna BMC Med Ethics

• The 'Four Principles of Bioethics' as Found in A 13th Century Muslim Scholar Mawlana's Teachings by S Aksoy and A Tenik. BMC Med Ethics

Videos

Franciscan University Presents: Catholic Issues in Healthcare and Bioethics