Bioethicists are sometimes difficult to categorize…

Are they Scientists? Are they Philosophers? Are the Clinicians? Are they Social Scientists?

The quick answer, like a lot of other bioethics questions, is that it depends.

In this episode, Tyler and Devan catch up with a real social scientist, Jason Wasserman. They discuss his path into bioethics and how his training as a medical sociologist impacts his teaching and his work with people experiencing homelessness.

Check out more of Jason’s work below:

• “Rasing the Ivory Tower: The Production of Knowledge and Distrust of Medicine Among African Americans” (Journal of Medical Ethics)

• “The Medicalization of Homelessness and the Sociology of the Self: A Grounded Fractal Analysis”

• “Racial Differences in Attitudes towards Euthanasia”