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Author: Clarice

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Why Houston isn’t immune from the opioid epidemic

December 6, 2019December 5, 2019 Clarice 0 Comments Bethanie Shannon Van Horne, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Drug Addiction, opioids, overdose

“Kelly died of an overdose last night,” said a text recently from my childhood best friend, Kristen. This sparked the

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When is medical care futile?

November 22, 2019November 21, 2019 Clarice 0 Comments Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Dr. Andrew Childress, Medical Care, Medical Futility, prolonging life

Nearly everyone has a to-do list of some kind that reflects goals that are important to them. When making choices

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The future of neuroethics

November 15, 2019November 15, 2019 Clarice 0 Comments Biomarkers, Brain Stimulation, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Neuroethics

I recently had the pleasure of attending the annual International Neuroethics Society held in Chicago, Ill. alongside the annual meeting

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Lessons from a thousand bioethicists: How to disagree

November 8, 2019November 7, 2019 Clarice 0 Comments American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, ASBH, bioethicists, bioethics, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, ethics

“So it’s like a conference full of philosophers? That should make for some heated debates,” remarked the man in the

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Death wellness: A modern movement with ancient roots

October 30, 2019October 30, 2019 Clarice 0 Comments Bryanna Moore, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Death, Death positivity, Death wellness

Have you heard of the death wellness or death positivity movement? It’s a culture, community and related set of practices

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A health policy postdoc’s perspective on ASHG

October 24, 2019October 24, 2019 Clarice 0 Comments American Society of Human Genetics, ASHG, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Conference, Dr. Hadley Stevens Smith, Genetics, postdoc

The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) annual meeting drew more than 8,000 attendees to Houston last week. The exhibit

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The attrition of women in medicine

October 18, 2019October 18, 2019 Clarice 0 Comments Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Dr. Michelle Ludwig, gender gap, women in medicine

A well-meaning colleague once said to me, “You probably wouldn’t want to do this since you just had a baby.”

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A memo to my younger self: Fellowship 101   

October 11, 2019October 11, 2019 Clarice 0 Comments Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, clinical ethics, clinician, Fellow, Trevor Bibler

Memo: Your clinical ethics fellowship Date: 10/11/2019 To: Trevor Bibler, clinical ethics fellow From: Trevor Bibler, clinical ethicist Hey! Congrats

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Racism is detrimental to our health 

October 4, 2019October 4, 2019 Clarice 0 Comments Adiaha Spinks-Franklin, anti-racist, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Health Disparities

For the past two years, I’ve been leading a team committed to promoting anti-racism in medicine. We’ve traveled across the

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Finding compassion and resilience in grief

September 27, 2019September 26, 2019 Clarice 0 Comments Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Child Death, Grief, Jill Oliver Robinson, Mourning

The year after my daughter Abby died, a collaborator asked how I was doing. Wanting to play it cool, I

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