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What could we owe to the dead?

November 18, 2022December 29, 2022bioethics, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine, Dead, Death, Philosophical Bioethics, Philosophy

“Ay, thou poor Ghost, while memory holds a seat In this distracted globe. Remember thee! Yea, from the table of my memory I’ll wipe away

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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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Finding meaning in ‘death with dignity’

October 22, 2021October 22, 2021American Society of Bioethics and Humanities conference, Death, Intubation, Medical intervention

A medical student’s perspective on being “in limbo” and how to think about medical intervention and death.

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Lost, but not forgotten: Preserving a stranger’s memory

May 18, 2021May 18, 2021Death, Headstone, Memory, Narrative Medicine, Stranger, Tomb

A story about the importance of simple good deeds and questions of memorializing and responsibility postmortem.

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Grief over time

March 12, 2021March 12, 2021Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Death, Emotions, Grief, Loss, Love

Our Jill Oliver Robinson writes a deeply personal narrative about her relationship with grief, loss and love.

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Death wellness: A modern movement with ancient roots

October 30, 2019October 30, 2019Bryanna Moore, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Death, Death positivity, Death wellness

Have you heard of the death wellness or death positivity movement? It’s a culture, community and related set of practices built around the mutual goals

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Is there a right to die?

May 31, 2019May 30, 2019Assisted Dying, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Death, End of Life, Eric Mathison

How people think about death is undergoing a major transformation in the United States. In the past decade, there has been a significant rise in

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What if someone could be ‘kind of’ alive?

April 24, 2019May 24, 2019Brain, 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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‘End Game’ brings palliative care discussions to small screen

March 1, 2019March 1, 2019Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Death, Dr. Andrew Childress, Ethicists, Hospice, Palliative Care

Although it failed to take home a statue at the Academy Awards, the documentary short film “End Game” is worth watching for its portrayal of

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Death vs. dying: Exploring the ‘Timing Problem’

February 16, 2018February 16, 2018Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Death, ethics, Peter Zuk, Philosophy

Is death bad for the individual who dies? We’re inclined, I think, to answer that it is. Answering in the affirmative, however, raises another question: