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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, 2023January 19, 2023Alzheimer'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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Should we create moral machines?

September 13, 2021September 13, 2021artificial 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, 2021August 27, 2021Center 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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The odyssey of psychiatric advance directives

January 18, 2019May 21, 2019Advanced 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, 2018January 24, 2018Decision-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, 2017August 18, 2017Behavioral 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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Navigating COVID-19 in the workplace: Best practices to guide future decision-making

Supporting decision making as cognition declines

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

Should we create moral machines?

‘Good Ethics and Bad Choices’: How does behavioral economics impact medical ethics?

The odyssey of psychiatric advance directives

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

Effective health policy isn’t an oxymoron

National Healthcare Decisions Day: Start the conversation