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Can you teach someone to be ethical?

March 6, 2020March 5, 2020 Momentum 0 Comments bioethics, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, medical ethics

“Bioethics is a broad, interdisciplinary field. Its subject matter encompasses many of the most controversial and weighty matters facing contemporary society” – excerpt from an

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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 plane seat next to me

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My mental illness and my research

October 4, 2017October 4, 2017 Clarice 4 Comments ADHD, Anxiety, bioethics, Depression, Gabriel Lazaro-Munoz, medical ethics, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Neuroethics, Neuroscience, Research

I know what is going on in my brain. I have a Ph.D. in neuroscience. I still cannot control it. I constantly have intrusive thoughts,

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The importance of case-based study in ethics consultation

June 23, 2017June 23, 2017 Clarice 0 Comments ASBH, bioethics, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Clinical Ethicist, Courtenay Bruce, ethics, Ethics Consultation, medical ethics

Ethics consultation is tough stuff. Ethics consultants seek to identify and address value-laden conflicts or ethical uncertainties in cases involving patients, healthcare professionals, and family

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Big data, brain science and mental health care

April 7, 2017April 6, 2017 Clarice 0 Comments bioethics, Brain science, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, clinical ethics, Dr. Gabriel Lazaro-Munoz, ethics, Mental Health, Neuroscience

The Atlantic recently ran a fascinating article about improving the effectiveness of psychotherapy by using big data to inform practice. In it, the author notes that there