Articles written by J. Rosser Matthews
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Circumcision Protects against AIDS
NIH has terminated clinical trials after circumcision was seen to protect against spread of AIDS. This outcome is related to the ethics of research on human subjects.
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Selecting Genes in Offspring
Some members of the deaf and dwarf communities want to pass on these characteristics to their offspring. This development is compared to other forms of community identity
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Deaths from Errors in Hospitals
Recent studies have documented evidence of injuries and deaths in hospitals due to medical errors. This article situates these developments in wider historical contexts.
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Pain in 19th & 21st Centuries
A research study compares surgical and non-surgical interventions on patients with back pain. This article contrasts the views of pain in 19th & 21st century medicine.
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Social Justice v. Market Incentive
This article surveys two of the most widely discussed models for dealing with issues of distributive justice in health care: market based approaches or social justice.
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Stem Cell Research and Abortion
Many opponents of abortion and stem cell research believe that both procedures involve taking life. Yet, the two procedures have differing ethical rationales.
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Ethical Issues in Clinical Trials
Clinical trials are experiments on human subjects--which means that ethical issues are always present. This article surveys historically prominent ethical debates.
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