medical ethics Archives - Baylor College of Medicine Blog Network https://blogs.bcm.edu/tag/medical-ethics/ Mon, 10 Jun 2024 15:30:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://blogs.bcm.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/2d904ab48738e474191a678dceb72b07.png medical ethics Archives - Baylor College of Medicine Blog Network https://blogs.bcm.edu/tag/medical-ethics/ 32 32 122339384 Chronic pain management: What is the role of medical ethics? https://blogs.bcm.edu/2021/11/05/chronic-pain-management-what-is-the-role-of-medical-ethics/ https://blogs.bcm.edu/2021/11/05/chronic-pain-management-what-is-the-role-of-medical-ethics/#respond Fri, 05 Nov 2021 15:00:01 +0000 https://blogs.bcm.edu/?p=32317 Exploring decision-making and chronic pain: how some value limited quality lives over prolonged harsh ones and the different parties impacted.

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]]> https://blogs.bcm.edu/2021/10/29/diverse-voices-a-motif-in-medical-ethics/feed/ 0 32260 ‘Good Ethics and Bad Choices’: How does behavioral economics impact medical ethics? https://blogs.bcm.edu/2021/08/20/good-ethics-and-bad-choices-how-does-behavioral-economics-impact-medical-ethics/ https://blogs.bcm.edu/2021/08/20/good-ethics-and-bad-choices-how-does-behavioral-economics-impact-medical-ethics/#respond Fri, 20 Aug 2021 13:30:39 +0000 https://blogs.bcm.edu/?p=31594 bad vs goodDr. 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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]]> https://blogs.bcm.edu/2021/08/20/good-ethics-and-bad-choices-how-does-behavioral-economics-impact-medical-ethics/feed/ 0 31594 The cost conundrum of care https://blogs.bcm.edu/2020/05/01/the-cost-conundrum-of-care/ https://blogs.bcm.edu/2020/05/01/the-cost-conundrum-of-care/#respond Fri, 01 May 2020 12:45:20 +0000 https://blogs.bcm.edu/?p=26712 female-medical-professional-holds-clipboard-in-hospital-roomWhile 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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]]> https://blogs.bcm.edu/2020/04/17/clinical-ethics-in-the-time-of-covid-19/feed/ 0 26559 Can you teach someone to be ethical?  https://blogs.bcm.edu/2020/03/06/can-you-teach-someone-to-be-ethical/ https://blogs.bcm.edu/2020/03/06/can-you-teach-someone-to-be-ethical/#respond Fri, 06 Mar 2020 13:45:35 +0000 https://blogs.bcm.edu/?p=26138 A notebook with a pen laying on top of it and glasses in the background.“Bioethics is a broad, interdisciplinary field. Its subject matter encompasses many of the most controversial and weighty matters facing contemporary society” – excerpt from an

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]]> https://blogs.bcm.edu/2020/03/06/can-you-teach-someone-to-be-ethical/feed/ 0 26138 Resonance podcast: Exploring the world of medical ethics https://blogs.bcm.edu/2020/03/04/resonance-podcast-exploring-the-world-of-medical-ethics/ https://blogs.bcm.edu/2020/03/04/resonance-podcast-exploring-the-world-of-medical-ethics/#respond Wed, 04 Mar 2020 15:43:11 +0000 https://blogs.bcm.edu/?p=26093 resonance-featured-media-finalIssues related to medical ethics often make headlines, but what is it like to work through these complex cases as an ethicist? Dr. Jennifer Blumenthal-Barby,

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]]> https://blogs.bcm.edu/2020/03/04/resonance-podcast-exploring-the-world-of-medical-ethics/feed/ 0 26093 Whom do we hold accountable in science? https://blogs.bcm.edu/2020/02/28/whom-do-we-hold-accountable-in-science/ https://blogs.bcm.edu/2020/02/28/whom-do-we-hold-accountable-in-science/#respond Fri, 28 Feb 2020 13:45:23 +0000 https://blogs.bcm.edu/?p=26079 lab-science-photoMark Felt, Sherron Watkins, Daniel Ellsberg – these are just a few of the many whistleblowers who’ve made an impact on U.S. history. These are

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]]> https://blogs.bcm.edu/2020/02/28/whom-do-we-hold-accountable-in-science/feed/ 0 26079 Medical marijuana: Getting into the weed(s) https://blogs.bcm.edu/2020/01/10/medical-marijuana-getting-into-the-weeds/ https://blogs.bcm.edu/2020/01/10/medical-marijuana-getting-into-the-weeds/#respond Fri, 10 Jan 2020 13:45:41 +0000 https://blogs.bcm.edu/?p=25578 marijuana-plant-photoMarijuana, also known as cannabis, is made of the dried leaves, buds, flowers, and other parts from plants in the cannabis or hemp family. There

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]]> https://blogs.bcm.edu/2020/01/10/medical-marijuana-getting-into-the-weeds/feed/ 0 25578 Do-not-resuscitate orders: Who should decide? https://blogs.bcm.edu/2018/06/08/do-not-resuscitate-orders-who-should-decide/ https://blogs.bcm.edu/2018/06/08/do-not-resuscitate-orders-who-should-decide/#respond Fri, 08 Jun 2018 12:45:53 +0000 https://blogs.bcm.edu/?p=19200 surgery-DNRIn August 2017, Governor Greg Abbot signed into law a bill passed by the Texas State legislature during a special session, “An Act relating to

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