Faculty Bibliography

Book The proper ends do justify the means During the Nuremberg trials, convened at the end of World War II, lawyers for the German defendants, politicians accused of crimes against humanity, and physicians accused of euthanasia and barbaric medical experimentation offered the rationale of "kriegsraison" to exculpate their clients

Caplan points out that the Internet isn't the only place people can find free-flying hype about genetic testing. They can also find it at their corner drugstore. The reality is that whether they are talking about Internet dietary advice or corner drugstore home testing kits, genetic testing isn't ready for primetime. Not only is genetic testing not ready for sale at the local drugstore, it isn't yet ready for distribution at doctor's office. Genes may be the blueprints of life, but currently it takes a genetic engineer to read and interpret them

Medical tourism on the part of those seeking therapies for terminal diseases has a long and inglorious tradition. For many decades, those diagnosed with terminal cancer have sought care at all manner of clinics, institutes, and hospitals in nations all over the world. From laetrile, to the Issels treatment, to Hoxsey therapy, to ozone treatment, to Gerson therapy and hundreds more, the parade of fraud, deceit, scamming and ripoffs almost defies cataloguing. Here, Caplan and Levine suggest that patient advocacy organizations, cellular therapy professionals and clinicians, professional societies, and international regulatory bodies must act together to help patients distinguish hope from hype in the realm of stem-cell-based medical treatments

Older parenthood raises a variety of important factual and ethical questions. None of the questions have received sufficient attention despite the rapid expansion in the United States and other nations in the numbers of older parents. We do not know much about the safety, economic, and psychosocial impact of these emerging practices on children or parents. Nor have there been many analytical considerations of the ethical issues raised. We argue in this article that there are reasons for concern when older persons seek to utilize fertility treatments, including the safety of pregnancy for older women, risks posed to children delivered by older mothers, issues around what constitutes safe conditions for having a child relative to the age of parents, and the importance of guaranteeing that someone will serve in the parental role should an older parent or parents become disabled or die. To protect the best interest of children created by technology in new familial circumstances, internationally recognized and enforced standards for fertility clinics to follow ought to be enacted in making decisions about treating older parents seeking infertility services.

Type "genetic testing" on an Internet search engine and then hang on. You will be in for quite a ride. There is an endless parade of companies touting genetic tests for everything, including determining whether your kid has the potential to be a star athlete, finding out whether your ancestors were kings or ne'er-do-wells, finding a date, optimizing your diet, or knowing what diet to use if your intake is not optimal. Apparently, there is more self-discovery to be had by spitting your saliva into a cup and sending it off to be genetically analyzed than in a whole month of Dr. Drew

Type "genetic testing" on an Internet search engine and then hang on. You will be in for quite a ride. There is an endless parade of companies touting genetic tests for everything, including determining whether your kid has the potential to be a star athlete, finding out whether your ancestors were kings or ne'er-do-wells, finding a date, optimizing your diet, or knowing what diet to use if your intake is not optimal

If your house is full of radioactive radon gas leaking up from underlying rocks, your risk for lung cancer is high no matter what genes you do or don't have