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What’s next in bioethics? The power of people

January 14, 2021January 14, 2021 Clarice 0 Comments Baruch Brody, bioethics, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Dr. Amy McGuire, Houston Methodist, Infertility, Race, Rice University’s Philosophy Department

How to honor the vibrant legacy of those who tackled the most challenging moral issues in medicine.

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Think globally, act locally: Caring for families with neural tube defects

January 8, 2021January 8, 2021 Clarice 0 Comments folic acid, fortification, health policy, neural tube defects, spina bifida, Texas Children's Hospital

Digital age connectivity is enabling policy change, embodied in new clinical care guidelines for people living with spina bifida.

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Homelessness and COVID-19: Protecting vulnerable populations

December 30, 2020December 30, 2020 Clarice 0 Comments Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, COVID-19, Health Policy Pathway, Homeless, Homelessness, policy

How are people experiencing homelessness affected by the pandemic and how can health policy address their unique needs during this time?

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Shift the conversation: Racism – not race – is the problem in healthcare

December 18, 2020December 18, 2020 Clarice 0 Comments Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, General Internal Medicine, Race, Racism, Under-Represented Minorities

Dr. Salman Ahmed discusses how racial effects on health are better explained as racism’s effects on health.

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Unaccompanied immigrant children: Who should advocate for their interests?

December 4, 2020December 4, 2020 Clarice 0 Comments Customs and Border Protection, Healthcare providers, Immigrant, Immigration Policy, Office of Refugee Resettlement, Unaccompanied Immigrant Children

Drs. Russell and Placencia discuss caring for unaccompanied immigrant children and who should be informed about their health.

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Holy smoke! Does income and the price of cigarettes impact use?

November 13, 2020November 13, 2020 Clarice 0 Comments cardiovascular research, Cigarettes, E-Cigarettes, smoking, Tobacco, Vaping

Drs. Al Rifai and Virani dicsuss their work on the frequency of vaping and smoking by annual household income and policy implicatations.

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Improving health literacy: Lessons from clinical ethics

November 6, 2020November 7, 2020 Clarice 0 Comments American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, ASBH, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, communication, health literacy

Rohit Gupta discusses the importance of promoting health literacy, how a patient can obtain, communicate, and understand health information.

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How to disagree kindly

October 30, 2020October 30, 2020 Clarice 0 Comments American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, ASBH, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, disagree, ethics, golden state killer

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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A turn of events: Do virtual conferences increase collaboration?

October 23, 2020October 23, 2020 Clarice 0 Comments ASBH, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Collaboration, Conference, Virtual

A look into how we collaborate, discuss, and share during a pandemic, and if there’s utility in virtual engagements not found in person.

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Predicting the value of a postdoc

October 19, 2020October 20, 2020 Clarice 0 Comments Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, clinical ethics, Fellowship, Philosophy, postdoc, training

How do you make decisions about training when you’re training for something you don’t really understand until you do it?

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