9 new Sadler Scholars, unconsented intimate exams, disability ethics, humanities & science better together
June 10, 2022
Nine Sadler Scholars Named
Doctoral Students from Backgrounds Underrepresented in U.S. Bioethics
The Hastings Center welcomes nine 2022-2023 Sadler Scholars, a select group of nine doctoral students with research interests relevant to bioethics who are from racial and ethnic communities underrepresented in this field in the United States. They are the second cohort of Sadler Scholars. Read about who they are and their bioethics interests.
Unconsented Intimate Medical Exams: Racial Bias and Other Concerns Hastings Center Report Commentary Helps Catalyze Connecticut Action
A national survey, described in an essay in the Hastings Center Report, found a widespread practice, often for medical student teaching purposes, of doing pelvic and rectal exams in unconscious patients whose consent had not been sought. The practice was equally prevalent among males and female patients, but occurred four times as often in Black patients as white patients. For years, there was knowledge of this practice but limited and inadequate legislative action. Then the Hastings Center Report commentary was sent to Connecticut lawmakers, and things changed. Read more.
Exploring Ethics, Disability, and Health Disparities Honor, New Publications for Joel Michael Reynolds
Hastings Center senior advisor Joel Michael Reynolds, an assistant professor at Georgetown University, was named a Faculty Scholar of the Greenwall Foundation, a highly selective bioethics career development award. Reynolds will explore the roots of disability and health disparities. Learn more.
Humanities & Science: "Better Together" Joseph J. Fins Addresses Wesleyan Commencement
“We favor the separation of church and state. But the separation of the sciences and humanities: not so good. What’s the point of developing an mRNA vaccine for Covid-19 if we don’t understand the history and sociology of vaccine hesitancy?” Hastings Center board member and fellow Joseph J. Fins made a powerful case for more productive communication between science and the humanities in an address last month at the Wesleyan University commencement. Read more.
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