Why Houston isn’t immune from the opioid epidemic
“Kelly died of an overdose last night,” said a text recently from my childhood best friend, Kristen. This sparked the
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When is medical care futile?
Nearly everyone has a to-do list of some kind that reflects goals that are important to them. When making choices
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The future of neuroethics
I recently had the pleasure of attending the annual International Neuroethics Society held in Chicago, Ill. alongside the annual meeting
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Lessons from a thousand bioethicists: How to disagree
“So it’s like a conference full of philosophers? That should make for some heated debates,” remarked the man in the
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Death wellness: A modern movement with ancient roots
Have you heard of the death wellness or death positivity movement? It’s a culture, community and related set of practices
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A health policy postdoc’s perspective on ASHG
The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) annual meeting drew more than 8,000 attendees to Houston last week. The exhibit
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The attrition of women in medicine
A well-meaning colleague once said to me, “You probably wouldn’t want to do this since you just had a baby.”
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A memo to my younger self: Fellowship 101
Memo: Your clinical ethics fellowship Date: 10/11/2019 To: Trevor Bibler, clinical ethics fellow From: Trevor Bibler, clinical ethicist Hey! Congrats
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Racism is detrimental to our health
For the past two years, I’ve been leading a team committed to promoting anti-racism in medicine. We’ve traveled across the
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Finding compassion and resilience in grief
The year after my daughter Abby died, a collaborator asked how I was doing. Wanting to play it cool, I
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