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11A Public Health Ethics Framework for Populations with Limited English ProficiencyAmerican Journal of Bioethics 1-16. forthcoming.Abstract25.6 Million people in the United States have Limited English Proficiency (LEP), defined as insufficient ability to read, write, or understand English. We will (1) Delineate the merits of approaching language as a social determinant of health, (2) highlight pertinent public health values and guidelines which are most relevant to the plight of populations with LEP and (3) Use the COVID-19 pandemic as an example of how a breakdown in public health ethics values created harm for populations…Read more
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15Translational Justice in Human Gene Editing: Bringing End User Engagement and Policy TogetherAmerican Journal of Bioethics 23 (7): 55-58. 2023.In their target article, Conley et al. (2023) appropriately highlight the ongoing conceptual and practical opacity of public engagement (PE) in the translation of human gene editing (HGE) (Conley e...
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17The Slippery Slope of Prenatal Testing for Social TraitsAmerican Journal of Bioethics 23 (3): 36-38. 2023.Bowman-Smart et al. (2023) argue for a framework to examine the ethical issues associated with genetic screening for non-medical traits in the context of noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT). Such s...
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11Excellent Traits in Public Health: Virtuous Structures and the Structure of VirtuePublic Health Ethics 15 (1): 16-22. 2022.MacKay’s Public Health Virtue Ethics offers a distinctive approach to public health ethics, with social structures at the forefront. MacKay’s helpful overview of the recent literature considers three distinct referents for ascribing virtues in public health ethics: (i) individuals, such as public health practitioners, (ii) social structures, such as public health institutions and policies and (iii) the communities affected by public health policy. While MacKay is interested in virtuous structure…Read more
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9Bioethics Theory-Building for Public HealthAmerican Journal of Bioethics 21 (9): 53-56. 2021.I whole-heartedly endorse Ismaili M'hmandi’s efforts to move away from the narrowest of liberal justificatory grounds for public health policy. I worry, however, that the liberal perfectioni...
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19Bioethics Advocacy in Ethos, Practice and MetricsAmerican Journal of Bioethics 21 (2): 69-72. 2021.Bioethicists in healthcare institutions have the skills and insights and can and must facilitate and promote measures that address deeply ingrained structural issues that exacerbate health inequity...
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31Multiple Marginalizations: What Bioethics Can Learn From Black FeminismAmerican Journal of Bioethics 19 (2): 1-3. 2019.
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20Grudging Trust and the Limits of Trustworthy Biorepository CurationAmerican Journal of Bioethics 18 (4): 23-25. 2018.
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46Ethics of treatment interruption trials in HIV cure research: addressing the conundrum of risk/benefit assessmentJournal of Medical Ethics. 2017.Though antiretroviral therapy is the standard of care for people living with HIV, its treatment limitations, burdens, stigma and costs lead to continued interest in HIV cure research. Early-phase cure trials, particularly those that include analytic treatment interruption, involve uncertain and potentially high risk, with minimal chance of clinical benefit. Some question whether such trials should be offered, given the risk/benefit imbalance, and whether those who choose to participate are actin…Read more
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53Costa rica's 'white legend': How racial narratives undermine its health care systemDeveloping World Bioethics 11 (2): 99-107. 2011.A dominant cultural narrative within Costa Rica describes Costa Ricans not only as different from their Central American neighbours, but it also exalts them as better: specifically, as more white, peaceful, egalitarian and democratic. This notion of Costa Rican exceptionalism played a key role in the creation of their health care system, which is based on the four core principles of equity, universality, solidarity and obligation. While the political justification and design of the current healt…Read more
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23Seeking Context for the Duty to Rescue: Contractualism and Trust in Research InstitutionsAmerican Journal of Bioethics 15 (2): 18-20. 2015.
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42Considering virtue: public health and clinical ethicsJournal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 17 (5): 888-893. 2011.
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28Public Health Ethics, Second Edition, by Stephen HollandTeaching Philosophy 39 (1): 90-95. 2016.