Bioethics & Health Justice Group
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Members of the Bioethics & Health Justice Group conduct empirically informed, applied philosophical research on normative issues in the health sector, including clinical contexts as well as the structure of health care institutions and health systems within and across societies.
Key Research Areas
- Health justice
- Health equity
- Clinical ethics
- Resource Allocation
- Gender and Medicine
Current Projects
- Microaggressions in Medicine
- Reproductive Ethics
- Health Solidarity
- LGBTQ+ Health
- Disability Justice
Recent Publications
- Aavitsland, V. 2024. “Etter Roe v. Wade.” Klassekampen (20 July). (In Norwegian.)
- Freeman, L. 2024. “The Health System Wasn’t Built for Us: Medicine and Non-Normative Bodies.” In H.C. Hänel and Johanna Müller, eds., Routledge Handbook of Non-Ideal Theory.
- Freeman, L., and H. Stewart. 2024. “An Intersectional Account of Gender Oppression and Injustice in Healthcare.” In Springer Handbook of Philosophy of Medicine, ed. T. Schramme and M. Walker.
- Freeman, L., and H. Stewart. 2024. Microaggressions in Medicine. Oxford University Press, 2024
- Freeman, L., and J.W. Schroer, eds. 2022. Microaggressions and Philosophy. Routledge, 2020.
- Kolers, A. 2024. “Solidarity as a Virtue of Equality. In Sangiovanni, A., and J. Viehoff, eds., The Virtue of Solidarity. Oxford University Press.
- Kolers, A. 2024. “Solidarism and the Struggle against Environmental Racism.” Global Justice: Theory Practice Rhetoric 14 (1): 103-23.
- Kolers, A. 2021. “What Does Solidarity Do For Bioethics?” Journal of Medical Ethics 47 (2): 122-28.
- Schuman, O. et al. 2024. “ ‘The Truth Should not be Hidden’: Experiences and Recommendations of Individuals making NPE Discoveries through Genetic Genealogy Databases. Genetics in Medicine 26 (10).
- Robertson-Preidler, J. and O. Schuman. 2024. “Vaccine-Sensitive Allocation—Another Divide to Divide Us?” American Journal of Bioethics 24 (7): 97-99.
- Schuman, O. 2023. “Should Bionormativity be a Concern in Gamete Donation?” IJFAB: International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics 16 (2): 138-61.
- Childress, A., Bibler, T., Moore, B. Nelson, RH., Robertson-Preidler, J., Schuman, O., Malek, J. 2023. “From Bridge to Destination? Ethical Considerations Related to Withdrawal of ECMO Support over the Objections of Capacitated Patients.” American Journal of Bioethics 23 (6): 5-17.
- Trujillo, G.M., Jr. 2023. “Risking Death over Debt: The Moral Distress of EMTs Treating Patients Afraid of Medical Bills.” Bioethics Today: the Blog of the American Journal of Bioethics.
- Trujillo, G.M., Jr. 2021. “Dying of Inequality and Republicanness: Questioning Metzl on Whiteness.” Bioethics Today: Blog of the American Journal of Bioethics.
Team
Olivia Schuman, Assistant Professor, Coordinator
olivia.schuman@louisville.edu | View Research Profile
Vilde Lid Aavitsland, Assistant Professor
vilde.aavitsland@louisville.edu
Lauren Freeman, Professor
lauren.freeman@louisville.edu | View Research Profile
Avery Kolers, Professor
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Glenn “Boomer” Trujillo, Assistant Professor