The Bioethics Podcast

The Old Testament and Bioethics: An Interview with Mario Tafferner 28.04.2020 26:53 ↓

In this episode the Interim Director of CBHD, Matthew Eppinette, PhD,  interviews former Robert D. Orr Fellow, Mario Tafferner, MA about the intersection of his studies in Old Testament and Bioethics.

Moral Agency in Balance: The Physician-Patient Relationship 16.04.2020 14:41 ↓

This episode features an article originally published in CBHD's publication, Dignitas, by Dr. Susan Haack in which she explores the dynamics of the physician-patient relationship as she seeks to understand the continuum of possibilities between overt physician paternalism and unbridled patient autonomy. 

New Ethical Challenges in Triage 01.04.2020 28:54 ↓

The resulting dilemma has yet to be even raised let alone considered: what resource allocation decisions are ethical for a healthcare system to make in this scenario? Ethicists must now consider the difficult issues of a groundbreaking third type of triage in civilian Mass Casualty Events (MCEs), in addition to intake and reverse triage.  This address was originally given at CBHD's 2015 Annua...

The Ethics of Emergency Consent Research 20.03.2020 26:23 ↓

The following address by Christine Toevs will briefly review the history of medical research and the regulations surrounding emergency consent research, and discuss the ethics of research in a population that may not truly be informed of the risks and benefits, or even of the research itself. This address was originally given at CBHD's 2015 Annual Conference, Science, Research, and the Limits of B...