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“What you are will show, ultimately. Start becoming what you would like to become in the bigger scheme of things.” -Anna Deavere Smith Quality of

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Life played richly: Learn to live a life of fulfillment

January 11, 2017 Anna Deavere Smith, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Dr. Christopher Scott, Dr. Jennifer Blumenthal-Barby, ethics

In her critically acclaimed one-person show, Let Me Down Easy, Anna Deavere Smith re-enacts interviews with people observing the rich identity of the human body,

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What is palliative medicine?

December 14, 2016 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Dr. Eduardo Bruera, ethics, palliative medicine

In the last 50 years, medicine has focused successfully on the cure and long-term management of many diseases. That in itself is wonderful since we

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Healthcare market consolidation: What the dialysis industry tells us

December 6, 2016 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Dr. Kevin Furman Erickson, Economics, ethics, health policy

There’s an American aversion to anti-competitive market practices. A capitalist society assumes that competition means more innovation, more choices, and lower prices, and that market

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Making the right choice: The importance of advance care planning

December 2, 2016 Advance Care Planning, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Courtenay Bruce, ethics

My mom was eating Cheetos when she asked me this question: “Why would I need an advance directive? I’m not dying. Aren’t you supposed to

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‘Let Me Down Easy’ covers complex medical decision making

November 21, 2016 Anna Deavere Smith, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Community Outreach, Dr. Amy McGuire, ethics, Let Me Down Easy

A young couple learns the exciting news that they are expecting their first child. Soon after announcing, their family and friends recommend they establish college

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How to incorporate emotional design into medical education

August 5, 2016 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Education, emotional design, ethics, Houston, John Antonio

Are my slides complete with all the information? Will I have enough material to last an hour? Will the subject matter resonate with the audience?

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Zika virus and public policy

July 19, 2016 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, ethics, Healthcare, Houston, infectious disease, policy, Stephanie Morain, Tropical Diseases, zika

Zika virus, a mosquito-borne infection, has captured international attention after news of devastating complications in pregnant women. While early attention focused on events in Brazil,

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An outsider’s perspective on a medical data sharing conference

March 23, 2016 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, data, ethics, Events, Houston, Leah Fowler, National Human Genome Research Institute, Research

As a recent hire of Baylor College of Medicine Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, I was allowed a unique opportunity to watch high-level

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Experts tackle 3 key policy areas for using cutting-edge sequencing in patient care

September 30, 2014 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Dr. Amy McGuire, Dr. Maggie Curnutte, ethics, Genetics, health policy, Healthcare, Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, next-generation sequencing, policy, Public Policy, Technology

As techniques such as next generation sequencing, which determines the precise order of the nucleotides that make up DNA, are used in patient diagnosis and