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How does an inquisitive undergraduate public health major find herself conducting bioethics research at one of the leading research institutions in the country? With a

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Supporting decision making as cognition declines

January 20, 2023January 19, 2023Alzheimer's Disease, autonomy, Baruch A. Brody Lecture, bioethics, cognitive impairment, Decision-making, Dementia

This post is a preview of a presentation for the Baruch A. Brody Lecture in Bioethics. Want to learn more about this topic? Tune into the lecture Feb.

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What could we owe to the dead?

November 18, 2022December 29, 2022bioethics, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine, Dead, Death, Philosophical Bioethics, Philosophy

“Ay, thou poor Ghost, while memory holds a seat In this distracted globe. Remember thee! Yea, from the table of my memory I’ll wipe away

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Patient trust and public-private partnerships in neuroscience

September 9, 2022bioethics, BRAINShare, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Ethics Sumer Interns, Neuroscience, Patient Trust, Public-Private Partnerships

This is the third in an ongoing series by Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy summer interns, undergraduate/graduate students interested in emerging ethical issues. I knew I

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Celebrating bioethics and its role in our society

June 10, 2022June 9, 2022Baruch A. Brody Award Lecture, bioethics, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine, ethics, Houston Methodist Hospital, Rice University

Across the globe, bioethicists are passionately researching answers to new challenges, asking difficult questions and uncovering new approaches that may one day alter how we

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Ethics in a post-COVID world

March 11, 2022March 11, 2022bioethics, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, clinical ethics, ethics, Intensive, training

The COVID-19 pandemic has raised a host of ethical challenges in the healthcare setting. Ethical concerns include triage decisions, shortages of key resources, hospital visitor

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As good as dead? The ethical complexities of declaring someone dead

December 3, 2021December 2, 2021bioethics, Brain Death, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Circulatory Death, Dead, Death, ethics, Technology

It is often said that nothing is certain in life except death and taxes. And while it is certain we will all die, the definition

bioethics

The importance of a research internship

Philosophy, an ancient practice with modern appeal? The role of “big” questions in medical decision-making

Supporting decision making as cognition declines

What could we owe to the dead?

Patient trust and public-private partnerships in neuroscience

Celebrating bioethics and its role in our society

Ethics in a post-COVID world

As good as dead? The ethical complexities of declaring someone dead

‘Good Ethics and Bad Choices’: How does behavioral economics impact medical ethics?

What’s next in bioethics? The power of people