ethics Archives - Baylor College of Medicine Blog Network

We live in a world where immediacy reigns. From accessing a world of information in the palm of our hands within seconds to getting items

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Is it fair to be on multiple waitlists for an organ transplant?

March 10, 2023March 13, 2023ethics, Multiple listing, Organ, Organ Transplant, policy, Transplant

Transplantation is a crucial treatment option for various end-organ diseases, and in the U.S., the demand for organ transplants outpaces the supply. One hotly debated

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Ethics, equity and research

February 17, 2023February 17, 2023Diversity, Equity, ethics, Health Disparities, Researchers, Scientific Research

Individuals from minoritized groups suffer high disease burdens and would significantly benefit from equitable advances in scientific research. However, many are faced with barriers that

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Interrogating the brain on trial: neuroscience, ethics and the law

August 26, 2022August 26, 2022Brain, brain imaging, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, ethics, Ethics Sumer Interns, law, Neuroscience, Philosophy

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

June 10, 2022June 9, 2022Baruch A. Brody Award Lecture, bioethics, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine, ethics, Houston Methodist Hospital, Rice University

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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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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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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“I” before “E” in medicine and VIP patient access

Is it fair to be on multiple waitlists for an organ transplant?

Ethics, equity and research

Good Ethics to Good Science in Commercial Spaceflight Human Research

Ethical issues in reproductive medicine: Hinduism and “leftovers” from IVF

Interrogating the brain on trial: neuroscience, ethics and the law

Celebrating bioethics and its role in our society

Environmental justice: How physical, social, and structural surroundings impact health

Ethics in a post-COVID world

As good as dead? The ethical complexities of declaring someone dead