Bioethics in Japan: a History

The Center for Global Partnership of the Japan Foundation publishes Dr. Yoshio Nukaga's account of the history of bioethics in Japan.

Jobs Jobs Jobs

Cleveland Clinic is hiring several people - just announced: kodishe@ccf.edu. Lehigh Valley Medical Center is hiring a Fellow in clinical ethics. Nebraska is hiring a temporary faculty member, Ruth Purtillo has left there for Mass General. U of Washington has hired 2 people. Penn is hiring for three possible positions, jobs to be posted within days. Per jobseeker (using the number of members of the APA and ASBH, and the number of jobs posted at ASBH and in Jobs for Philosophers), bioethics has more than seven times more open positions right now than are open in philosophy (by my own napkin calculation anyway). Medicine may not have saved philosophy but it certainly has offered it a job.

Around the World News

It is a huge day for bioethics news.

Interesting non-U.S. perspective on the positioning of Bush and Kerry on embryonic stem cell research and abortion, finds that there is great confusion and deception in both campaigns.

Jakarta Post announces a national bioethics body for Indonesia.

They must love George in the U.K., where he has just attacked their stem cell policy, reports The Times London.

LifeNews reports that the Dutch law extending euthanasia to children is being attacked in several ways in public policy forums.