ESSAYS

CLINICAL
Conscious Sedation
The Airway and Trauma Anesthesia
​Acid-Base Physiology in a Single Page
A Brief History of Clinical Airway Management
Physics of Gases and Fluids: A Clinical Perspective
Electrical Safety in the Operating Room
The Rational Use of Oxygen
Addressing the Vaccination Problem
Reflection on Awake Neuromuscular Blockade
The Laryngeal Mask and Other Supraglottic Airways
Anesthesia and Airway Management in the MRI Suite
PBLD: The Airway in Aeromedical Evacuation
Introduction to the GlideScope Video Laryngoscope
Jet Ventilation for Otolaryngologic Procedures
Electrical Short Circuit as a Possible Cause of Death in Patients on PCA Machines
Intraosseous Vascular Access In Adult Anesthesia: A Vastly Underutilized Procedure
A Minimalist Introduction to Anesthesiology
Generic Initial Management of the Unconscious Patient in the Nontrauma Setting
The Impact of the Black Death on European Culture and Church Authority

BIOETHICS/ PHILOSOPHY
The Story of Baby K
The Suicide Tourist
The Paul Brophy Case
Can Brain Death Testing Be Perfect?
Multiculturalism in Medicine
Distributive Justice in Medicine
Models of Justice in Medical Care Systems  
Limits to Utilitarianism in Medical Care
Limits to Nonmaleficence in Medical Care​
A Conjecture Concerning the Physics of Consciousness
Blood Transfusions and the Jehovah’s Witnesses Patient
Genetic Engineering and Gene Therapy
Death, Brain Death and the Death of Death
The Thorny Problem of Permissible Deaths
Making the Case Against Physician-Assisted Suicide
Using Executed Prisoners as Organ Donors​
What Should We Do About Smokers Who Get Lung Cancer?
Medical Futility Explored: The Case of Helga Wanglie
The Virtuous Physician vs. The Virtuous Nurse
Cryonic Life Extension: Scientific Possibility or Stupid Pipe Dream?
The Dilemma of the Alcoholic Patient:A Study in Resource Allocation
Modern Medicine and the Postmodernist Challenge: Examining the Issues
Biomedical Engineers and Participation in Judicial Executions: Capital Punishment as a Technical Problem

TECHNOLOGY
Nanotechnology for Clinicians
The Rise and Fall of the Nuclear Pacemaker
Practical and Philosophical Applications of Fuzzy Logic 
Global Warming and Carbon Emissions Trading
Mitochondrial DNA and its Role in Contemporary Paleoanthropology
Robots, Androids, and Cyborgs in Warfare: Ethical and Philosophical Issues
Facing the Challenge of Modern Anesthesia Technology: Alarms, Ergonomics, Software and Cognitive Burden
Exploring Ongoing Challenges in Anesthesia Technology: A Proposed “To-Do” List

PUBLISHED SHORT STORIES
The Doctor and the Warlord: A Tale of Moral Ambiguity

MAIS PROJECT (Athabasca University)
Making Learning Objects into Web Pages

MA THESIS (Excelsior University)
Issues Associated with Teaching and Learning Medical Procedures

DPHIL THESIS (University of Pretoria)
What Does it Mean to be Human?  Life, Death, Personhood, and the Transhumanist Movement

WEB ARTWORK
Suffering