Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy Archives - Page 11 of 22

An ode to my teachers, with gratitude

May 3, 2019 Appreciation, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, ethics, Lessons, policy, Teacher

My father has the most amazing memory. He can tell you what he ate for dinner one year ago to this day and remembers the

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What if someone could be ‘kind of’ alive?

April 24, 2019 Brain, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, consciousness, Death, Dr. Kristin Kostick, Life

When the executioner’s assistant held up the freshly guillotined head of assassin Charlotte Corday by her hair and slapped her face on both cheeks in

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Reducing the DUI legal limit: A spirited debate

April 19, 2019 alcohol, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Dr. Stephanie Morain, public health

Earlier this year, Utah took a key step at reducing one of the key harms associated with alcohol: impaired driving. The Utah state legislature passed

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Confronting professional boundaries in medicine

April 12, 2019 Angelina Romasanta, boundaries, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, professionalism

Physician assistant (PA) school, clinical rotations, and patient interactions are sprinkled with unexpected, life-altering and difficult experiences at every turn. PAs are trained as generalists,

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Exploring the role of faith in medicine

April 5, 2019 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Faith, Medicine, Religion, Trevor Bibler

Medicine and spirituality have been closely linked throughout human history. As long as humans have experienced illness we’ve questioned: “Why has this illness happened to

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The evolution of medical ethics committees

March 29, 2019 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Dr. Janet Malek, ethics, Hospital

In 1962, Swedish Hospital in Seattle was the first institution to offer hemodialysis for patients with kidney failure. Demand for access to this novel and

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Do new well-intentioned guidelines advance the stigma of HIV?

March 22, 2019 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, HIV, Nicolas W. Cortes-Penfield, PrEP, Sophia Fantus, Stigma

Pre-exposure prophylaxis, commonly known as PrEP, is a daily pill that HIV-negative individuals may take to lower their chances of acquiring HIV. If taken as