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28Market Incentives and Health Care ReformJournal of Medicine and Philosophy 33 (5): 498-514. 2008.It is generally agreed that the current methods of providing health care in the West need to be reformed. Such reforms must operate within the practical limitations to which any future system of health care will be subject. These limitations include an increase in the demand for costly end-of-life health care coupled with a reduction in the proportion of the population who are working taxpayers (and hence a reduction in the proportionate amount of health care funding that can be secured through …Read more
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49Habilitation, Health, and Agency: A Framework for Basic JusticeBy Lawrence C. BeckerAnalysis 73 (3): 591-592. 2013.
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25Bioethics and the Metaphysics of DeathJournal of Medicine and Philosophy 37 (5): 417-424. 2012.In recent years there has been a tremendous resurgence in philosophical interest in the metaphysical issues surrounding death. 1 This is, perhaps, not surprising. Not only are these issues of perennial theoretical appeal but they also have significant practical importance for many debates within applied ethics—especially bioethics. 2 And the bioethical debates that these issues are relevant to happen to be some of those that are currently the most pressing, having risen to prominence either as a…Read more
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75Black markets, transplant kidneys and interpersonal coercionJournal of Medical Ethics 32 (12): 698-701. 2006.One of the most common arguments against legalising markets in human kidneys is that this would result in the widespread misuse that is present in the black market becoming more prevalent. In particular, it is argued that if such markets were to be legalised, this would lead to an increase in the number of people being coerced into selling their kidneys. Moreover, such coercion would occur even if markets in kidneys were regulated, for those subject to such coercion would not be able to avail th…Read more
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82Personal Autonomy: New Essays on Personal Autonomy and Its Role in Contemporary Moral Philosophy (edited book)Cambridge University Press. 2005.This is the first volume to bring together original essays that address the theoretical foundations of the concept of autonomy, as well as essays that ...
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96Autonomy and Organ Sales, RevisitedJournal of Medicine and Philosophy 34 (6): 632-648. 2009.In this paper I develop and defend my arguments in favor of the moral permissibility of a legal market for human body parts in response to the criticisms that have been leveled at them by Paul M. Hughes and Samuel J. Kerstein
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Personal Autonomy: New Essays on Personal Autonomy and its Role in Contermporary Philosophy (edited book)Cambridge University Press. 2004.
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62A "Queen of Hearts" trial of organ markets: why Scheper-Hughes's objections to markets in human organs failJournal of Medical Ethics 33 (4): 201-204. 2007.Nancy Scheper-Hughes is one of the most prominent critics of markets in human organs. Unfortunately, Scheper-Hughes rejects the view that markets should be used to solve the current shortage of transplant organs without engaging with the arguments in favour of them. Scheper-Hughes’s rejection of such markets is of especial concern, given her influence over their future, for she holds, among other positions, the status of an adviser to the World Health Organization on issues related to global tra…Read more
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123NICE, Alzheimer's and the QALYClinical Ethics 2 (1): 50-54. 2007.The introduction of National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidance on Alzheimer's medication in November 2006 will have a significant effect on the treatment of patients, and is opposed by the Royal College of Psychiatrists and many charities dealing with the elderly. The use of the Quality-Adjusted Life Year (QALY) in the guidance formulation is much debated due to questions of ageism. This article seeks to examine the basis of these accusations and whether NICE can be ju…Read more
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Areas of Interest
Applied Ethics |
Social and Political Philosophy |
17th/18th Century Philosophy |