This is a live blog of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health’s Second Annual Bioethics Symposium. The theme for this year is “Reforming Health Care Ethically: Waste, Tradeoffs, and Rationing.” The conference webpage, which includes a schedule and participant biographies is here.
The posting will run from roughly 1:00 p.m. (Central Time) to [...]
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Live Blogging the UWSMPH 2nd Annual Bioethics Symposium
April 8, 2010 – 6:41 am
Second Annual UWSMPH Bioethics Symposium
April 7, 2010 – 9:14 am
Tomorrow I will do my best to liveblog the Second Annual Bioethics Symposium at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s School of Medicine and Public Health. Check this blog frequently between the 1pm and 5:30pm (Central Time) for updates if you are unable to attend the live event.
I’ll also try to liveblog symposium participant Julian LeGrand’s talk [...]
Justice and Fairness in Health Care: A Useful Direction
October 27, 2009 – 8:18 am
This post is a submission to the Hastings Center’s Values and Health Reform Connection, a new group blog on American values and why they matter in health reform.
In a previous post, I used Paul Menzel’s provocative contribution to the Hastings Center’s Values and Health Reform Connection as a touchstone for getting clearer on what implication [...]
Justice and Fairness in Health Care: Comments on Menzel
October 19, 2009 – 4:27 pm
This post is a submission to the Hastings Center’s Values and Health Reform Connection, a new group blog on American values and why they matter in health reform.
In “Justice and Fairness: Mandating Universal Participation,” Paul Menzel grounds his endorsement of government-assured universal access to basic health care in a ideal of “just sharing” between fellow [...]