Equity in COVID-19: Who will have access to life-saving treatment?
Is treatment available? Can I afford it? These questions are universally asked by many people — from the 65-year-old Medicare
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No more silence: Confronting racism in medicine
As part of a new generation of healthcare workers tasked to provide care for everyone, regardless of race, gender, insurance
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Racism: Not a pandemic, but a chronic disease
It’s more than just semantics that irks me when people talk about racism as a pandemic. A pandemic implies an
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Rationing of healthcare before, during and after COVID-19
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, it became evident the United States would face difficult resource allocation decisions. Projected shortages of
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Hungry to help: Food insecurity and COVID-19
In our hiatus from clinics, Baylor College of Medicine students have kept busy. Some have perfected hobbies, including baking, gardening,
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How the humanities can connect us during a pandemic
Humans are no strangers to sudden outbreaks of deadly diseases. Yellow fever, smallpox, cholera, influenza, the list goes on. In
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An argument for reusable PPE
“Do you want to come in?” the resident physician asked me as she held out one of the many blue
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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
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Clinical ethics in the time of COVID-19
I am a clinical ethicist. I prefer this label over the alternatives like “healthcare ethicist” or “ethics consultant.” One reason
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Food for thought: Nutrition at hospitals
Hospital food is notorious for being bland and tasteless. But is it healthy? A study scored food options available at
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