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

August 20, 2021 Behavioral Economics,  bioethics,  Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy,  Decision-making,  Jennifer Blumenthal-Barby,  medical ethics

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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What’s next in bioethics? The power of people

January 14, 2021 Baruch Brody,  bioethics,  Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy,  Dr. Amy McGuire,  Houston Methodist,  Infertility,  Race,  Rice University’s Philosophy Department

How to honor the vibrant legacy of those who tackled the most challenging moral issues in medicine.

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Can you teach someone to be ethical? 

March 6, 2020 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, 2019 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, 2017 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, 2017 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, 2017 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

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Blood vessels (magenta) intertwined with metastatic medulloblastoma tumor cells (green) nestled within the protective layers that surround the mouse spinal cord. From the Labs: a closer look at metastatic medulloblastoma

Healthy Habits: A DOC-umentary Series

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