Rationing of healthcare before, during and after COVID-19
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, it became evident the United States would face difficult resource allocation decisions. Projected shortages of ventilators and beds in hospital
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Author: Clarice
Hungry to help: Food insecurity and COVID-19
In our hiatus from clinics, Baylor College of Medicine students have kept busy. Some have perfected hobbies, including baking, gardening, and golfing. Others have advanced
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How the humanities can connect us during a pandemic
Humans are no strangers to sudden outbreaks of deadly diseases. Yellow fever, smallpox, cholera, influenza, the list goes on. In times of crisis, we naturally
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An argument for reusable PPE
“Do you want to come in?” the resident physician asked me as she held out one of the many blue plastic gowns. “No thank you,
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How should we balance morality and the law?
I was recently discussing a clinical case with medical students and physicians that involved balancing murky ethical issues and relevant laws. One participant leaned back
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Reproductive technology: Exploring ethical questions
We often hear about technology companies moving faster than their counterparts in politics, ethics and public safety. Self-driving vehicles will soon be on public roads
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Why Houston isn’t immune from the opioid epidemic
“Kelly died of an overdose last night,” said a text recently from my childhood best friend, Kristen. This sparked the sixth conversation Kristen and I
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When is medical care futile?
Nearly everyone has a to-do list of some kind that reflects goals that are important to them. When making choices about life-sustaining treatment (ventilators, dialysis
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The future of neuroethics
I recently had the pleasure of attending the annual International Neuroethics Society held in Chicago, Ill. alongside the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience.
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Lessons from a thousand bioethicists: How to disagree
“So it’s like a conference full of philosophers? That should make for some heated debates,” remarked the man in the plane seat next to me
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