Travis Rieder's writing underwent a significant shift after a personal encounter with pain and its treatment, leading him to focus on harm reduction in pain management. His work intimately weaves together his own struggles with opioid painkillers, historical context, and a critical examination of the healthcare system. Rieder's approach combines personal narrative with compelling research to address the complex epidemics of pain, opioid addiction, and overdose. He aims to offer insights and potential solutions for a more responsible approach to pain.
A bioethicist's eloquent and riveting memoir of opioid dependence and withdrawal -- a harrowing personal reckoning and clarion call for change not only for government but medicine itself, revealing the lack of crucial resources and structures to handle this insidious nationwide epidemic.
How Overpopulation and Climate Change Are Affecting the Morality of Procreation
Focusing on the ecological and ethical implications of human fertility rates, this treatise presents a compelling argument that current reproductive choices contribute to a public health crisis. It explores the tension between individual responsibility and broader global challenges, such as resource scarcity and environmental degradation. The author posits that even small reductions in fertility rates could significantly impact carbon emissions and climate change, urging prospective parents to consider the long-term consequences of their decisions in an increasingly strained world.
From the small stuff like single-use plastics to major decisions like whether to have children, Rieder defines exactly how we can change our thinking and lead a decent, meaningful life in a scary, complicated world.