Interrogating the brain on trial: neuroscience, ethics and the law
This is the first in an ongoing series by Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy summer interns, undergraduate/graduate students interested in emerging ethical issues.
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Celebrating bioethics and its role in our society
Across the globe, bioethicists are passionately researching answers to new challenges, asking difficult questions and uncovering new approaches that may one day alter how we
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Environmental justice: How physical, social, and structural surroundings impact health
The environment—everything from the water we drink to the conditions in which we live—impacts health. Environmental justice is a broad term or movement that at
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Ethics in a post-COVID world
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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As good as dead? The ethical complexities of declaring someone dead
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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Genetic surveillance: Is our most sensitive information secure?
Exploring why genetic surveillance is not science fiction, but rather a reality of the modern era.
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How to disagree kindly
Elizabeth Sult Case describes how the field of ethics gives us tools to connect with one another and to consider difficult questions deeply together.
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How can we address COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) began work in April with a committee of outside experts to devise a ranking scheme for rolling
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The cost conundrum of care
While on shift, an emergency physician sews up a large laceration. Her patient is uninsured. On her way to print discharge instructions, the physician stops
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Unconventionally advancing the field of clinical ethics
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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