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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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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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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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
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Dr. Jennifer Blumenthal-Barby shares her perspective, creative process and some key takeaways from her new book “Good Ethics and Bad Choices.”
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How to honor the vibrant legacy of those who tackled the most challenging moral issues in medicine.
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“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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“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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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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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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