Bioethics and Black Lives: A Call for Bioethics to Speak Against Racial Injustice

George Floyd could not breathe while his neck was trapped under the knee of a police officer for nearly nine minutes. Yet despite the impressive scholarship of bioethics on ventilation and other technologies that prolong human breathing capabilities, it is largely silent on the suffocating effects of racism. Bioethics must speak out against racial injustice. The post Bioethics and Black Lives: A Call for Bioethics to Speak Against Racial Injustice appeared first on The Hastings Center.
Source: blog.bioethics.net - Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Tags: Health Care activism bioethics Eric Garner Freddie Gray George Floyd Hastings Bioethics Forum policy brutality racial injustice syndicated Source Type: blogs