http://sufficientscruples.com/blog/2008/04/30/new-feature-ask-the-ethicist/ Bioethics, healthcare policy, and related issues. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:53:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://sufficientscruples.com/blog/2008/04/30/new-feature-ask-the-ethicist/comment-page-1/#comment-233442 tgirsch Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:55:23 +0000 http://sufficientscruples.com/blog/2008/04/15/new-feature-ask-the-ethicist/#comment-233442 OK, pursuant to some of our in-person discussions from Monday, how about a post on how we can properly make the distinction between conditions that are normal but unusual versus conditions that are "illnesses" which must be treated and/or cured. This is particularly apropos for things like mental disorders, as well as for controversial issues like transgenderedness. OK, pursuant to some of our in-person discussions from Monday, how about a post on how we can properly make the distinction between conditions that are normal but unusual versus conditions that are “illnesses” which must be treated and/or cured. This is particularly apropos for things like mental disorders, as well as for controversial issues like transgenderedness.

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