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"Questions framed in terms of should and should not elude the most penetrating neuroimaging methods. X-rays, for example, cannot fathom the dimensions of moral reality any more than they can outline a whispered breath." William P. Cheshire, Jr., M.D. from Grey Matters
VOLUME 23:3 FALL 2007
EDITORIAL In Memoriam: Harold O. J. Brown (1933-2007) C. Ben Mitchell, PhD
GREY MATTERS Can Grey Voxels Solve Neuroethical Dilemmas? William P. Cheshire, Jr., MD Associate Professor of Neurology at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, and Consultant in Neuroethics at the Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity. The views expressed herein are his own and do not necessarily reflect the positions of Mayo Clinic or Mayo Foundations, USA.
CLINICAL ETHICS DILEMMAS Permissibility to Stop Off-Label Use of Expensive Drug Treatment for Child? Daniel A. Beals, MD Associate Professor of Surgery for the Division of Pediatric Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky. He presently serves as a member of several ethics committees, both locally and nationally. He is also a fellow of The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity, USA. Ordinary and Extraordinary Means of Treatment Georg Spielthenner, PhD Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Applied Ethics at the University of Zambia Lusaka, ZAMBIA The Meaning of Human Sexuality according to Karol Wojtyla and Sigmund Freud Margaret Sealey, MD Consultant Anesthesiologist (retired), who specialized in liver transplant and neurosurgical anesthesia at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham. Having gained an M.A. in Personal, Moral and Spiritual Development at the Maryvale Institute in Birmingham, she became interested in philosophy and theology, specifically in the influence of philosophy on biblical interpretation and ethics. She recently acquired her B.A. Divinity, also at the Maryvale Institute. Birmingham, UK Bioethics in Liberal Regimes: A Review of the President's Council Richard Sherlock, PhD Professor at Utah State University Logan, Utah, USA
Book Reviews Preaching Eugenics By Christine Rosen, Oxford University Press, 2004, hardcover, 296 pages, $37.50 ISBN 0-19-515679 Reviewed by Sharon F. Billon, MD Private practitioner of dermatology in Arroyo Grande, California, USA Witches, Westerners, and HIV: AIDS and Cultures of Blame in Africa By Alexander Rodlach, Left Coast Press, Inc., 2006, paperback, 258 pages, $29.95 ISBN 1-59874-034-2 Reviewed by Sharon F. Billon, MD Private practitioner of dermatology in Arroyo Grande, California, USA Ectogenesis: Artificial Womb Technology and the Future of Human Reproduction By Scott Gelfand, and John R. Shook, Editors, New York: Rudolpi B.V., 2006, paperback, 197 pages, $55.00 Reviewed by Susan M. Haack, MD, MA (Bioethics), FACOG Private practitioner of consultative gynecology at Hess Memorial Hospital and Medical Center in Mauston, Wisconsin, USA Goals of Medicine in the Course of History and Today: A Study in the History and Philosophy of Medicine By Kurt Fleischhauer and Gorran Hermeren. Stockholm, Sweden: Almqnist & Wiksell International, Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Akademien (The Royal Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities), 2006, hardcover, 480 pages, $127.50 ISBN 91-7402-353-5 Reviewed by Jeffrey G. Betcher, MD, FRCPC, MA (Bioethics) Practices anesthesiology and critical care medicine at the Regina QušAppelle Health Region in Regina, Saskatchewan, CANADA