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clinical ethics

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Reflections from a clinical ethics intern

September 23, 2022September 22, 2022Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center, Center of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Clinical Ethicist, clinical ethics, Houston Methodist, Summer Interns

This is the forth in an ongoing series by Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy summer interns, undergraduate/graduate students interested in emerging ethical issues. “How to become a

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Do you really want a clinical ethicist to be your medical power of attorney?

July 1, 2022June 30, 2022clinical ethics, Medical Decision-Making, medical power of attorney, surrogate, surrogate decision maker

This is the story of how I became my aunt’s medical power of attorney. It was almost 10 p.m. on a Tuesday, and my phone

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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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“To see yourself seeing” 

February 4, 2022clinical ethics, Fellowship, Houston, Houston Methodist, Narrative Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell

It is perhaps slightly unprofessional to admit this, but one of the things I was most excited about as I embarked on a week’s trip

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Predicting the value of a postdoc

October 19, 2020October 20, 2020Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, clinical ethics, Fellowship, Philosophy, postdoc, training

How do you make decisions about training when you’re training for something you don’t really understand until you do it?

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Clinical ethics in the time of COVID-19

April 17, 2020April 17, 2020Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, clinical ethics, medical ethics

I am a clinical ethicist. I prefer this label over the alternatives like “healthcare ethicist” or “ethics consultant.” One reason for this preference has to

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Unconventionally advancing the field of clinical ethics

January 24, 2020January 23, 2020Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, clinical ethics, ethics, Events

Much has been written about conference fatigue and how to down the dullness, survive and even thrive at academic meetings. Conference organizers are getting creative.

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A memo to my younger self: Fellowship 101   

October 11, 2019October 11, 2019Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, clinical ethics, clinician, Fellow, Trevor Bibler

Memo: Your clinical ethics fellowship Date: 10/11/2019 To: Trevor Bibler, clinical ethics fellow From: Trevor Bibler, clinical ethicist Hey! Congrats on the new job. You

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My first rodeo: Reflections on the New York-Houston Clinical Ethics Consortium

March 8, 2019March 8, 2019Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, clinical ethics, Clinical Ethics Consortium, New York, New York Presbyterian Hospital and Weill Cornell, Rodeo

A few years ago, I asked a younger colleague if she was comfortable taking the lead on a project. She confidently replied that she was

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What makes a ‘good’ clinical ethicist?

October 12, 2018October 24, 2018ASBH, certification, clinical ethics, ethicist, Trevor Bibler

As the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH) annual conference kicks off next week, numerous ethicists will converge upon Anaheim to show off their

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