Category Archives: Health Care

Live Blogging the UWSMPH 2nd Annual Bioethics Symposium

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 [...]

Justice and Fairness in Health Care: Comments on Menzel

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 [...]