Category Archives: media issues

Jerry Lewis’ Unforgivable Harm to Young People

(Editor’s note: We are participating in the “blog against the telethon,” organized by Miss Crip Chick and Kara Sheridan. For a comprehensive list of links to others blogging against the telethon, please check out Kara Sheridan’s site – she’ll be adding links as the notifications come into her. While you’re at it, you can also … Continue reading Jerry Lewis’ Unforgivable Harm to Young People

NY Times Story on NHBD – Selling instead of Reporting

Given the national publicity surrounding the death of Ruben Navarro, I thought the time could be ripe for a renewed discussion of the ethics surrounding the increasing implementation of the “non heart-beating donor” protocol. According to Maurice Bernstein, on his bioethics discussion blog, there’s a bunch of ethicists discussing whether or not the public is … Continue reading NY Times Story on NHBD – Selling instead of Reporting