<p>Over at Feminist Midwife, the eponymous author writes about the nature of midwifery and why they see it as inherently feminist. In 2014, they also addressed the well-known (by bioethicists) issues with whether informed consent really takes place or whether, &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2016/11/midwifery-as-feminist-endeavor-a-particular-blog-entry-and-a-blog-recommendation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p> <di

<p>I am facilitating an integrated humanities class at Michigan State University called “the good death: ethical challenges of death and dying.” The class is indebted to grief educators who stress what William Worden termed The Four Tasks of Grief. These &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2016/11/the-four-tasks-of-grief-why-they-matter-no-matter-whom-you-voted-for/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p> <div style="padding-b

<p>Since Trump&#8217;s electoral college victory became apparent early Wednesday morning and especially since Secretary Clinton&#8217;s concession speech, many bioethicists&#8211;and many more American residents&#8211;have been wondering what a Trump Presidency means for the Affordable Care Act, AKA &#8220;Obamacare.&#8221; While the ACA &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2016/11/what-does-a-trump-presidency-mean-for-the-affordable-care-act-and-ame

<p>After giving birth last year in Colombia, I spoke with a (male) Colombian doctor friend of mine about my experience. We were talking about what in Spanish are called “partos verticales”, or “vertical” births  &#8211; births in which the mother &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2016/11/of-births-and-beds-thinking-spatially-about-obstetric-violence/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p> <div style="padding-bottom:20px; pa

<p>Medicine has been searching for a hormonal contraceptive for men for some time.  Recent news trumpeted the withdrawal of a number of men from clinical trials of male hormonal contraceptive injections due to the side effects.  While this editor recently &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2016/11/women-have-exclusively-borne-the-side-effects-of-hormonal-contraceptives-since-their-invention-is-it-time-for-men/">Continue reading <span class="meta-na

<p>As reported by PBS, a large scale study indicates that depression as a known side effect of oral contraceptives affects young women most of all. The research, published in JAMA Psychiatry, is the first ever to draw a connection between birth &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2016/10/oral-contraceptives-and-informed-choice/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p> <div style="padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;" class="h

<p>Check out Alison Reiheld&#8217;s tweetstorm on the FAB affinity session These pills have the success rate of this cheapest viagra medication is almost 90%. Do Not Take Sildenafil with Grapefruit Juice When taking medications containing Sildenafil citrate to treat erectile &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2016/10/did-you-miss-the-fab-affinity-session-at-asbh-someone-tweetstormed-it/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p>

<p>You may have heard of an incident about a week ago in which a young black woman physician was on a plane when a passenger experienced medical distress. She rose to help, and was told by the flight attendant to &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2016/10/our-social-image-of-doctors-still-doesnt-include-young-black-women/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p> <div style="padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;" class="hupso-

<p>Dear friends and readers, I post to offer a brief explanation and apology for the last month and a half of skimpy offerings on this blog. My father had a stroke in February from which he largely recovered, though his &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2016/10/editors-apology-to-readers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p> <div style="padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;" class="hupso-share-buttons"><!-- Hupso Share B

<p>Over at Fit is a Feminist Issue this morning, IJFAB blogger Alison Reiheld has a post on gender norms, bacon, and pumpkin spice This puts a stop sign out for seach engines: Don&#8217;t follow this link or count the website &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2016/09/gender-and-the-fetishization-of-food/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p> <div style="padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;" class="hupso-share-buttons"><!

<p>The American Academy of Pediatrics announced last week that it was radically changing its guidelines for treatment of overweight and obesity in children and teens.  Specifically, it recommends DEemphasizing dieting and weight loss while avoiding any kind of public shaming &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2016/09/american-academy-of-pediatrics-makes-major-shift-in-recommendations-on-overweight-and-obesity/">Continue reading <span class="meta-na

<p>On September 8, 2016, Deloitte LLP announced it would grant 16 weeks of paid leave to employees who provide family caregiving not only to new children, but to older children, parents, and spouses.  This is an enormous improvement in the U.S. &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2016/09/just-caring-for-caregivers-in-the-u-s-workplace-for-some-workers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p> <div style="padding-bottom:20px; pa

<p>Hello, folks. The IJFAB Blog editor is dealing with an impending death in her family, and with all that this requires in terms of compassionate planning leading up to this and afterwards. Alas that a career spent doing bioethics should be &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2016/08/ijfab-blog-editor-on-a-short-break/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p> <div style="padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;" class="hupso-sha

<p>Epinephrine is a very inexpensive drug that saves your life if you are reeling from the effects of anaphylaxis. I had such an experience just last week. I was applying body lotion that had among its otherwise innocuous ingredients juniper &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2016/08/epipen-and-the-laws-of-capitalism/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p> <div style="padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;" class="hupso-shar

<p>In recent months there has been a steady uptick in media coverage of trump discussing whether he or his proponents are &#8220;crazy&#8221;, &#8220;insane&#8221;, &#8220;pathological&#8221;, or &#8220;diagnosable.&#8221; You can find one example here in this Mother Jones article titled &#8220;Here is &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2016/08/the-dangers-of-saying-trump-is-crazy-insane-pathological-or-diagnosable/">Continue reading <span class="m

<p>The Spring 2016 issue of IJFAB is now available via Project Muse. It includes an interesting open access paper by Allison Merrick, “A Paradox of Hope? Toward a Feminist Approach to Palliation.” The paradox of hope arises in cases where &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2016/08/a-feminist-approach-to-palliation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p> <div style="padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;" class="hupso-share-b

<p>The excellent medical history and women&#8217;s studies blog Nursing Clio is running a series of posts about female presidential candidates. They also recently featured a truly illuminating scholarly blog entry on the history and modern use of obesity and BMI in pediatric &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2016/07/obesity-at-the-pediatricians-office/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p> <div style="padding-bottom:20px;

<p>The American Society for Bioethics and Humanities  &#8212;  one of the largest conferences for all academics, clinicians, policy analysts, and others working in the areas of bioethics, medical humanities, medicine, medical education, and related disciplines  &#8212;  is ready to roll &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2016/07/why-you-should-submit-your-work-to-the-asbh-fab-affinity-group/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a

<p>I am not going to write a lengthy post about the story of drug testing kits (and their failure) linked below.  Please read it.  Because I think that it speaks for itself  &#8212;  loudly, predictably, shamefully&#8230;. Here is a taste: &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2016/07/move-along-nothing-to-see-here/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p> <div style="padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;" class="hupso-share-but

<p>US News and World Report recently published an article summarizing the results of a study of Veterans Affairs hospitals. The study found that patients with cancer or dementia received better end-of-life counseling, more palliative care, and better end-of-life planning on the &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2016/07/end-of-life-care-and-counseling-varies-with-disease-type/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p> <div styl