Clarice, Author at Baylor College of Medicine Blog Network

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Holy smoke! Does income and the price of cigarettes impact use?

November 13, 2020November 13, 2020 Clarice 0 Comments cardiovascular research, Cigarettes, E-Cigarettes, smoking, Tobacco, Vaping

Drs. Al Rifai and Virani dicsuss their work on the frequency of vaping and smoking by annual household income and policy implicatations.

Improving health literacy: Lessons from clinical ethics

November 6, 2020November 7, 2020 Clarice 0 Comments American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, ASBH, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, communication, health literacy

Rohit Gupta discusses the importance of promoting health literacy, how a patient can obtain, communicate, and understand health information.

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How to disagree kindly

October 30, 2020October 30, 2020 Clarice 0 Comments American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, ASBH, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, disagree, ethics, golden state killer

Elizabeth Sult Case describes how the field of ethics gives us tools to connect with one another and to consider difficult questions deeply together.

A turn of events: Do virtual conferences increase collaboration?

October 23, 2020October 23, 2020 Clarice 0 Comments ASBH, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Collaboration, Conference, Virtual

A look into how we collaborate, discuss, and share during a pandemic, and if there’s utility in virtual engagements not found in person.

Predicting the value of a postdoc

October 19, 2020October 20, 2020 Clarice 0 Comments Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, clinical ethics, Fellowship, Philosophy, postdoc, training

How do you make decisions about training when you’re training for something you don’t really understand until you do it?

Healthcare and incarceration: How can providers help make the justice system more just?

October 9, 2020October 9, 2020 Clarice 0 Comments Health Disparities, Healthcare, Healthcare providers, Incarceration, Jail, Prison

Exploring how every healthcare worker has a role to play in improving the health effects of justice system involvement.

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Health disparities and COVID-19: Preparing for the second wave

September 25, 2020September 25, 2020 Clarice 0 Comments Community, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Health Disparities, Natural Disasters, policy, Telemedicine

Examining the indirect effects of COVID-19 on vulnerable communities and the need for national and institutional policy changes.

You can’t mask empathy

September 18, 2020September 18, 2020 Clarice 0 Comments Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Childbirth, COVID-19, Empathy, Family and community medicine

A reminder that authentic relationships and empathic communication still prevail in medicine during the pandemic.

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