Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy Archives - Baylor College of Medicine Blog Network

Does a disease impact your identity?

September 30, 2022September 29, 2022adolescent, Brain, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, deep brain stimulation, OCD, Pediatric Deep Brain Stimulation, Summer Interns, Technology

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

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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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Interrogating the brain on trial: neuroscience, ethics and the law

August 26, 2022August 26, 2022Brain, brain imaging, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, ethics, Ethics Sumer Interns, law, Neuroscience, Philosophy

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

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Is Terminator inevitable?

May 27, 2022May 31, 2022artificial intelligence, autonomy, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Morality, robotic technologies, Robots

If you think about ethics and robots, what comes to mind? “The Jetsons?” “2001: A Space Odyssey?” “Terminator?” I recently led a bioethics journal club

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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

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Research staff 101: Fostering curiosity, creativity, and community

November 26, 2021November 26, 2021Academic Research, Career, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Community, Culture, jobs, Research, Research Assistant, Research team

Are you a recent college or master’s program graduate searching for a new professional experience? I remember all too well transitioning to a new career

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Moral distress and the role of social workers during COVID-19

November 15, 2021November 15, 2021Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, COVID-19, discharge planning, End of Life, Hospital, moral distress, Pandemic, Social worker

During the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, hospital and community-based resources have been cut and ICUs at maximum capacity. Underfunded healthcare systems, lack of healthcare coverage and

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Chronic pain management: What is the role of medical ethics?

November 5, 2021November 5, 2021American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, ASBH, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Chronic Pain, medical ethics, opioids, Pain

Exploring decision-making and chronic pain: how some value limited quality lives over prolonged harsh ones and the different parties impacted.