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Staying Human

Advancing science and medicine for, not on, human beings

Read the Editors’ Introduction
End of Life •
Eugenics •
Reproductive Technology •
Enhancement •
Beginning of Life •
Human Dignity •
Medicine •
Transhumanism •
All

Essay | Winter 2023

Winter 2023

  • Alexander Raikin

No Other Options

Newly revealed documents depict a Canadian euthanasia regime that efficiently ushers the vulnerable to a “beautiful” death.

Alexander Raikin

Online Exclusive | January 21, 2022

January 21, 2022

  • Leah Libresco Sargeant

Sacrifice Is Not a Therapy

Covid doesn’t care how hard we fight it — only about what works.

From: The Coronavirus Pandemic

Leah Libresco Sargeant

Essay | Fall 2021

Fall 2021

  • Joseph E. Davis

All Pathology, All the Time

What ails a culture that sees illness everywhere?

Joseph E. Davis

Essay | Summer 2021

Summer 2021

  • Joshua Briscoe

Dying, But Not Alone

We can’t escape the social dimension of choosing how we die.

Joshua Briscoe

Online Exclusive | March 25, 2021

March 25, 2021

  • Arturo Casadevall
  • Michael J. Joyner
  • Nigel Paneth

A Victory for Scientific Pragmatism

In an emergency, the “gold” standard of evidence may not be the wise one.

From: The Coronavirus Pandemic

Arturo Casadevall, Michael J. Joyner, Nigel Paneth

Essay | Winter 2021

Winter 2021

  • Aaron Rothstein

Little Data, Big Headlines

On overinterpreting Covid studies for clicks

From: The Coronavirus Pandemic

Aaron Rothstein

Essay | Winter 2021

Winter 2021

  • Devorah Goldman

Disarming Frontline Doctors

In its quest to meet the “gold standard,” academic medicine has put Covid patients at risk.

From: The Coronavirus Pandemic

Devorah Goldman

Online Exclusive | June 8, 2020

June 8, 2020

  • Brendan Foht

Abortion and the Coronavirus Vaccine

Why we need an option that will be morally acceptable to all Americans

From: The Coronavirus Pandemic

Brendan Foht

Essay | Fall 2020

Fall 2020

  • Brewer Eberly

Mending the Healers

Young doctors are suffering from a crisis of meaning. Can med school still offer moral formation?

Brewer Eberly

Special Report | Winter 2012

Winter 2012

The Stem Cell Debates

Lessons for Science and Politics
Preface
The Stem Cell Debates
The Science of Embryonic Stem Cell Research
The Promise of Stem Cell Therapies
Ethical Considerations Regarding Stem Cell Research
Stem Cell Research Funding: Policy and Law
Overview of International Human Embryonic Stem Cell Laws
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