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Navigating COVID-19 in the workplace: Best practices to guide future decision-making 

March 17, 2023 COVID-19,  Decision-making,  public health,  Research,  SARS-CoV-2,  viral parameters,  Workplace

Ensuring safety during the COVID-19 pandemic has been crucial over the past three years due to the varying waves of COVID-19 variants. Consequently, public policy

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Supporting decision making as cognition declines

January 20, 2023 Alzheimer's Disease,  autonomy,  Baruch A. Brody Lecture,  bioethics,  cognitive impairment,  Decision-making,  Dementia

This post is a preview of a presentation for the Baruch A. Brody Lecture in Bioethics. Want to learn more about this topic? Tune into the lecture Feb.

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Alone at the hands of healthcare: hospital visitor policies during the COVID-19 pandemic

May 13, 2022 COVID-19,  Decision-making,  Healthcare providers,  Hospital Visitor Policies,  Institutional Review Boards,  policy

March 2021, a phone call from Caleb Iness: “Hey Audra, my friend’s dad is in the hospital with a stroke and no one can visit

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Should we create moral machines?  

September 13, 2021 artificial intelligence,  Center of Medical Ethics and Health Policy,  Decision-making,  Machine Ethics

The development of artificial intelligence that can act autonomously has raised important questions about machine decision-making.

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Informed consent: Patient autonomy in medical decision making

August 27, 2021 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy,  Decision-making,  Informed Consent,  Medical Decisions,  Patients

A closer look at voluntary consent in medical decision making – what it is, its origin and how it differs across countries and cultures.

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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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The odyssey of psychiatric advance directives

January 18, 2019 Advanced Directives,  Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy,  Decision-making,  Dr. John Coverdale,  Psychiatry

In Homer’s The Odyssey, Ulysses presumably asked his men to bind him to the mast of his ship and refuse his requests to sail nearer

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How far will you go to protect your ‘future self?’

January 24, 2018 Decision-making,  Dr. Kristin Kostick,  Health Behaviors,  health policy,  Identity,  Philosophy

Are you an altruist or an egoist? Beyond just its philosophical importance, the answer to this question could predict your future health and longevity. I’m

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Effective health policy isn’t an oxymoron

August 18, 2017 Behavioral Economics,  Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy,  Decision-making,  Dr. Jennifer Blumenthal-Barby,  health policy

It’s hard to read the news or open a computer without encountering something about the U.S. healthcare system. Perhaps it’s an article about “repeal and

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National Healthcare Decisions Day: Start the conversation

April 14, 2017 Advance Care Planning,  Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy,  clinical ethics,  Courtenay Bruce,  Decision-making,  medical ethics,  National Healthcare Decisions Day

Whether you are a physician, patient or concerned family member, healthcare decision-making can be a difficult topic to discuss.

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