Voices in Bioethics focuses on pressing bioethical issues.  Our publication analyzes domestic and global ethical issues found throughout the intersection of medicine, law, philosophy, public health, and technology. Our contributors are a diverse group of graduate students, graduates of Columbia’s MS in Bioethics program, health professionals, researchers, philosophers, and professors.

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Vol. 10 (2024)

Published: Jan 23, 2024

Articles

Is it Time to Recognize Political Anxiety as a Social Determinant of Health?
Dec 3, 2024

Brandon Ambrosino
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Battlefield Triage

A Resolvable Moral Tragedy

Sep 19, 2024

Christopher Bobier, Daniel Hurst
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End-of-Life Decisions for Isolated Patients Under New York's Family Health Care Decisions Act
Sep 19, 2024

Robert N. Swidler
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Dementia Research

Responding to the Need Through Autonomous Choice

Jul 30, 2024

Mary Paul
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Victims Again

Litigation Ends on the US Public Health Service Syphilis Studies in Guatemala

Jul 30, 2024

Paul A. Lombardo
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The Epistemological Consequences of Artificial Intelligence, Precision Medicine, and Implantable Brain-Computer Interfaces
Jun 30, 2024

Ian Stevens
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Cultural Relativity and Acceptance of Embryonic Stem Cell Research
May 16, 2024

Mifrah Hayath, Olivia Bowers
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The Bioethics-CSR Divide

A Proposal for Bridging the Chasm

Mar 21, 2024

Caio Caesar Dib
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What COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Disparity Reveals About Solidarity

Solidarity and COVID-19 Pandemic

Feb 2, 2024

Cornelius Ewuoso
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Fostering Medical Students’ Commitment to Beneficence in Ethics Education
Jan 23, 2024

Philip Reed, Joseph Caruana
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Essay Contest

Consciously Choosing Unconsciousness

Clinical Decision-Making with Palliative Sedation

Mar 11, 2024

Yuna Lee
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Alcohol Exclusion Laws and Its Drawbacks
Mar 12, 2024

William Ngo
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Competence or Experience

The Missing Voice in Pediatric Decision-Making

Mar 12, 2024

Jonathan Tenenbaum
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Shifting Paradigms

Rethinking Autism Beyond the Medical Model

Mar 12, 2024

Amanda Pisciotta
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Brain Organoids, the Path Forward?
Mar 12, 2024

Ashley Diloreto
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Protecting Confidentiality in the Digital Ecosystem of Humanitarian Aid
Mar 12, 2024

Cara Lewis
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The United States Healthcare System

Systemic Racism and Discrimination Towards American Minorities

Mar 12, 2024

Jacob Pollock
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Autonomy and Its Limits

A Discussion of the Shortcomings of Informed Consent

Mar 12, 2024

Maxwell Fry
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