Misc
A Bioethics “Case” is Always a Person’s Story
I’ve been teaching and working in bioethics for over a decade now, and like any bioethicist, I can rattle off a list of canonical cases: Quinlan, Cruzan, Conroy, Elizabeth Bouvia, Tarasoff, Baby M, Baby Jane Doe, Adam and Molly Nash, Tuskegee, Willowbrook, etc. etc. They each are slotted in to a different ethical lesson, be [...]
Online Resources for Advance Care Planning
Free Online Resources for Advance Care Planning For clinicians: Clinical practice guidelines for communicating prognosis and end-of-life issues with adults in the advanced stages of a life-limiting illness, and their caregivers Josephine M Clayton, Karen M Hancock, Phyllis N Butow, Martin H N Tattersall and David C Currow MJA 2007; 186 (12 Suppl): S77-S108 For [...]
Welcome to the Maine Bioethics Blog
Welcome! This blog is intended to provide an ethics resource for clinicians in Maine. It is maintained by Jessica Miller, PhD, Clinical Ethicist, Eastern Maine Medical Center, and Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Maine Although I am clinical ethicist at Eastern Maine Medical Center (EMMC), and I hope this blog will prove useful to [...]
