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Brin Lecture, Johns Hopkins University
February 9, 202341st annual David Barap Brin Lecture.
Layla Ethics Night Salon, University of Calgary
June 2, 2020To what do we owe the triaged-against? As the pandemic has been sweeping across the world and changes life in ways that mirror dystopian novels, people are obliged to adapt to a new way of living that is unraveling how we understand and engage in human interaction. Recommendations turn into rules. We are left disoriented and confused.
“How Americans Could have Cheap Healthcare Almost Instantly,” Time Magazine
September 12, 2017Can’t agree on health care, how to finance it or how to cover the uninsured? Think big. And look carefully: it’s right before our eyes.
Imagine comprehensive, universal, effective and cheap health care for all Americans, essentially overnight. It would require hiring more doctors, nurses and other health professionals as well as utilizing more hospitals and medical facilities, but it would be remarkably easy compared to all the other health care proposals afloat now. That’s because the medical expertise and the infrastructure to make this possible already exist — right here in our Veterans Affairs health care system . . .
“The Business of Dying,” BBC News World Service
August 22, 2017As we age as a society, will more people elect to choose the time of their own death? . . .
“University of Utah Professor writes book and inspires online resource for suicide ethics,” Fox 13 Salt Lake City
September 23, 2015"Plato believes there are some occasions where it's permissible and others where it's not. Aristotle thinks it's always wrong, that it's an injury to the state," says Battin . . .
“Choosing the Least Worst Death,” TEDMED Talk
October 19, 2014Philosopher and bioethicist Peggy Battin tells us the moving story of how and why her husband chose to die . . .
“For Bioethicist With Ailing Spouse, End-Of-Life Issues Hit Home,” NPR
July 25, 2013After writing books and essays about end-of-life issues, and advocating for the right to die, bioethicist Margaret Battin is wrestling with the issue in her own family . . .
“A Life-or-Death Situation,” New York Times Magazine
July 17, 2013As a bioethicist, Peggy Battin fought for the right of people to end their own lives. After her husband’s cycling accident, her field of study turned unbearably personal . . .
Brooke and Peggy’s Blog
Last entry August 23, 2013Updates from Brooke, Peggy, family, and friends.